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See the new federal grant opportunities below.
School Safety Partner,
New school safety-related grants have recently been added to the Grants Finder Tool on SchoolSafety.gov.
Community and Schools Youth Drug Prevention Program (Deadline: October 29)
Provides funding to deliver substance use prevention programs for youth in schools and extracurricular settings in coordination with law enforcement and community coalitions. Funding supports activities that include but are not limited to: 1) delivering comprehensive prevention programs for students; 2) designing and implementing family engagement strategies to prevent or address substance use; 3) offering training for school staff, parents, law enforcement, and community members; and 4) supporting “safe zones of passage” to ensure students can travel safely to and from school and activities.
Students, Teachers, and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Program (Deadline: October 30)
Provides funding to prevent and reduce school violence by implementing training, developing school threat assessment teams and/or intervention teams to identify violence risks, introducing technologies like anonymous reporting tools, or applying other school safety strategies that assist in preventing violence.
To access additional information on these grants, please click here. You can also navigate the Grants Finder Tool’s various features to search for additional grants related to school safety.
Thank you for your continued engagement with SchoolSafety.gov. If you have any questions, please contact our team at SchoolSafety@cisa.dhs.gov.
Sincerely,
The Federal School Safety Clearinghouse