Project Grant S184N210001

The Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the STOP (Students, Teachers, and Officers Preventing) School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) to the Family Wellness Outreach Center of Mississippi, Inc. The project will be implemented in partnership with the Columbus Municipal School District in Lowndes County, Mississippi. The key project activities include: Improving school capacity to prevent and...

The New Star Family Center was awarded a $978,144 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 enhance and expand their youth violence prevention program with middle school students in the Hawthorne School District. The project aims to improve school climate and safety by implementing a trauma-informed, multi-disciplinary approach focused on three core components: educating...

This Project Grant award of $999,860.00 from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) will support the "Un Paso Adelante" initiative by La Familia Central Valley (LFCV), a non-profit organization. The funding will enable LFCV to provide mental health services, staff training, and educational campaigns for students, families, and school personnel in the Riverbank Unified School District (RUSD) and Hilmar...

The Beaufort County School District in South Carolina received a $1,000,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the FY24 STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839). The funding will be used to implement the Promising Students Program, which aims to prevent school violence and improve student safety through a comprehensive plan involving behavioral health providers, community partners, and university scientists. Key components of the...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Joe Torre Safe At Home Foundation under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839). The funding will support a 3-year initiative to provide comprehensive violence prevention and intervention programming for students in three New York schools. Key activities include delivering clinical services to students exposed to various forms of violence,...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) to Families & Youth Inc. to implement integrated, multi-tiered school-based systems of support to address school violence in three target schools within the Las Cruces Public Schools district. The project aims to develop comprehensive, trauma-informed, and evidence-based violence reduction strategies,...

This $999,981 project grant awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839), will support the "Un Paso Adelante" initiative delivered by The Alliance For Community Wellness (doing business as La Familia Counseling Service). The project will provide mental health services, violence prevention programming, and staff training to two school districts - Patterson Unified School District in Stanislaus County and Winston Unified School...

The Asian Media Access Inc. received a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.839 - STOP School Violence Program) to implement the "Project SUPPORT" violence prevention program. The project aims to develop and expand school safety strategies among Minnesota's culturally-specific charter schools to promote positive, supportive school climates and prevent violence targeting Black,...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance has awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) to the El Paso Independent School District (EPISD) to implement the Safe Horizons program. The Safe Horizons program aims to address the increase in behavioral issues, including fighting/mutual combat, that EPISD schools have experienced since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The program will be piloted at four of EPISD's most economically...

The Homedale School District in rural Idaho was awarded a $844,846 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839). The grant will fund the Homedale Safe Schools Project (HSSP) from October 2024 to September 2027. The project aims to implement school-wide positive behavior interventions and supports (SWPBIS) across the district's three school sites, with a focus on strategies to promote school safety. Key...