This $997,672 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.839 STOP School Violence Program) supports the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office (AGO) and its partnership with Sandy Hook Promise Foundation to deliver violence prevention programming in Massachusetts schools. Under this grant, Sandy Hook Promise will implement its Know the Signs programs, including the Start With Hello and Say Something trainings, to teach students how to...
The Sandy Hook Promise Foundation (SHP) and Pennsylvania State Department of Education will use an $837,572 project grant from the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance to implement the Start With Hello school violence prevention program in 80 middle and high schools across Pennsylvania from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. The funding supports the STOP School Violence Program, which aims to improve school security and help prevent violence by training school personnel and...
The Garland Independent School District (GISD) in Garland, Texas received a $700,883 Formula Grant award from the Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the STOP School Violence program (CFDA 16.839). The funding will support GISD's Garland Safer Schools Project, which aims to implement critical school safety technologies and professional development training across the district's 71 schools. Specifically, the grant will fund an anonymous...
The Mesquite Independent School District was awarded a $923,672 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839). The grant will provide a comprehensive support system for students facing various forms of adversity, including exposure to school, family, and community violence. Key activities include implementing the Social, Academic, and Emotional Behavioral Risk Screener to identify high-need students, hiring Student Care Specialists to support...
The Colorado Department of Public Safety, Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management was awarded a $1,992,085 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the STOP School Violence Program. The grant will support standardized training for 150 school resource officers, 30 SRO supervisors, and 105 multidisciplinary school safety teams on best practices for school-based law enforcement, threat assessment, and information...
Pasadena Independent School District (Pasadena ISD) received a $687,631 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839). The funding will allow Pasadena ISD to implement its (Em)Power to Prepare and Prevent (P2P) School Violence Project over a 3-year period from October 2023 to September 2026. The project aims to improve K-12 school security by providing students, teachers, and staff the tools needed to...
The Texas Education Service Center Region 16 (ESC16) received a $999,998 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839). The grant will fund the Texas School Safety Project (TSSP), which will provide trauma-informed, healing-centered interventions to improve school climate and connect 38,375 students in 43 school districts across the Texas Panhandle with crisis resources and services. Key program...
The Poway Unified School District was awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) to enhance implementation of behavioral threat assessment teams across the district's 39 schools through September 30, 2025. The district will provide high-quality eLearning training modules and interactive virtual or in-person team learning components to build and strengthen...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement to Harris County, Texas under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839). The grant will fund the Comprehensive Approaches with Resources to Enhance Safety (CARES) project, which aims to improve school safety and climate in the Alief Independent School District. Key activities include forming a multidisciplinary advisory board, conducting a comprehensive...
The Paris Union School District 95 in Paris, Illinois received a $279,646 Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the STOP School Violence program. The grant will fund the delivery of evidence-based anti-violence training programs to staff and students at Paris Cooperative High School through September 2025. Three high-level administrators will receive Youth Mental Health First Aid train-the-trainer instruction, and will...
The Sandy Hook Promise Foundation and Dallas Independent School District will implement the Say Something Anonymous Reporting System school violence prevention program under a $859,294 Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance. Funded through the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839), the award will support Say Something student trainings, adult user trainings, and Save Promise Club engagements to enhance Dallas ISD's anonymous reporting system. The goal is to improve school security by training youth and adults to identify and report warning signs that someone may need support for their mental or physical safety, addressing the increased risk of youth mental health issues amid COVID-19 and helping Dallas students safely express thoughts and feelings. Activities will be carried out from October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2025.