BJA FY25 Student, Teachers, and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Program | O BJA 2025 172466

Opportunity Information: Apply for O BJA 2025 172466

The BJA FY25 Student, Teachers, and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Program is a discretionary grant opportunity from the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), focused on helping schools and communities prevent and reduce violence in K-12 settings. The program is built around practical prevention work: strengthening a school or district's ability to recognize warning signs, respond effectively to threats, and put systems in place that reduce the likelihood of violence before it happens. The overall aim is to ensure students, educators, and school staff have clear tools, training, and processes to identify risks and intervene early, rather than relying only on reactive measures after an incident occurs.

Funding is intended to support initiatives such as training and skill-building for the people most likely to encounter or report concerns, including school staff and school-based law enforcement partners. The NOFO highlights the development or enhancement of school threat assessment teams and intervention teams, which are typically multidisciplinary groups that review concerning behavior, evaluate risk, and coordinate supportive interventions. It also supports technology-based strategies that can make it easier to surface concerns early, such as anonymous reporting systems and related tools that encourage students or community members to share information safely. In addition to these specific examples, the opportunity allows for other evidence-informed school safety approaches that contribute to violence prevention and a safer school climate, as long as the work clearly aligns with preventing or reducing school violence.

A wide range of applicants may be eligible, reflecting the program's community-based approach to school safety. Eligible applicants include state, county, city, township, and special district governments; independent school districts; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments; and nonprofit organizations (both with and without 501(c)(3) status), along with other entities as permitted by the solicitation. The description also specifically notes applicability to units of local government and to K-12 schools across governance models, including private K-12 schools (including private charter schools) and public charter schools, emphasizing that school violence prevention can involve multiple school types and local partners.

The opportunity is listed under Assistance Listing (CFDA) number 16.839 and falls within the Law, Justice and Legal Services funding activity category. Awards are grants, with an award ceiling of up to $2,000,000 per award. BJA anticipates making approximately 79 awards under this solicitation, indicating a competitive national program with multiple funded projects. The funding opportunity number is O-BJA-2025-172466, and the original application deadline is October 27, 2025.

• The Bureau of Justice Assistance in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "BJA FY25 Student, Teachers, and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.839.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2025-09-18.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-10-27. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $2,000,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 79 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, Others.

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