FY25 Bureau of Justice Assistant (BJA) STOP School Violence Program

We would like to announce that the Department of Justice's FY25 Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) STOP School Violence Program is now open for submissions. This application is administered through the Bureau of Justice Assistance.

Eligible Applicants

Category 1: States

Category 2: Localities, Nonprofits, and School Districts

Program Summary

This funding opportunity aims to support school safety by implementing solutions to enhance school climate, establishing school-based behavioral threat assessment and intervention teams to identify violence risks, introducing technologies like anonymous reporting tools, and applying other evidence-based strategies to prevent violence. The goal of the program is to improve school safety by providing students, teachers, and staff with the tools they need to recognize, respond quickly to, and prevent acts of violence. 

Proposals may include one or more of the following deliverable areas:

1. Develop and operate technology solutions such as anonymous reporting systems (ARS) for threats of school violence, including mobile telephone applications, hotlines, websites, or other school safety technology solutions. 
2. Develop and implement multidisciplinary behavioral threat assessment (BTA) and/or intervention teams.
3. Train school personnel and educate students on preventing school violence, including strategies to improve school climate.
4. Provide specialized training for law enforcement who work in schools and/or with school-age populations such as school resource officers (SROs) and probation officers.
5. Hire 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.
6. Implement community violence intervention strategies in a school setting.
7. Implement simulation-based experiential learning.
8. Partner with local law enforcement to create a “handle with care” program for students.
9. Support school-based diagnostic mental health services or school-based mental health treatment services

The full solicitation is available HERE

KEY DATES

For guidance on registrations, we recommend reviewing the "Getting Ready for Grants" webinar, worksheet, memo, and the Department of Justice’s JustGrants Training Catalog to ensure you are on track to begin the process.

The Greenlights Grant Initiative team will be providing additional resources shortly.

Sincerely,
The Greenlights Grant Initiative Team

Greenlights Grant Initiative
1107 Glendon Ave #3501
Los Angeles, CA 90024

For more information visit our website:

https://www.greenlightsgrantinitiative.org/grants/bureau-of-justice-assistance-stop-school-violence-program/