Project Grant 2005JVFX0033

The U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $250,000 Project Grant under the Delinquency Prevention Program (CFDA 16.548) to the Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Government. The grant will fund the Louisville Office for Safe and Healthy Neighborhoods Secondary Gang Prevention Program, which will hire a Project Specialist to coordinate a collective impact approach to reduce the number of youth recruited into gang membership within the...

The Council on At-Risk Youth (CARY) was awarded a $702,519 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) to hire "CARY Youth Advisors" and provide trauma-informed, school-based programming at three high schools in the Austin and Manor Independent School Districts. The CARY Youth Advisors will conduct the Aggression Replacement Training (ART) curriculum with 100 students per year over two school...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement to After-School All-Stars, doing business as Inner City Games Foundation, under the STOP School Violence grant program (CFDA 16.839). The funding will support a 3-year project to reduce violence and improve safety in high-need communities surrounding 5 Title I school sites in Newark, New Jersey. Through after-school mentoring, social-emotional learning, and...

The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $738,000 Project Grant under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753) to the Baltimore City Health Department to implement a school-based violence prevention program. The program will be implemented from August 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026 in 4 middle/high schools located in high-poverty, high-violence neighborhoods in Baltimore. The program will provide universal, evidence-based social-emotional learning sessions for all...

The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Gulf Coast (BGCGC) will implement the Impact School-Based Mentoring Program (IMPACT) through a $1 million cooperative agreement award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. The goal of this funding is to curb escalating youth violence in the Mississippi Gulf Coast region through the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839), which aims to improve school security and help prevent acts of...

The Gadsden Elementary School District #32 was awarded a $420,852 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Community Oriented Policing Program under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program. The grant will support the district's School Violence Prevention Program from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024. As part of this program, the district will implement community policing strategies and develop partnerships between law...

The Great Falls School District 1 in Great Falls, Montana will use $500,000 from the Department of Justice's Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program to implement evidence-based programs through September 2024. Under the COPS Office School Violence Prevention Program award, the district will improve school security and promote a positive learning environment at Lewis and Clark Elementary School. Funding will support school safety programs and technology to enhance security...

The Gila River Indian Community (GRIC) was awarded a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839). The project aims to create a School Justice Partnership Committee to develop a strategic plan for the Juvenile Probation Department to work with schools on the Gila River Indian Reservation. Key activities include establishing partnerships with service providers,...

The Bridgeport City School District was awarded a $375,000 project grant from the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services Office to implement the School Violence Prevention Program. The grant will fund evidence-based programs through September 2025 to improve security and promote a positive learning environment at Garfield Elementary School in Bridgeport, Connecticut. As part of the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program, funding will support...

The Guilford County Board of Education received a three-year, $462,372 Project Grant award from the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Office Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program. The grant will support the Guilford County Schools' School Violence Prevention Program (SVPP) through September 2024. As part of its community policing strategy, the SVPP will develop collaborative partnerships between law enforcement and schools to identify...