BJA FY25 Student, Teachers, and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Program
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- O-BJA-2025-172466
- 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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- Independent School Districts
- 501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)
- Higher Education Inst. (Private)
- Other
- County Governments
- Special District Governments
- Non-501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- State Governments
- City/Township Governments
- Higher Education Inst. (Public)
- Points of contact
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- OJP Response Center ojp.responsecenter@usdoj.gov (800) 851-3420
- Full announcement
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) within the Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs is soliciting grant applications for the FY25 Student, Teachers, and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Program. This grant opportunity seeks to support programs designed to prevent and reduce school violence through comprehensive strategies such as implementing training, developing school threat assessment teams, introducing anonymous reporting technologies, and creating intervention strategies for K-12 educational settings. Eligible applicants include independent school districts, nonprofits, tribal governments, higher education institutions, county and city governments, and state agencies. The primary objective is to equip students, teachers, and staff with tools to recognize, respond to, and prevent acts of violence, with a focus on evidence-based approaches to school safety. The application deadline is October 31, 2025, with a JustGrants system deadline of November 10, 2025.
The STOP School Violence Program typically awards grants ranging from $800,000 to $2,000,000, with performance periods of three years. Grant recipients will be expected to implement multidisciplinary approaches that involve collaboration between students, educators, law enforcement, and community stakeholders. The place of performance will predominantly be in local school districts and educational institutions, with a focus on developing comprehensive school safety solutions. Successful applicants must be prepared to maintain financial records and supporting documentation for at least three years following the most recent audit, in accordance with 2 CFR 200, Subpart F. The grant will be awarded through DOJ's Justice Grants System, requiring electronic acceptance by the authorized organizational official.
Synopsis
This NOFO supports programs designed to prevent and reduce school violence by implementing training, developing school threat assessment teams and/or intervention teams to identify violence risks, introducing technologies like anonymous reporting tools, or applying other school safety strategies that assist in preventing violence. The goal is to equip K-12 students, teachers, and staff with tools to recognize, respond to, and prevent acts of violence.
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