This $500,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710) will fund the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C) to create a community awareness toolkit. The toolkit will include training curricula, videos, handouts, and other resources for law enforcement to use in educating communities on topics such as gender-based violence...
The federal Project Grant award from the Bureau of Justice Assistance's STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) provides $1,000,000 to Collaborative Solutions for Communities (CSC), a non-profit organization based in Washington, DC. The funding supports a comprehensive suite of services to improve school safety and prevent violence in K-12 settings, including: Training for school personnel and students on trauma awareness, socio-emotional skills, and violence intervention strategies utilizing...
The University of Mississippi was awarded a $1,942,318 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) to implement a multi-faceted program to improve school safety and prevent violence in 10 rural school districts in Mississippi. The program includes curriculum development to teach civil dialogue and ethical reasoning, training for authority figures such as parents, community members, school staff, and law...
The 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 Strategic Solutions For Families, Inc. in partnership with the Alcorn County School District, Corinth School District, and Alcorn County Youth Court in Mississippi. The funded initiative, "Solid Ground Student Safety Initiatives", aims to improve school capacity to prevent and intervene in youth...
The County of Westchester, New York received 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 fund the implementation of "Project STRIV" (Schools Transforming Real Interventions to Violence) to develop and enhance multidisciplinary behavioral threat assessment and intervention teams in four Westchester County school districts. Key activities include providing...
The National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C), Inc. received a $625,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.543 Missing Children's Assistance) to develop a new graphical-based software tool that integrates the capabilities of four existing command line tools. This tool will enable more efficient and effective investigation and prosecution of child sexual exploitation cases. NW3C will lead the project, which...
The Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant under the STOP School Violence program to the Northeast Washington Educational Service District (NEWESD) 101 in Spokane, WA. The grant, effective from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027, will fund the Safer Schools Northeast Project to enhance safety and support for 59 public school districts, 45 private schools, and 4 charter schools in a 7-county region. Key activities include annual threat...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention awarded a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Newark Community Street Team Inc. (NCST) to implement the STOP School Violence Program in Newark, New Jersey. This 3-year project, which commenced on October 1, 2024, aims to enhance school safety, improve academic outcomes, and foster a supportive community environment for students in Newark's high-risk South and West Wards. The key products and services to be...
This Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of Justice's National Institute of Justice under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839), will fund a national evaluation of training for school resource officers (SROs). The $999,604 award to WestEd, a nonprofit education research and service agency, will document the reach and quality of training provided by the National Association of School Resource Officers (NASRO), the nation's largest SRO training provider. The study will...
This $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.839 - STOP School Violence Program) will enable Family Wellness Outreach Center of Mississippi, Inc. to partner with the Columbus Municipal School District in Lowndes County, Mississippi to implement a comprehensive school violence prevention project. The key activities funded under this award include: Improving school capacity to prevent and...