Bureau of Justice Assistance · Department of Justice
BJA FY 2026 Students, Teachers, and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Program
Key facts
- Deadline
- Due Oct 30, 2026 · 24 days left
- Award size
- Up to $2M
- Cost share / match ?
- Not required
- Who can apply
- Special district (utility, fire, etc.), County government, Nonprofit with 501(c)(3), Nonprofit without 501(c)(3), City or town government, Private college or university, Other (see eligibility), Public college or university, Tribal government, State government, School district
- Where
- Anywhere in the U.S., including Tennessee
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How this fits you
- Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- No cost share required
- Tennessee recipients since 2023: 13
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About this grant
This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the FY26 Students, Teachers, and Officers Prevention (STOP) School Violence Program. This opportunity supports programs 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. The Student, Teachers, and Officers Preventing School Violence Act of 2018 (STOP School Violence Act) describes the following allowable uses of funding for school safety projects:
• Training to prevent student violence against others and self, including training for local law enforcement officers, school personnel, and students.
• The development and operation of technology solutions such as anonymous reporting systems for threats of school violence, including mobile telephone applications, hotlines, and internet websites.
• The development and deployment of:
o School threat assessment and intervention teams that include coordination with law enforcement agencies and school personnel or
o Specialized training for school officials in responding to mental health crises.
BJA’s STOP School Violence Program improves 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. Activities that go beyond the allowable uses of funding as described above will not be funded.
Eligibility (from the notice)
Other entities: Private K–12 schools, including private charter schools, should apply as “nonprofits.”; Public charter schools should apply as “independent school districts.”; Other Units of Local Government: For the purposes of this NOFO, other units of local government include towns, boroughs, parishes, villages, or other general purpose political subdivisions of a state.
Who in Tennessee has won this program
13 awards to Tennessee recipients in 6 counties since federal FY2023. Largest shown:
| Recipient | Where | Amount | FY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton County Board Of Education | Chattanooga, Hamilton County | $1M | 2024 |
| Shelby County Board Of Education | Memphis, Shelby County | $1M | 2023 |
| Gestalt Community Schools | Memphis, Shelby County | $1M | 2025 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters Of East Tennessee | Knoxville, Knox County | $1M | 2025 |
| Community Change Foundation | Powell, Anderson County | $1,000K | 2023 |
| Mckenzie Special School District | Mc Kenzie, Carroll County | $1,000K | 2024 |
| Hamilton County Board Of Education | Chattanooga, Hamilton County | $999K | 2025 |
| Hamilton County Board Of Education | Chattanooga, Hamilton County | $995K | 2024 |
| Learning Forward Tennessee | Nashville, Davidson County | $750K | 2022 |
| Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools | Nashville, Davidson County | $632K | 2022 |
| Stars Nashville | Nashville, Davidson County | $489K | 2021 |
| Shelby County Board Of Education | Memphis, Shelby County | $440K | 2019 |
Source: USAspending.gov. Past awards show who this program funds; they don't guarantee future awards.
About the program (16.839)
STOP School Violence
How applications are judged
Criteria for selecting proposals is determined as part of the notice of funding opportunity (NOFO).
Matching requirements
This program has no statutory formula.
Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.
MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.
Examples of funded projects
Not Applicable.