The Osage County Interlocal Co-Op (OCIC) was awarded a $999,853 Project Grant under the U.S. Department of Justice's STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839). The grant will serve approximately 2,460 students and 240 school personnel across seven rural school districts in Oklahoma. Key activities include: Establishing an anonymous technology-based reporting system for school safety concerns and individuals at risk. Implementing evidence-based curricula such as Botvin LifeSkills and PAX Good...
The Ogden School District in Utah received a $999,970 Project Grant award under the U.S. Department of Justice's STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) to implement the Ogden STOP School Violence Project (OSTOP). The grant aims to address school violence by providing International Institute for Restorative Practices training to school staff and administrators, and implementing Check & Connect student engagement and mentoring services. Key objectives include training personnel and...
The Ohio Department of Education was awarded a $1,999,048 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839). The funding will support the implementation and expansion of Ohio's comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach to behavioral threat assessment in K-12 schools across the state. The project will provide training and coaching for Ohio's school-based behavioral threat assessment teams and professional...
The Oxnard School District (OSD) was awarded a $997,625 Project Grant by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA #16.839) to enhance school safety and prevent violence in its K-12 schools. The funds will be used to: 1) Implement school safety technologies; 2) Enhance multi-disciplinary behavioral threat assessment teams; 3) Train school personnel and educate students on preventing school violence; 4) Conduct specialized training for law enforcement...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $1,000,000 STOP School Violence Cooperative Agreement to Community Strategies, Inc. to implement a comprehensive school safety and security plan across Epic Charter Schools in Oklahoma. The funded project will promote positive school climate through reporting systems, emergency operations, staff/student training, mental health and social services supports, and the hiring of security...
The Oshkosh Area School District received a $986,757 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance STOP School Violence Program. The three-year grant, awarded on October 1, 2024, will fund comprehensive staff training and emergency response planning for the district's 17 schools serving over 9,000 pre-K through 12th-grade students. Specifically, the grant will train up to 350 elementary school staff in the Conscious Discipline approach to classroom management...
The Nevada Department of Education (NDE) will receive $1,985,347 under a three-year Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839). The NDE will enhance implementation of multidisciplinary threat assessment teams across Nevada through October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. Key activities include delivering an evidence-based threat assessment training through an eLearning platform to build skills in...
The Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE) was awarded a $2,530,005 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's School Safety National Activities (CFDA 84.184) program. The grant will fund a project to provide school-based mental health professionals in the rural, western school districts of Anadarko, Ardmore, Carnegie, and Hinton in Oklahoma. The project aims to improve students' safety and well-being by developing and expanding school-based mental health services, increasing...
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 Fairbanks North Star Borough School District was awarded a $802,555 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.839 STOP School Violence Program) to train school personnel and educate students on preventing school violence. The 3-year project, which began on October 1, 2023, will provide evidence-based threat assessment training to secondary school teachers, principals, and students to help them recognize, respond to, and prevent acts of...