Grants and Funding

Federal Grant Programs

• Bureau of Justice Assistance, U.S. Department of Justice.

• Byrne Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program funds are awarded directly to state and local governments. U.S. Department of Justice.

• COPS grants. COPS Safe Schools grants. U.S. Department of Justice.

• COPS Technology grants. COPS Technology grants. U.S. Department of Justice.

• COPS Secure Our Schools (SOS) Initiative. The Secure Our Schools (SOS) Initiative, administered by the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), provides grants to help cover the cost of security measures, security training, and local law enforcement coordination.

• Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs. Grants management system online training tool.

• Elementary and Secondary School Counseling Discretionary grants (Discretionary grants). U.S. Department of Education. This program provides funding to LEAs to establish or expand elementary and secondary school counseling programs, with special consideration given to applicants that can demonstrate the greatest need for counseling services in the schools to be served; propose the most innovative and promising approaches; and show the greatest potential for replication and dissemination.

• Federal Emergency Management Agency (F.E.M.A.) FEMA grants and assistance programs.

• Grants.gov. Information on finding grant funding opportunities.

• Grants for the Integration of Schools and Mental Health Systems (Discretionary grants). U.S. Department of Education. This program provides grants to state education agencies (SEAs), local education agencies (LEAs), and Indian tribes for the purpose of increasing student access to quality mental health care by developing innovative programs that link school systems with local mental health systems.

• Office for Victims of Crime (OVC), U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs. U.S. Department of Justice.

• Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs.

• Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools (OSDFS). U.S. Department of Education. Focused on creating safe schools, responding to crises, drug abuse and violence prevention, ensuring the health and wellbeing of students and promoting development of good character and citizenship.

• Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools (REMS) (Discretionary grants). Funds local education agencies (LEAs) to strengthen and improve their emergency response and crisis plans at the district and school-building level.

• Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools (REMS) Technical Assistance (TA) Center Website. Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools (REMS), Department of Education. School-based resources addressing crisis management through the four phases of emergency management.

• Safe Schools / Healthy Students Discretionary grants (Discretionary grants). U.S. Department of Education. Grants for programs to prevent violence and the illegal use of drugs and to promote safety and discipline.

• School Emergency Response to Violence (Project SERV) Discretionary grants. U.S. Department of Education. Funds short-term and long-term education-related services for Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) to help them recover from a violent or traumatic event in which the learning environment has been disrupted.

• School-based Partnerships: A Problem Solving Strategy. U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS). Reviews COPS Office grant program for the purpose of partnering law enforcement agencies with schools to address crime and disorder problems.

• Schoolgrants. School grants opportunities and resources.

• The COPS Homeland Security Overtime Program (HSOP). Homeland Security Overtime Program (HSOP) to increase the amount of overtime funding available to support community policing and homeland.

• U.S. Department of Education.

Drug-Violence Prevention - State Programs

• Grants to Address Youth Violence and Related Issues for Persistently Dangerous Schools (Discretionary grants). U.S. Department of Education. The grants to Address Youth Violence and Related Issues in Persistently Dangerous Schools Program supports the implementation of programs, activities, and strategies that address youth violence and related issues in local educational agencies (LEAs) with schools that have been identified as persistently dangerous for school year 2006-2007 pursuant to section 9532 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.

• Grants to States to Improve Management of Drug and Violence Prevention Programs (Discretionary grants). U.S. Department of Education. This program awards grants to develop, expand, or enhance the capacity of SEAs and local education agencies (LEAs), and other state agencies and community-based entities, to collect, analyze, and use data to improve the management of drug- and violence-prevention programs administered in the states.

• State Formula grants for SEAs (Formula grants). U.S. Department of Education. The program provides support to SEAs for a variety of drug- and violence-prevention activities focused primarily on school-age youths. SEAs are required to distribute 93 percent of funds to LEAs for drug- and violence-prevention activities authorized under the statute. These activities may include: developing instructional materials; providing counseling services and professional development programs for school personnel; implementing community service projects and conflict resolution, peer mediation, mentoring and character education programs; establishing safe zones of passage for students to and from school; acquiring and installing metal detectors; and hiring security personnel. The formula for the distribution of funds to LEAs is based on the state’s prior year share of Title I funds (60 percent) and enrollment (40 percent).

Drug-Violence Prevention - National Programs

• Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention Models on College Campuses (Discretionary grants). U.S. Department of Education. The goals of this competition are to identify models of effective alcohol- and other drug prevention programs at IHEs and disseminate information about these programs to other colleges and universities where similar efforts may be adopted.

• Grant Competition to Prevent High-Risk Drinking and Violent Behavior Among College Students (Discretionary grants). U.S. Department of Education. This program provides funds to develop, enhance, implement, and evaluate campus-based and/or community-based prevention strategies to reduce high-risk drinking or violent behavior among college students.

• School Emergency Response to Violence (Project SERV) (Discretionary grants). U.S. Department of Education. This program funds short-term and long-term education-related services for LEAs to help them recover from a violent or traumatic event in which the learning environment has been disrupted. Immediate services assistance covers up to 60 days from the date of the incident. Extended services assistance covers up to one year from the incident. Only awardees and amounts were listed by year; there was no description of the programs created as a result of the awards.

The Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities (SDFSCA) State grants Program

• The SDFSCA State grants Program is established under Title IV, Subpart I of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). U.S. Department of Education. The program provides funds to State and Local Educational Agencies and Governors to support the implementation of programs and activities designed to prevent youth drug use and violence. Funds are awarded to State Educational Agencies (SEAs) and Governors based on a formula included in the statute. SEAs sub-grant funds to local school districts based on a statutory formula, whereas Governors award funds to community-based organizations and other entities on a competitive basis.

• Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Advisory Committee, State Grants Program. U.S. Department of Education. Funds to state and local educational agencies and governors to support youth drug use prevention and violence prevention.

This is a partial list of federal grants that may be available. Additional grants may be available through a wide variety of federal, state, and local resources including professional associations. Please contact these entities for additional resources.