Project Grant 2015CKBX0009

The National Science Foundation Division of Social and Economic Science awarded $906,000 under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.075) to The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania for a project titled "The Long-Run Causal Effects of Single-Sex High Schools on Adult Outcomes: Survey and Experiments." The University of Pennsylvania will conduct an online survey of approximately 3,500 individuals ages 33-52 who graduated from...

The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) has awarded a $933,524 Cooperative Agreement to RTI International to conduct an implementation and outcome study of the Students, Teachers, and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Act of 2018 grants. The STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) provides funding to enhance school safety and prevent violence in K-12 settings through evidence-based strategies. The study will examine the types of interventions proposed and implemented by STOP grant...

This federal Project Grant award, valued at $920,882 and awarded by the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES) under the Research in Special Education program (CFDA 84.324), will fund an evaluation of the K-5 Second Step social-emotional learning program and bully prevention unit. The study will assess the impact of these programs on youth violence and school climate among students with and at-risk for disability identification. The University of Missouri System...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) under the OVW Research and Evaluation (CFDA 16.026) program provides $496,834 to the University of Pittsburgh to develop and pilot test a prevention approach tailored for sexual and gender diverse youth (SGDY) and their caregivers to address adolescent relationship abuse disparities. The project aims to co-design an intervention with SGDY, caregivers, and community leaders informed by theories...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) provides $470,351 to the University of Southern California (USC) to explore barriers and facilitators of school officials' participation in Child Death Review (CDR) meetings to address adolescent suicide mortality. The key objectives of this 2-year award are to: 1) explore facilitators and barriers to...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded Arizona State University (ASU) a $1,999,999 STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) project grant. The 3-year project will develop professional learning courses and training for school resource officers (SROs), administrators, school mental health professionals (SMHPs), teachers, and the general public on school safety and violence prevention strategies. Specifically, ASU will convene stakeholders to map out...

The Joseph J. Peters Institute (JJPI) has been awarded a $450,000 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under the Missing Children's Assistance federal grant program (CFDA 16.543). The funding will enable JJPI to address problematic sexual behavior among youth in Philadelphia through the following means: Expanding access to evidence-based treatments such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Problem Sexual Behavior...

The Poway Unified School District was awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) to enhance implementation of behavioral threat assessment teams across the district's 39 schools through September 30, 2025. The district will provide high-quality eLearning training modules and interactive virtual or in-person team learning components to build and strengthen...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) under the STOP School Violence program (CFDA 16.839) provides $1,199,320.00 to the University of Colorado to conduct an implementation and outcome evaluation of the Colorado Threat Assessment and Management Protocol (CTAMP) used in 118 school districts across the state. The key products and services to be delivered include: Implementation and process evaluation activities such as case reviews, surveys, and focus groups to...

The Maine-Endwell Central School District in Broome County, New York, was awarded a $709,959 Project Grant from the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) to implement a violence prevention program from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. The District will provide extensive training to staff on topics such as comprehensive school threat assessment, suicide awareness, mental health first aid, de-escalation techniques, and...