Project Grant 2007JVFX0002

The federal Project Grant award of $1,000,000 from the Bureau of Justice Assistance's STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) supports Gestalt Community Schools, a network of five K-12 college-preparatory public charter schools in Memphis, Tennessee. The grant aims to enhance school safety and prevent violence by implementing a comprehensive approach that includes behavior intervention training, crisis prevention, installation of security technologies, mental health supports, and an anonymous...

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...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award of $1,000,000, provided by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.839 - STOP School Violence Program), aims to reduce youth violence in Philadelphia schools. The project, "Enhancing School Capacity to Address Youth Violence: Penn Community Violence Prevention," will build on the OJJDP Comprehensive Gang Model through a series of evidence-informed violence prevention activities in three...

The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $999,383 Project Grant under the STOP School Violence program to SGA Youth & Family Services, NFP, a non-profit organization in Chicago, Illinois. The 3-year grant, which runs from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027, will fund the Mansueto Safer Together program. This program aims to reduce and prevent violence at Mansueto High School in the Brighton Park community, which faces challenges such as gun violence, gangs, poverty, and...

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 Manchester School District received a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.839 - STOP School Violence Program) to implement a comprehensive violence prevention program in its middle and high schools. The project aims to: 1) Build capacity in two selected schools to implement evidence-based practices within a multi-tiered system of support for behavioral health, including individualized student...

This $1,000,000 Project Grant award to the Family Service Agency of Santa Barbara County (FSA) under the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) will support continued collaboration between FSA and the Guadalupe Union School District (GUSD) on the "Guadalupe Schools: Breaking the Cycle of Violence" initiative. The project will expand skill-based conflict resolution training for students, staff, and parents; implement positive behavioral...

The Muscogee County School District in Columbus, Georgia received a $998,567 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance through the STOP School Violence (CFDA 16.839) program. The 3-year project aims to prevent group-based retaliatory violence in schools by training educators, school resource officers (SROs), and students in restorative practices (RP). Key activities include: 1) Providing foundational RP training to educators and SROs, 2) Delivering...

This $999,685 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.839 - STOP School Violence Program) supports the implementation of comprehensive school safety initiatives in the Bibb County School District (BCSD) in Georgia. The fiscal agent, This W.o.r.k.s Inc., a minority-owned non-profit organization, will partner with BCSD to deliver the STOP BCSD project. Key products and services to be provided include: Schoolwide training and coaching in...

The Spring Grove Area School District received a $254,351 Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Community Oriented Policing Program on October 1, 2021 to implement the School Violence Prevention Program through September 30, 2024. This funding supports the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program, which provides assistance to state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies to develop community policing strategies through...