The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) seeks applications for funding to prevent violence in a K–12 school setting.
Donor Name: Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/08/2023
Size of the Grant: $2,000,000
Grant Duration: 36 months
Details:
With this solicitation, BJA seeks to increase school safety by implementing training that will improve school climate using school-based behavioral threat assessments and/or intervention teams to identify school violence risks among students, technological solutions shown to increase school safety such as anonymous reporting technology, and other school safety strategies that assist in preventing violence.
Goals
The goal of this program is to prevent and reduce school violence including violence committed with firearms.
Objectives
The program’s objectives are to increase school safety using evidence-based solutions to prevent violence against schools, staff, and students and ensure a positive school climate. Applicants should also be mindful of the potential to cause or exacerbate trauma for some students and should use a trauma-informed approach when implementing program activities to help mitigate this concern.
Funding Information
Category 1
- Dollar Amount for Award: $2,000,000
- Performance Duration (Months): 36
Category 2
- Dollar Amount for Award: $1,000,000
- Performance Duration (Months): 36
Eligible Applicants
- City or township governments, County governments, Independent school districts, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, State governments, Other Other
- Units of local governments
- Category 1:
- State governments o
- Public and state-controlled institutions of higher education
- Category 2:
- City or township governments
- County governments o Units of local governments
- Native American tribal governments (federally recognized)
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education o Private institutions of higher education o Independent school districts o Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education Private K–12 schools, including private charter schools, should apply as “nonprofits.” Public charter schools should apply as “independent school districts.” Applicants may propose to use the grant to contract with or make one or more subawards to:
- Local educational agencies
- Nonprofit organizations
- Units of local government or tribal organizations
For the purposes of this solicitation, “state” means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
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