Grants are available through the Fiscal Year 2022 School Violence Prevention Program (SVPP) via the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS). The program's goal is to improve security at schools and on school grounds through evidence-based school safety programs and technology. Under this program, $53 million is available to states, units of local government, Indian tribes, and their public agencies, including school districts (including charter school districts and school districts with a single school), school boards, and law enforcement agencies.
Each application must
accompanied by an assurance that the application was prepared after
consultation with individuals not limited to law enforcement officers
(including licensed mental health professionals, social workers, students,
parents, school violence researchers/academics (if practical), teachers,
principals, and other school personnel) to ensure that improvements to be
funded under the grant are consistent with a comprehensive approach to
preventing school violence; protective of student privacy and ensure that
students are not discriminated against on the basis of race, national origin,
disability, religion, or sex; and, individualized to the needs of each school
at which those improvements are to be made. Applications are due June 14.
The announcement and submission guidelines are available at https://cops.usdoj.gov/pdf/2022ProgramDocs/svpp/solicitation.pdf.
The Bureau of Justice
Assistance (BJA) also announced that grants are available for its STOP School
Violence Program. Applications may be submitted that address one or more of the
following areas:
- developing
and operating technology solutions such as anonymous reporting systems for
threats of school violence;
- multidisciplinary
behavioral threat assessment and/or intervention teams; training school
personnel and educating students on preventing school violence, including
strategies to improve a school climate;
- specialized
training for law enforcement who work in schools and/or with school-age
populations such as school resource officers (SROs) and probation
officers; and
- hiring of
school support personnel such as climate specialists, school
psychologists, school social workers, school-based violence interrupters,
and others directly supporting the prevention of school violence.
Grant applications are
due by June 14.
The full grant announcement is available online at bja.ojp.gov/funding/O-BJA-2022-171118.pdf.
