The Napa County Office of Education (NCOE) received a $1,000,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) STOP School Violence Program to improve school safety in Napa County. The funding will enable NCOE to establish a multi-disciplinary County Health and School Safety Coalition that will develop standardized emergency response practices, identify and address safety needs, and support the six school districts in Napa County to adopt a coordinated...
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 City and County of San Francisco was awarded a $1,000,000 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 grant will enhance the San Francisco School Crisis Support Coordination Project to improve school climate and safety in the San Francisco Unified School District. Key activities include hiring additional staff, purchasing data collection software, developing a youth violence prevention public...
The California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) was awarded a $2 million project grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance STOP School Violence Program to enhance school security in California through 2025. The STOP School Violence Program aims to improve school security and student/teacher safety. Under the award, Cal OES will hire two positions to raise awareness of targeted violence risk factors among schools, assist...
This $999,981 project grant awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839), will support the "Un Paso Adelante" initiative delivered by The Alliance For Community Wellness (doing business as La Familia Counseling Service). The project will provide mental health services, violence prevention programming, and staff training to two school districts - Patterson Unified School District in Stanislaus County and Winston Unified School...
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 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 Antioch Unified School District in Antioch, California received a $999,990 project grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the STOP School Violence program (CFDA 16.839) to deliver evidence-based violence prevention and mental health training services from October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2025. Specifically, the district will expand mental health awareness training to 12 schools, training at least 80% of teachers and staff...
The University of Missouri System was awarded a $2,000,000 Project Grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) to enhance school safety and prevent violence in 30 schools across four Texas border districts serving over 15,000 students. The key products and services to be delivered through this 3-year grant include: Implementing threat identification technology, such as the LearnsaFe software provided by sub-awardee Slate XP, Inc., to...
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 command...