15PBJA22GK01409STOP

The Institute for Intergovernmental Research (IIR) is submitting this proposal to support the Student, Teachers, and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Specialized Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) Program Category 1: TTA for Law Enforcement who work in schools and/or with school-age populations. This project supports the U.S. Department of Justice's mission to assist jurisdictions in reducing crime; improving criminal justice efforts; enhancing information sharing; strengthening multiagency collaboration; and implementing data-driven, evidence-based strategies.

Working collaboratively with the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), IIR will utilize its comprehensive and proven TTA delivery model to implement the five overall program goals, Category 1 objective, and nine deliverables from October 1, 2022, through September 30, 2024. IIR is requesting $2,000,000 to support this effort.

IIR will work with and incorporate perspectives and feedback from stakeholders (including students, parents, school officials, school resource officers, and juvenile probation officers) and leverage and continue to build its vetted and diverse cadre of subject-matter experts to ensure that TTA aligns with stakeholder needs and BJA direction. IIR will:

Provide TTA to STOP grantees to support evidence-based training.
Develop and deliver on-site and virtual training to school-based law enforcement (i.e., school resource and probation officers) and stakeholders (i.e., students, parents, teachers).
Assess, triage, prioritize, and guide stakeholders to TTA based on best practices and evidence-based strategies.
Provide guidance and resources to schools, school safety practitioners, and the criminal justice community.
Assist schools and law enforcement in developing and implementing policy and/or training.
Participate in ongoing collaboration, stay informed of related activities, support cross-organization coordination, and promote program activities and successes.
Identify trends and emerging threats and provide recommendations and information to BJA to help shape future activities.
Develop and launch an interactive clearinghouse to house program materials, request TTA, and encourage ongoing dialogue.
Develop customized dashboards to collect, analyze, and report activities to BJA.
Support working groups, forums, curriculum development teams, and other groups and meetings.
Develop products such as fact sheets, guides, toolkits, webinars, and online resources.
Raise awareness of school safety programs, training, and resources; present at events; and leverage BJA and other partner channels.

STOP TTA efforts will increase the knowledge and capacity of grantee sites, nongrantees supporting school safety initiatives, school-based law enforcement, juvenile probation officers, and other stakeholders. It will increase the accessibility and volume of school safety information and ultimately help enhance prevention, mitigation, and response to school violence.

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BJA'S STOP SCHOOL VIOLENCE GRANT PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO IMPROVE SCHOOL SECURITY BY PROVIDING STUDENTS AND TEACHERS WITH THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO RECOGNIZE, RESPOND QUICKLY TO, AND HELP PREVENT ACTS OF VIOLENCE. THIS SOLICITATION IS FOR TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE (TTA) PROVIDERS IN THREE CATEGORIES: (CATEGORY 1) SPECIALIZED SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER (SRO) AND PROBATION TTA - THE PURPOSE OF THIS TTA CATEGORY IS TO SELECT A TTA PROVIDER WHO CAN WORK SPECIFICALLY WITH SROS AND PROBATION OFFICERS WHO WORK WITH STUDENTS, TO DEVELOP APPROPRIATE TRAINING, OVERSIGHT POLICIES, INTEGRATION INTO RESPONSES; AND CO-RESPONDER TRAINING AND TEAM DEVELOPMENT AND RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PRINCIPLES. THIS TTA WILL ALSO SUPPORT ANY SROS FUNDED UNDER COPS FUNDING THE PURPOSE OF THIS EFFORT IS TO ENSURE SROS ARE ACTING TO PREVENT SCHOOL VIOLENCE WITHOUT INCREASING THE NUMBER OF JUSTICE INVOLVED STUDENTS AND TO ENSURE CONSTITUTIONALLY SOUND EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICES ARE USED. THIS TTA PROVIDER WILL BE REQUIRED TO COORDINATE WITH CR DIVISION AND THE KNOWLEDGE LAB. (CATEGORY 2) SPECIALIZED TTA TO ASSIST SCHOOLS IN IMPLEMENTING MENTAL HEALTH RESPONSES, CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM TRAINING, AND SPECIALIZE RESPONSES TO STUDENTS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES. THIS TTA PROVIDER WILL BE REQUIRED TO COORDINATE WITH BJA'S BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TTA PROVIDERS. EVIDENCE SUGGESTS THAT THE ONSET OF PSYCHOSIS IS OFTEN IN THE MID TEEN YEARS. SPECIALIZED RESOURCES ARE NEEDED TO IDENTIFY AND CONNECT THESE STUDENTS TO SERVICES. (CATEGORY 3) THIS TTA PROVIDER WILL WORK SPECIFICALLY TO PRODUCE TRAINING AND RESOURCES FOR SCHOOLS IN THE AREA OF COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION, CONFLICT RESOLUTION, AND SEXUAL ASSAULT PREVENTION.

16.839 - STOP School Violence

Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) [DOJ - OJP]

Tallahassee, Florida 32317-2729 United States

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BJA FY 22 STOP School Violence Specialized Training and Technical Assistance Program (O-BJA-2022-171296)

Termination This cooperative agreement was reported as terminated by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in July 2025. See All
Amendment Since initial award the End Date has been extended from 09/30/24 to 09/30/26 and the total obligations have increased 187% from $2,000,000 to $5,733,100.