CFDA#
16.839
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Funder Type
Federal Government
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IT Classification
C - Funds little to no technology
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Authority
Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)
Summary
The STOP School Violence (SSV) Program is designed to prevent and reduce school violence by implementing training, establishing school threat assessment and/or intervention teams to identify potential risks, deploying technologies such as anonymous reporting systems, or adopting other evidence-based safety strategies. The goal is to equip K–12 students, teachers, and staff with the knowledge and tools to recognize, respond to, and prevent acts of violence.
Program objectives include:
- Train school personnel and educate students on preventing student violence against others and themselves. This can include anti-bullying training and/or specialized training for school officials and law enforcement to respond to mental health crises.
- Increase school safety by developing and implementing threat assessment and/or intervention teams to identify school violence risks and implement strategies to mitigate those risks.
- Implement a technology solution, such as an anonymous reporting technology that can be implemented as a smartphone app, a hotline, or a website in the applicant's geographic area designed to provide a way for students, teachers, faculty, and community members to anonymously identify school violence threats, or other technology solutions that will improve school safety.
History of Funding
2023 examples of funded projects can be seen at: https://bja.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/o-bja-2023-171666
2021 recipients can be seen at: https://bja.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/o-bja-2021-47003
2020 recipients can be seen at: https://bja.ojp.gov/funding/awards/list?field_award_status_value=All&state=All&field_funding_type_value=All&fiscal_year=2020&combine_awards=stop+school+violence&awardee=&city=#awards-awards-list-block-r218id0f1ht-yltn
Additional Information
Eligible applicants may submit one application that includes proposals for one or more of the following areas:
- Design and implement technology-based solutions—such as anonymous reporting systems (ARS) for threats of school violence, including mobile apps, hotlines, websites, or other safety technologies—that enhance the accurate identification of risks and improve school safety. Applications must include evidence of collaboration with key partners, such as local law enforcement, demonstrated through letters of support or memorandums of understanding (MOUs). Applicants should explain how the proposed system complements, rather than duplicates, existing ARS resources within the jurisdiction or state. Proposals must also describe how data collected through the system will be managed, secured, and shared.
- Develop and implement multidisciplinary behavioral threat assessment (BTA) and/or intervention teams. These teams must include representatives from multiple disciplines and work in coordination with law enforcement, behavioral health professionals, community partners, and school staff. Applicants should provide evidence of partner support—such as letters of support or memorandums of understanding (MOUs)—as part of their application.
- Provide training for school personnel and education for students on preventing school violence. This includes programs on anti-bullying and suicide prevention, as well as specialized training for school staff to effectively respond to mental health crises.
SSV funds may not be used to address violence on the campus of an institution of higher education (IHE). Applicant institutions of higher education may apply to implement programs in other educational environments, such as K–12 schools. Additionally, SSV funds may not be used for the purchase of target hardening equipment to secure schools such as cameras, security systems, fencing, locks, drug- or firearm-detecting dogs, and more. In addition, these funds cannot be used to hire armed security officers or school resource officers.
OJP will give priority to applications that propose projects advancing one or more of the goals listed below, when aligned with the scope of this funding opportunity. Applicants requesting priority consideration must identify in their proposal narrative (and in the budget detail form, if applicable) which goal(s) their project supports and describe how it will do so:
- Direct support for law enforcement operations (including immigration enforcement);
- Combating violent crime;
- Providing services to U.S. citizens;
- Protecting children in the United States;
- Supporting victims of trafficking and sexual assault in the United States.
Eligibility Details
Eligible applicants are split into Category 1 and Category 2:
Category 1:
- State governments
- Public and state-controlled institutions of higher education (IHEs)
Category 2:
- County governments
- City or township governments
- Special district governments
- Native American Tribal governments (federally recognized)
- Independent school districts
- Private IHEs
- Nonprofits with a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS (other than IHEs)
- Nonprofits with no 501(c)(3) status with the IRS (other than IHEs)
- Units of local government (e.g., towns, boroughs, parishes, villages, or other general purpose political subdivisions of a state)
- Private K-12 schools (including private charter schools)
- Public charter schools
Private K–12 schools, including private charter schools, should apply as nonprofits.” Public charter schools should apply as independent school districts.”
Deadline Details
Applicants were to submit their SF-424 form to Grants.gov by October 31, 2025 11:59 PM ET. Full applications were to be submitted to JustGrants by November 10, 2025 8:59 PM ET. Similar deadlines are anticipated annually.
A webinar for potential applicants was held on September 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM ET. For more information, go to https://bja.ojp.gov/events/informational-webinar-stop-school-violence-program-fy25-funding-opportunity
Award Details
In FY25, $83,000,000 is available for an anticipated 79 awards.
- Category 1 applicants: Total number of awards BJA expects to make is 10. Maximum dollar amount for each award is up to $2,000,000.
- Category 2 applicants: Total number of awards BJA expects to make is 69. Maximum dollar amount for each award is up to $1,000,000.
Period of performance for both Category 1 and 2 is 36 months, beginning October 1, 2025. Cost sharing is not required.
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