STOP School Violence

 

The goal of the STOP School Violence Program is to improve school security by providing students and teachers with the tools they need to recognize, respond quickly to, and help prevent acts of violence. Objective for Training: Train school personnel and educate students on preventing student violence against others and themselves. This can also include any program shown to improve school climate, including anti-bullying training, as well as specialized training for school officials to respond to mental health crises. Objective for school threat assessment and crisis intervention teams: To increase school safety by developing and implementing threat assessment and/or intervention teams to identify school violence risks and implement strategies to mitigate those risks. Objective for technology solutions: To implement a technology solution, such as an anonymous reporting technology that can be implemented as a smartphone APP, a hotline, or a website in the applicants geographic area designed to provide a way for students, teachers, faculty, and community members to anonymously identify school violence threats, or other technology solutions that will improve school safety. Performance Measure 1: Number of school staff trained; and, Performance Measure 2: Number of technology solutions implemented (including anonymous reporting systems [apps] and/or emergency personnel communication systems, etc.)

Active 16.839 Office of Justice Programs, Department of Justice B - Project Grants Fiscal Year 2018 In FY18 BJA received 240 applications. Of those, 213 were sent to peer review. BJA granted 183 awards for a total of $46,871,053. The breakdown of awards is as follows: • BJA STOP School Violence Prevention and Mental Health Training Program – 85 awards for $27,786,726 • BJA STOP School Violence Threat Assessment and Technology Reporting Program – 68 awards for $19,085,027.
Fiscal Year 2019 This year, OJP’s Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded nearly $53 million via three separate funding opportunities required through the Act, while COPS awarded nearly $32.5 million through its School Violence Prevention Program. BJA’s STOP School Violence Technology and Threat Assessment Solutions for Safer Schools Program ($29.5 million): BJA awarded 68 local governments, federally recognized Indian tribes and public agencies nearly $29.5 million to directly help schools by providing school administrators, staff, students and first responders with the ability to use threat assessments, crisis intervention teams, and anonymous reporting technology. The funds are also used to create or enhance State School Safety Centers.
Fiscal Year 2020 Please visit https://www.ojp.gov/sites/g/files/xyckuh241/files/media/document/stop-school-violence-awards-fs.pdf
Fiscal Year 2021 BJA award 78 annual awards, totaling almost $74 million intended to support training and education for school personnel and students on preventing violence against others and themselves, including anti-bullying training and specialized training for school officials to respond to mental health crises. Funds also help develop and implement multidisciplinary threat assessment or intervention teams and design technology solutions such as anonymous reporting systems, hotlines and websites.
Fiscal Year 2022 Please visit https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-awards-nearly-444-million-support-violence-intervention-efforts Title V of Division S of Public Law 115-141, Title The STOP School Violence Act of 2018, Public Law 115-141, 34 U.S.C. 10551
Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2023, Public Law 117-328 States, units of local government, Federally recognized Indian tribes, Public agencies (e.g., school districts, towns, cities and municipalities, individual schools, police departments, sheriff's departments, governmental mental health service providers, and health departments), Nonprofit entities to include private schools. The STOP School Violence Act of 2018 describes those who are eligible to apply are States, units of local government, federally recognized Indian tribes, public agencies (e.g., school districts, towns, cities and municipalities, individual schools, police departments, sheriff's departments, governmental mental health service providers, and health departments), nonprofit entities to include private schools. The STOP School Violence Act of 2018 states that training for teachers and education of students to prevent violence against others and self. This will include specialized training for school officials responding to mental health crisis. Not applicable. Preapplication coordination is not applicable. 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies to this program. See the current fiscal year's solicitation available at the Office of Justice Programs web site at https://www.ojp.gov/funding/explore/current-funding-opportunities and https://www.ojp.gov/funding/financialguidedoj/ii-preaward-requirements for additional information. Upon approval by the Office of Justice Programs Assistant Attorney General, successful applicants are notified via DOJ's Justice Grants System (JustGrants). The grant award must be accepted electronically by the receiving organizations authorized official in JustGrants. Contact the headquarters or regional location, as appropriate for application deadlines Deadlines are included with the application instructions available at the Office of Justice Programs web site (https://www.ojp.gov/funding/explore/current-funding-opportunities). There are no appeal rights for rejection of a discretionary application, but for discretionary awards, please see section 28 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 18. In some cases, award periods may be extended if specific criteria are met. For details, please review the discussion of no-cost extensions in the Criteria for Award Extension section of the Department of Justice Grants Financial Guide available at https://www.ojp.gov/funding/financialguidedoj/iii-postaward-requirements. See the current fiscal years' program solicitation available at the Office of Justice Programs web site at https://www.ojp.gov/funding/explore/current-funding-opportunities. Under this program, BJA will award grants to States, units of local government, federally recognized Indian tribes, public agencies (e.g., school districts, towns, cities and municipalities, individual schools, police departments, sheriff’s departments, governmental mental health service providers, and health departments), nonprofit entities to include private schools for the training of teachers and the education of students with the intent to prevent acts of violence to others or self. This can also include any program shown to improve school climate, including anti-bullying training, as well as specialized training for school officials to respond to mental health crises. In addition, these awards can be used for school threat assessments, crisis intervention teams, and technology solutions such as anonymous reporting technology like APPS, hotlines, or websites and other school safety technology solutions. Performance Reports: To assist in fulfilling the Departments responsibilities under the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (GPRA), Public Law 103-62, and the GPRA Modernization Act of 2010, Public Law 111–352, recipients must provide data that measures the results of their work. Not applicable. In accordance with the requirement set forth in 2 CFR 200, Subpart F, grantees must maintain all financial records, supporting documents, statistical records, and all other records pertinent to the award for at least 3 years following the close of the most recent audit. For additional guidance, please visit https://www.ojp.gov/funding/financialguidedoj/iii-postaward-requirements. Statutory formula is not applicable to this assistance listing.

Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. Award periods for Office of Justice programs generally range from 12 to 36 months. For specifics pertaining to this program, please see the current fiscal year’s program solicitation available at the Office of Justice Programs web site (https://www.ojp.gov/funding/explore/current-funding-opportunities). For additional information, see the Department of Justice Grants Financial Guide section on “Period of Availability of Funds" at https://www.ojp.gov/funding/financialguidedoj/iii-postaward-requirements. See the following for information on how assistance is awarded/release: The Department of Justice Financial Guide at https://www.ojp.gov/funding/financialguidedoj/iii-postaward-requirements. None/Not specified. David Adams
U.S. Department of Justice
Office of Justice Programs
Bureau of Justice Assistance
810 Seventh Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20531 US
AskBJA@usdoj.gov
Phone: 202-616-6500 https://bja.ojp.gov/program/stop-school-violence-program/overview 15-0404-0-1-754 (Cooperative Agreements) FY 22$153,841,321.00; FY 23 est $82,000,000.00; FY 24 est $82,000,000.00; FY 21$73,359,742.00; FY 20$165,431,731.00; FY 19$61,403,186.00; FY 18$47,423,232.00; FY 17$0.00; - Award amounts will range from $1,000,000 up to $2,000,000. See solicitation for specifics at https://www.ojp.gov/funding/explore/current-funding-opportunities. Office of Justice Programs funding opportunities https://www.ojp.gov/funding/explore/current-funding-opportunities Department of Justice Grants Financial Guide (https://www.ojp.gov/funding/financialguidedoj/overview) and Post award Instructions (https://www.ojp.gov/funding/financialguidedoj/iii-postaward-requirements), applicable OMB Circulars and regulations, and Department of Justice regulations applicable to specific types of grantees. Fiscal Year 2018 One applicant patterned with Sandy Hook Promise over the course of three years to the establishment and training of school threat assessment teams, Safety Assessment and Intervention Workshop Trainings and Technical Assistance will be provided for participating identified school threat assessment teams throughout the state of Ohio. The training will target the effective development and operation of school threat assessment teams and the process for successful implementation. The project will be utilizing Sandy Hook Promise’s evidence-based Safety Assessment & Intervention school threat assessment program. To ensure sustainability, prior to program delivery, each participating school will be required to establish and register a SAVE Promise Club. SAVE Promise Clubs are led by students for students, with the support of an adult champion. Approximately 3,505 K-12 schools need SAI training or re-training. Each training will include 30-40 school-based teams, including three to five team 7 of 10 members per school, for a total of 189 trainings across the state over the course of the three-year grant period. The state will work with Sandy Hook Promise and the schools to determine the appropriate rollout and pacing based on their needs. One applicant will focus on rural schools. Create a “violence prevention toolkit” for local schools that will include information about what to report, how to report, and what to do when you are concerned about someone. Toolkit will include training and informational material for school staff, parents and students. Hold three different kinds of in-person training for teachers and school personnel, held regionally. Sustain capabilities, by creating an online training series based on the in-person training content for all sessions. Provide training for school staff on building positive relationships with students to break the code of silence that is a key barrier for youth reporting signs of violence. Provide training to threat/crisis intervention teams on threat management interventions and provide training to school staff on how to apply behavioral interventions to support threat management strategies that reduce risk of student violence.
Fiscal Year 2019 Develop and implement assessment tools, plans and multidisciplinary teams established for the purpose of identifying and providing services to individuals who may pose a threat to school safety or may endanger themselves, teachers, students, administrators, public safety officers, or members of the community. Tools and teams should be developed in accordance with evidence-based practices and should be inter-disciplinary in nature. Critical to these teams are such professionals as researchers, mental health clinicians and practitioners, public safety officials, and violence prevention specialists. Teams should work collaboratively and include partners from local professional organizations, public safety agencies, and health and human services, with the shared goal of reducing school violence in the designated area.
Fiscal Year 2020 Creation and delivery of education sessions for students, with the intent to prevent violence against others. Sessions should include best practices for recognizing and responding to potential signs of violence. Creation and delivery of evidence-based, comprehensive, multi-disciplinary training for school personnel enabling them to respond to mental health crises that may precipitate violent attacks on school grounds.
Fiscal Year 2022 Please visit https://bja.ojp.gov/news/blog/bja-helps-education-administrators-learn-how-create-positive-school-environment