The Secured School Safety Grant program is an allocated state fund that provides matching grants to school corporations, accredited non-public schools, charter schools and coalitions of school corporations.
Donor Name: Indiana Department of Homeland Security
State: Indiana
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant | Matching Grants
Deadline: 07/01/2024
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
Uses of Fund
SSSG funds may be used to:
- Employ a school resource officer (SRO) or law enforcement officer (LEO).
- Conduct a site vulnerability assessment and/or critical incident digital mapping.
- Purchase equipment, hardware, materials and technology to:
- Restrict access to school property and classrooms; or
- Assist with visitor management on school property; or
- Expedite notification of first responders; or
- Expedite access to school property for first responders; or
- Provide school staff with information about the open or closed status of interior and exterior doors; or
- Detect fire, chemical, visual, or audible threats; or
- Enhance emergency communications inside the building; or
- Assist with emergency medical response on school property.
- Implement a student and parent support services plan.
- Purchase or provide training for a canine trained to detect drugs and illegal substances, explosives or firearms, or to otherwise provide protection for students and school employees.
- Provide funding for school employees to receive training, including expenses for per diem, travel and lodging related to eligible training.
- Provide funding for school resource officer or law enforcement officer to receive training, including expenses for per diem, travel and lodging, related to handling a trained canine.
- Design and construct additions or renovations on school property if the primary purpose is to enhance the physical security of the school building.
- Implement a bullying prevention program.
- Purchase a one-time non-matching grant to enable school corporations to work with their sheriff to provide the initial set up costs for an active event warning system.
- Provide a response to a threat in a manner that the school corporation or charter school sees fit, including firearms training (curriculum now defined) or other self-defense training or securing funds for counseling in the event of a school shooting.
- Purchase student safety management technology.
Grant Period
The period of performance for the FY25 SSSG is September 1, 2024 – August 31, 2025.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible applicants include school corporations, accredited non-public (i.e., private) schools, charter schools and coalitions of school corporations applying jointly.
County School Safety Commission
Pursuant to IC 10-21-1-4, the Secured School Safety Board may not award a Secured School Safety Grant to a school corporation, charter school or accredited nonpublic school unless the school corporation, charter school or accredited nonpublic school is located in a county that has a county school safety commission, as described in IC 10-21-1-12. For information on county school safety commissions contact your local sheriff’s department.
Memorandum Of Understanding with a Community Mental Health Center
IC 10-21-1-5(c)(2) requires that each school corporation, charter school or accredited nonpublic school shall certify to the Indiana Department of Homeland Security that the school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school has a memorandum of understanding in place with a community mental health center established under IC 12-29-2 or provider certified or licensed by the state to provide mental or behavioral health services to students before applying for a grant under this chapter.
Site Vulnerability Assessment
IC 10-21-1-5(c)(1) requires that each school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school shall certify to the department of homeland security that the school corporation, charter school or accredited nonpublic school has conducted a site vulnerability assessment for each school building used by the school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school before applying for a grant under this chapter.
Virtual School Policy
Virtual charter schools or virtual accredited nonpublic schools are not eligible for funding pursuant to I 10-21-1-0.5. For the purposes of the Secured School Safety Board and the SSSG, a virtual school is defined as any school (including private and charter schools) that offer student instruction at 51 percent (or more) off-site or off-campus through virtual distance learning, online technology, or compute-based instruction.
For more information, visit IDHS.
