Kansas city, kansas public schools (kckps) will serve over 20,000 kckps students, their families, school staff, and law enforcement

The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded a $652,363 Project Grant under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) to the Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools (KCKPS). Through this 3-year grant, KCKPS will serve over 20,000 students, families, school staff, and law enforcement by implementing the Rachel's Challenge programming to build trust, connect students, and provide access to trauma-informed anonymous reporting, social-emotional learning resources, and crisis support. The grant will also fund training for KCKPS' multidisciplinary teams in evidence-based behavioral threat assessment, suicide risk assessment, and case management. The goal is to enhance school safety and prevent violence through a comprehensive approach focused on early intervention and creating a more supportive school environment.

Partnering with student and community-driven enough is enough violence prevention activities, kckps will train students to care for and connect with each other and their school community using rachel's challenge (RC) programming. RC will be used to build trust and train students to reach out for help for themselves and others through a trauma-informed anonymous reporting and help platform that includes access to RC digital social emotional learning (SEL) content, basic need and other resources, crisis support, and local responders. Increased use of the anonymous reporting system will be supported by formal training for kckps multidisciplinary teams in evidence-based behavioral threat assessment, suicide risk assessment, and case management.