Deadline: 14-Jun-22
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.
Goal: The goal of this program is to prevent and reduce school violence.
Objective: 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
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $45,000,000
- Award Ceiling: $2,000,000
- Period of Performance Duration (Months): 36
Eligibility Criteria
- State governments
- Public and state-controlled institutions of higher education
- City or township governments
- County governments
- 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
- Private institutions of higher education
- Independent school districts
- For 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.
- For the purposes of this solicitation, a “federally recognized Native American tribe” means any Indian tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or community, including any Alaska Native village or regional or village corporation as defined in or established pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, which is recognized as eligible for the special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians.
- 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 more information, visit Grants.gov.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=339607