Deadline: 1-May-23
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) seeks applications for funding training and technical assistance (TTA) to support awardees under the BJA Students, Teachers, and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Program and the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) School Violence Prevention Program.
This program furthers the Department’s mission by supporting and assisting county, local, state, and tribal jurisdictions in improving efforts to reduce violent crime in and around schools.
Goals, Objectives and Deliverables
- Goals
- The goal of this program is to prevent and reduce school violence.
- Objectives
- During the 36-month program period, the award recipient will receive oversight and guidance from BJA and the COPS Office. The recipient will be required to achieve the following objectives:
- Increase the knowledge and skills of STOP and SVPP grantees through cutting-edge, innovative resources, training, and technical assistance (both remote and onsite).
- Increase the guidance and resources available to schools, school safety practitioners, and the criminal justice community.
- Identify and address current and emerging school safety threats and concerns to education professionals, students, parents, and law enforcement.
- Serve as a resource for information and research about national and statewide school safety initiatives; collect and disseminate information on school safety initiatives and school safety data.
- Raise awareness of BJA’s school safety programs, trainings, and resources.
- Track and articulate the activities and the successes of grantees.
- During the 36-month program period, the award recipient will receive oversight and guidance from BJA and the COPS Office. The recipient will be required to achieve the following objectives:
- Deliverables
- Continue and expand the comprehensive STOP TTA Program primarily, but not exclusively, for STOP and SVPP grantees, which identifies core capacities for creating safe and secure educational environments.
- Employ a multidisciplinary TTA delivery team that includes subject matter experts from across the continuum of STOP and SVPP grantee activities.
- Describe a plan to assess and support new STOP and SVPP grantee projects, core capacities, and their TTA needs. This assessment should include a determination of grantee activities and a review of grantee-developed trainings to ensure they are in keeping with evidence-based practices. A plan for each grantee shall be created and shall make sure that follow-up intensive assistance is available to grantees related to the application of promising and evidence-based practices, as well as planning for STOP/SVPP project implementation and sustainment.
- The plan should also discuss how the TTA provider will evaluate the TTA provided and its impacts, how peer-to-peer learning opportunities will be encouraged across sites, and how specialized assistance will be provided, where applicable.
Funding Information
- Anticipated Number of Awards: 1
- Anticipated Maximum Dollar Amount of Awards: $8,000,000
- Period of Performance Start Date: 10/1/23
- Period of Performance Duration (Months): 36
- Anticipated Total Amount to be Awarded Under Solicitation: $8,000,000
Eligibility Criteria
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
For more information, visit Grants.gov.