Students, Teachers, and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence
The Students, Teachers, and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence grant program is designed to improve school safety and security by providing students and teachers with the tools they need to recognize, respond quickly to, and help prevent acts of violence. STOP School Violence grants are funded through the US Department of Justice and span three years. Two categories of organizations are eligible to apply: Category 1 (States) and Category 2 (Localities, Federally Recognized Tribal Governments, Nonprofits, and School Districts).
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The purpose of the School-Based Mental Health (SBMH) program is to provide grants to state educational agencies (SEAs), local educational agencies (LEAs), and consortia of LEAs to increase the number of credentialed mental health service providers delivering school-based mental health services to students in LEAs with demonstrated need. SBMH grants are funded by the US Department of Education and have a program period of four years.
Learn MoreMental Health Service Professional Demonstration (MHSP)
Through the Mental Health Service Professional Demonstration (MHSP) program, the US Department of Education provides grants to support and demonstrate innovative partnerships to train school-based mental health service providers for employment in high-need schools and LEAs. Partnerships must include (1) one or more high-need LEAs or an SEA on behalf of one or more high-need LEAs and (2) one or more eligible institutions of higher education (IHEs). MHSP grant programs take place over four years.
Learn MoreEducation Innovation and Research (EIR)
The Education Innovation and Research (EIR) grant program is a five-year grant program designed to generate and validate solutions to persistent educational challenges and to support the expansion of effective solutions to substantially larger numbers of students. Each EIR competition features unique priorities, with recent areas of focus including school climate, literacy, STEM, and high-impact tutoring. The US Department of Education awards EIR grantees funds to create, develop, implement, replicate, or take to scale entrepreneurial, evidence-based, field-initiated innovations to improve student achievement and attainment for high-need students; and to rigorously evaluate such innovations. Eligible applicants include: LEAs; SEAs; The Bureau of Indian Education; a consortium of SEAs or LEAs; a nonprofit organization; and an SEA, an LEA, a consortium of SEAs or LEAs, or the Bureau of Indian Education in partnership with a nonprofit organization, a business, an educational service agency, or an institution of higher education.
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The Project Prevent program provides grants to LEAs impacted by community violence with the goal of expanding their capacity to implement community- and school-based strategies to help prevent community violence and mitigate the impacts of exposure to community violence. This five-year grant program is funded by the US Department of Education.
Learn MoreSchool Climate Transformation Grant–Local Education Agency (SCTG–LEA)
Through the School Climate Transformation Grant–Local Education Agency (SCTG–LEA) program, LEAs receive grant funding to develop, enhance, or expand systems of support for, and technical assistance to, schools implementing a multi-tiered system of supports (MTSS), leading to improved school climates. SCTG–LEA grants are funded by the US Department of Education and have a program period of up to five years.
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