The mattie rhodes memorial society will implement the multi-tiered system of support best practice model to prevent and intervene in multiple types of school-based violence

The Mattie Rhodes Memorial Society was awarded a $999,998 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-tiered system of support model to prevent and intervene in multiple types of school-based violence. The primary activities include hiring school support personnel, implementing a multi-disciplinary intervention team, training school personnel and students on preventing school violence, developing and operating technology solutions, and supporting ongoing community engagement between project partners. The project will be implemented at Northeast Middle School and Northeast High School within the Kansas City Public Schools district, with the goal of increasing school safety for the residents of the Historic Northeast and Westside neighborhoods in Kansas City, Missouri. Key project partners include the Kansas City Public Schools, Kansas City Police Department, City of Kansas City Missouri Mayor's Office, Jackson County Missouri Community-Backed Anti-Crime Public Safety Tax, and Jackson County Missouri Family Court.

The primary activities include hiring school support personnel; implementing a multi-disciplinary intervention team; training school personnel and students on preventing school violence, developing, and operating technology solutions; and supporting ongoing community engagement between project partners. The expected outcome is increased school safety. The project will be implemented in northeast middle school and northeast high school within kansas city public schools. The beneficiaries of this project are the residents of the historic northeast and westside neighborhoods in kansas city, missouri who currently rely on community development programs and services offered by the applicant. The project partners include kansas city public schools (intended subrecipient), kansas city police department, the city of kansas city missouri mayor's office, jackson county missouri community-backed anti-crime public safety tax (COMBAT), and jackson county missouri family court.