The Capital School District (CSD) received a $993,731 Project Grant award 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 be used to implement a school violence prevention project in CSD's 13 K-12 schools (6,547 students). Key objectives include: 1) Training school personnel and educating students on preventing violence against others and themselves; 2) Developing and implementing multidisciplinary threat assessment teams to identify and mitigate school violence risks; and 3) Implementing an anonymous reporting technology solution for students, teachers, and the community to report potential threats. The grant will address pervasive school violence issues in CSD, which has a violent crime rate over twice the state and national averages. CSD will serve as the fiscal agent and partner with the Lincoln Center for Family and Youth to carry out the project activities over the 3-year award period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027.
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