The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the STOP School Violence program (CFDA 16.839) to the Soledad Unified School District (SUSD) in Soledad, California. The 3-year project aims to prevent and reduce school violence in SUSD's secondary schools through a comprehensive, multi-tiered approach. Key activities include developing and expanding the Soledad Youth Safety Network, providing...
The Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded a $1,000,000 STOP School Violence Program grant to Avance Schools, Inc., a non-profit organization operating a consortium of 16 public charter schools serving 6,549 students in Los Angeles County, California. The grant funding will enable the implementation of several initiatives to prevent and reduce school violence, including:
Deploying technology solutions such as an anonymous reporting system (WeTip) and an incident...
The Tulare County Office of Education was awarded a $906,452 Formula Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) to deliver threat assessment training, response training, and innovative safety technology to schools in Tulare County, California from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024. Specifically, grant funds will be used to provide training to law enforcement officers, school...
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...
The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded the Chino Valley Unified School District $999,636 under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2024. The award will support training and threat assessment services to improve school security. Specifically, the district will provide youth mental health first aid training, implement an evidence-based anti-bullying program in secondary schools, and receive...
The Larkspur-Corte Madera School District in Larkspur, California received a $900,890 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 grant will support a range of training initiatives and coordination activities from October 2021 through September 2024 to enhance school safety and violence prevention. Specifically, the district will provide annual active shooter training to...
The Oxnard School District (OSD) received a $997,625 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA #16.839). The three-year grant, awarded on October 1, 2024, will fund a comprehensive school safety initiative to improve security and reduce violence at OSD's 20 K-12 school sites serving 13,399 students. Key program components include implementing school safety technology, enhancing multi-disciplinary behavioral...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement to Scholarship Prep in Santa Ana, CA under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839). The purpose of the project is to develop a multi-tiered, trauma-informed, cross-agency approach to address the traumas of vulnerable youth, especially those experiencing homelessness, in order to prevent and respond to community violence. Key project activities...
The Multicultural Learning Center 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). The grant will fund the development and implementation of multi-disciplinary behavioral threat assessment teams at 17 public charter schools in Los Angeles County, California serving nearly 7,000 students from kindergarten through 12th grade. Specifically, the grant will provide...
The Monterey County Office of Education received a $1 million 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 implementation of a multi-agency Monterey County Healthy and Safe Schools and Communities Coalition from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025.
Key deliverables include development of a master emergency operations plan to standardize safety protocols across Monterey...