The Beaufort County School District in South Carolina was awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the FY24 STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) to implement and evaluate their "Promising Students Program." This comprehensive initiative aims to prevent school violence and improve student safety by providing individualized support and access to mental health/behavioral services for high-need elementary students in grades K-2. Key program...
The U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) to the Cook County Southland Juvenile Justice Council (SJJC), a non-profit organization. The grant will support a 3-year program to reduce school violence and delinquency, improve school climate, and address root causes of violence such as trauma and mental health challenges in the South Suburban Cook County region. Key program activities will...
The Lancaster County School District received a $979,482 Formula Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance STOP School Violence Program to implement a comprehensive set of school-based prevention and intervention initiatives. The goal is to promote safety, well-being and healthy development of children and youth in Lancaster, South Carolina through reducing youth violence and victimization and mitigating trauma from exposure to violence....
The School District of Pickens County in Easley, South Carolina will receive $482,294 under a Formula Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) to enhance behavioral threat assessment teams and implement suicide prevention training districtwide from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2024. Key deliverables include threat assessment training through an eLearning platform; suicide prevention...
The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant under the STOP School Violence program (CFDA 16.839) to The Help Coalition (THC) and their community partners in Jefferson County, Alabama. The grant will fund the Students Avoiding Violence via Empowerment (SAVE) Project, which aims to provide evidence-based violence prevention and mental health awareness training to 1,200 middle and high school students, as well as 90 teachers, over the 3-year project period from October...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) to Build Inc., a non-profit organization in Chicago, Illinois. The grant will fund the implementation of the STOP School Violence Initiative in the underserved communities of Humboldt Park and Garfield Park. Key project activities include delivering conflict resolution training, organizing mediations, providing mentoring, and other violence...
The Coeur D'Alene School District 271 was awarded $364,384 by the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) to deliver evidence-based anti-violence training programs to staff, administrators, and students through September 2025. The District will implement programs focused on social-emotional learning, suicide prevention, bullying prevention, violence prevention, and emergency preparedness to increase school safety. Training will...
The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $999,066 Project Grant under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) to Adams County School District 14 in Commerce City, Colorado. The grant will fund the Promoting Restorative Justice in School Classrooms (PRJSC) project, which aims to: (1) improve mental health resources for struggling students; (2) increase the capacity of district employees to recognize and respond to student mental health needs; and (3) enhance community understanding...
The Berkeley County Commission received a $1,000,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) to fund school safety and violence prevention initiatives in Berkeley County, West Virginia. The funding will provide: A specialized youth therapist to deliver counseling services to at-risk youth struggling with issues Two school social workers to strengthen social services and connect at-risk children...
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...