Project Grant S184G190094

PROJECT CARE: Counseling, Assessment and Response to Emotional-Behavioral Needs The Board of Education City of Atlanta received a $2.13M Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the School Safety National Activities program (CFDA 84.184) for the period January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2026. Project CARE focuses on developing and expanding school-based mental health services within the Atlanta Public School District to address...

The Community Collective for Youth and Family Resilience and Violence Prevention (CCYFR) project will deliver evidence-based interventions and programs to help families impacted by violence in Boulder and Broomfield counties, Colorado. Funded by a $900,000 cooperative agreement from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under the Children Exposed to Violence program (CFDA 16.818), the University of Colorado will lead a...

This Project Grant from the Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health Office of the Director, under the Trans-NIH Research Support program (CFDA 93.310), provides $2,043,753 to the University of Wisconsin-Madison for the RESET project running from April 15, 2021 to March 31, 2022. The RESET project aims to increase safe in-person school attendance among children with medical complexity (CMC) through three complementary approaches. It will establish the feasibility of...

The U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $856,311 Project Grant to Akron Public Schools (APS) under the STOP School Violence (CFDA 16.839) program. The 3-year grant will enable APS to implement customized professional development training in restorative practices for all faculty and staff at up to three targeted schools within its Garfield cluster. This training will equip school personnel to provide additional supports for students who exhibit behaviors...

Project RISE Federal Grant Award Summary Elmhurst University received a $380,989 project grant from the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services under the Special Education - Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities program (CFDA 84.325) for the period October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. Project RISE (Research-Informed Interdisciplinary Scholar Preparation in Evidence-Based Practices) focuses on developing and delivering...

The Wilderness Education Project (WEP) was awarded $1 million under the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) to implement the Project SOAR initiative in partnership with Johnson County Schools in Kentucky from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. Project SOAR will provide social-emotional learning assessments, training for students and staff, and implement an evidence-based therapeutic program focused on...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement to Scholarship Prep under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839). The project, "Creating Community Change: Addressing the Traumas of Homeless Students and Other Vulnerable Youth," aims to develop a multi-tiered, trauma-informed, cross-agency approach to prevent and respond to community violence affecting vulnerable youth, especially those...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded Spokane Public Schools a $996,821 Project Grant under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) to implement the Restorative Interventions for Suspensions and Expulsions (RISE) in-school diversion program. This 3-year grant will build the capacity of the district's Department of Family and Community Engagement to provide a Tier II targeted approach for students at risk of suspension or arrest, aiming to prevent school...

This $999,939 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) will enable Lifebridge Community Services, a non-profit organization in Bridgeport, Connecticut, to implement a three-year initiative to prevent violence and improve school climate in Bridgeport public schools. The project aims to promote trauma-informed practices, social-emotional learning programming, and increased access to mental...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $749,848 Project Grant under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812) to Project Lift Behavioral Health Services, a woman-owned non-profit organization in Cleveland, Ohio. The grant supports a comprehensive trauma-informed violence reduction model that incorporates restorative justice principles to address the root causes of youth violence and promote healing. The model...