This $862,177 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.839 - STOP School Violence Program) will enable the Windsor Central School District in New York to enhance school safety and student mental health supports. The key components include: Hiring one additional social worker and one school psychologist to provide school-based mental health services and referrals. Providing training for all teachers and aides in grades PreK-12 on...
The Maine-Endwell Central School District in Broome County, New York, was awarded a $709,959 Project Grant from the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) to implement a violence prevention program from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. The District will provide extensive training to staff on topics such as comprehensive school threat assessment, suicide awareness, mental health first aid, de-escalation techniques, and...
This $999,681 federal Project Grant award from the Bureau of Justice Assistance's STOP School Violence program (CFDA 16.839) supports a collaboration between Tulane University, the Coalition for Compassionate Schools, the Center for Youth Equity, and the Center for Restorative Approaches. The purpose is to implement trauma-informed approaches and community violence intervention strategies in five underserved charter schools in New Orleans. Over three years, the project will directly engage 66...
The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $811,316 Project Grant under the STOP School Violence program to Fordham University's Graduate School of Education. Over a 36-month period from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2026, the project will serve 480 participants, including 240 K-12 students and 240 school personnel across three high-need school districts in New York City. The interventions will focus on mental health strategies, evidence-based techniques for improving school climate and...
This $999,860 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance STOP School Violence program will enable La Familia Counseling Service, a non-profit organization, to expand behavioral health services and violence prevention programs in two school districts in California's Central Valley region. The "Un Paso Adelante" project will train school personnel, educate students and families on mental health and violence indicators, and hire two staff...
The Poughkeepsie City School District in Poughkeepsie, New York will receive $914,293 under a Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) to implement a violence prevention initiative from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. As part of the initiative, the District will hire two full-time Crisis Intervention Workers to provide violence prevention services to approximately 2,100 students in...
The Wholistic Stress Control Institute, Inc. 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 federal grant program (CFDA 16.839). The goal of the grant is to improve school security and prevent violence by providing evidence-based violence prevention training to at least 1,200 middle and high school students and 90 teachers in Fulton and Coweta Counties, Georgia over the three-year period...
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 Wayne County Action Program, Inc. received a $999,827 Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the STOP School Violence Program. The organization will deliver services to seven high-need rural school buildings in Wayne County, New York serving over 1,700 students. Key services include implementing a Forming Competency to Reduce Risk program using Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports to provide tiered student...
This $1,000,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.839 STOP School Violence Program) will be used by the Wholistic Stress Control Institute, Inc. to implement violence prevention and youth mental health interventions in high schools. The project will deliver the evidence-based Positive Action curriculum to provide 12 hours of violence prevention education for students. Additionally, the organization will train at least 30 teachers,...