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...
This Project Grant award of $998,654 from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) will fund the First Behavioral Health Urgent Care Center to establish a tiered behavioral health support program in two school districts in California. The Center will train school personnel in youth mental health first aid, provide counseling and programming to at-risk students, and hire two clinicians to deliver intensive...
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...
This $1,000,000 Project Grant award to the Family Service Agency of Santa Barbara County (FSA) under the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) will support continued collaboration between FSA and the Guadalupe Union School District (GUSD) on the "Guadalupe Schools: Breaking the Cycle of Violence" initiative. The project will expand skill-based conflict resolution training for students, staff, and parents; implement positive behavioral...
This $999,066 Project Grant award from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) will enable Adams County School District 14 in Colorado to expand its existing Promoting Restorative Justice in School Classrooms (PRJSC) program. The key products and services to be delivered include: Expanding the number of "re-focus rooms" available to students struggling with cognitive and behavioral issues Offering training programs for teachers and...
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 U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance has awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) to Reach Out West End, a non-profit organization located in Upland, California. The goal of this 3-year grant, with a performance period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027, is to improve school safety and prevent violence within the Jurupa Unified School District (JUSD) by providing students, parents, teachers, and other stakeholders...
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,...
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...
The U.S. 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 Scholarship Prep, a non-profit organization in Santa Ana, CA. The project, titled "Creating Community Change: Addressing the Traumas of Homeless Students and Other Vulnerable Youth," aims to develop a multi-tiered, trauma-informed, cross-agency approach to address the traumas of vulnerable...