Osage county interlocal cooperative (ocic) will work with seven rural target districts: bowring, caney valley, frontier, mccord, osage hills, pawhuska, and wynona

The Osage County Interlocal Co-Op (OCIC) was awarded a $999,853 Project Grant under the U.S. Department of Justice's STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839). The grant will serve approximately 2,460 students and 240 school personnel across seven rural school districts in Oklahoma. Key activities include:

Establishing an anonymous technology-based reporting system for school safety concerns and individuals at risk. Implementing evidence-based curricula such as Botvin LifeSkills and PAX Good Behavior Game. Enhancing implementation of multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) for social-emotional and behavioral needs. Administering the ED School Climate Survey and providing consultation on the data. Delivering ongoing professional development on topics like trauma-informed practices and crisis prevention. Hosting biannual parent engagement events.

The grant seeks to improve school safety and climate by building strategic partnerships, hiring qualified personnel, and cooperatively training school staff and educating students on violence prevention. OCIC will serve as the primary awardee, with the potential for sub-awards to support the project's goals across the target school districts.

The grant will serve approximately 2,460 students in grades PREK12TH and 240 school personnel. The ocics stop project seeks to address barriers and gaps in services, infrastructure, and opportunities for students in rural schools by building strategic partnerships and hiring qualified personnel to cooperatively train school personnel and educate students on preventing violence. Project activities include: establishment and implement a technology-based platform for anonymous reporting of school safety concerns and individuals at risk of harm to self or others; implementation of botvin lifeskills; botvin lifeskills training provided to students; PAX good behavior game to be used with select grade levels; increased implementation fidelity of multitiered systems of support (mtss) for social-emotional and behavioral supports at all leas; yearly administration of ED school climate survey (edscls) at each site; consultation to site mtss and/or school safety teams to analyze and respond to the school climate data; ongoing professional development, including near-beyond aces program, creating a safe and respectful environment in our classrooms, and crisis prevention institute nonviolent intervention; biannual parent engagement events. The selected activities will support the ocic stop project in improving school safety and climate in all participating leas.