BJA FY25 STOP School Violence Program
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- O-BJA-2025-172340
- Agency
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Bureau of Justice Assistance
Office of Justice Programs, Department of Justice
- Applications due
- Award size
- Up to $2,000,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
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- 16.839 STOP School Violence
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
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- Law, Justice and Legal Services
- Eligible applicants
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- City/Township Governments
- Independent School Districts
- Higher Education Inst. (Private)
- 501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- Other
- Higher Education Inst. (Public)
- State Governments
- County Governments
- Non-501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- Special District Governments
- Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)
- Points of contact
- Full announcement
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) of the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs is offering the FY25 STOP School Violence Program Grant. This funding opportunity aims to enhance school safety and prevent violence by supporting evidence-based strategies such as implementing behavioral threat assessment teams, anonymous reporting technologies, mental health training, and social-emotional learning programs. Eligible applicants include city/township governments, school districts, higher education institutions, nonprofits, and others. The key objectives are to equip students, teachers, and staff with tools to recognize, respond to, and prevent acts of violence in K-12 settings. The solicitation is open from January 15, 2025 to March 27, 2025.
The typical federal grant awards under this program range from $800,000 to $2 million, with three-year performance periods. The places of performance are predominantly local school districts and educational institutions across various states. Common activities supported by these grants include implementing anonymous reporting systems, creating multidisciplinary threat assessment teams, providing staff and student training on violence prevention, and developing social-emotional learning programs.
Synopsis
This funding opportunity aims to support school safety by implementing solutions to enhance school climate, establish school-based behavioral threat assessment and intervention teams to identify violence risks, introduce technologies like anonymous reporting tools, and apply other evidence-based strategies to prevent violence. The goal is to equip K-12 students, teachers, and staff with tools to recognize, respond to, and prevent acts of violence. Please see the Eligible Applicants section for the eligibility criteria.
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