Ogden school district, located in utah, proposes to implement ogden stop school violence project (ostop)

The Ogden School District in Utah was awarded a $999,970 Project Grant under the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) to implement the Ogden STOP School Violence Project (OSTOP). The three-year project aims to:

1. Train school personnel and educate students on preventing student violence against others and themselves;
2. Hire personnel to improve school climate and positive responses to student behavior; and
3. Improve school climate by decreasing out-of-school suspensions, students feeling unsafe, and chronic absenteeism.

Key activities include providing International Institute for Restorative Practices training to school staff, implementing Check & Connect student engagement and academic support, and utilizing Comprehensive School Threat Assessment Guidelines software. The project partners with the Utah State Board of Education, Spectrum Research, and other entities to deliver these school safety and violence prevention services.

Ostop focuses on providing international institute for restorative practices training to school-based staff and administrators to equip them with the skills to facilitate restorative conferences and to interact with all students in a way that fosters an equitable and positive school culture. The project also includes check & connect (c & c) training and mentoring. C & c focuses on student engagement and academic success, while also playing a significant role in reducing school violence. Ostop includes three project objectives, each identifying an expected project outcome: train school personnel and educate students on preventing student violence against others and themselves; hire personnel to improve school climate and positive responses to student behavior; and improve school climate (i.e., decrease out of-school suspension, students who feel unsafe at school, chronic absenteeism). The project includes the utah state board of education for c & c training; comprehensive school threat assessment guidelines (cstag) for threat assessment software; and spectrum research, evaluation and development for data collection support and project evaluation.