LAS VEGAS, Nev. - U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada today announced that more than $83 million in Department of Justice grants is available to help communities across the country improve school security and protect students, teachers and faculty from threats of violence.
“School violence is no longer an abstract threat but has become a tragic reality in too many of America’s communities. Moving to meet this challenge is among the Administration’s top domestic priorities," said Katharine T. Sullivan, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs. “The Department of Justice is front and center in the fight to meet this challenge. OJP is making historic amounts of grant funding available to ensure that our communities have access to innovative and diverse solutions."
“Through these grant opportunities, the Department of Justice is further expanding its efforts to reduce school violence," said U.S. Attorney Trutanich. “This new funding will help protect children, teachers, and faculty throughout Nevada."
The funding is available through OJP, the federal government’s leading source of public safety funding and crime victim assistance in state, local and tribal jurisdictions. OJP’s programs support a wide array of activities and services, including programs designed to tighten school security and improve the reporting of threats.
A number of funding opportunities for school safety are currently open, with another opening in the near future:
* Research and Evaluation on School Safety
https://nij.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/nij-2020-17308
Total Available: $5 million Deadline: 4/13/2020
* STOP Act School Violence Program (FY20)
https://bja.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/bja-2020-17312
Total Available: $71.5 million Deadline: 6/9/2020
* Strategies to Support Children Exposed to Violence
https://ojjdp.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/ojjdp-2020-17926
Total Available: $7 million Deadline: 4/27/2020
For more information regarding all OJP funding opportunities, visit https://www.ojp.gov/funding/explore/current-funding-opportunities.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
