U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs
STOP School Violence
Key facts
- Open now
- 1 grant
- Type of help
- Project grant
- Typical award
- Award amounts will range from $1,000,000 up to $2,000,000. See solicitation for specifics at https://www.ojp.gov/funding/explore/current-funding-opportunities.
Open now
- BJA FY 2026 Students, Teachers, and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Program · Due Oct 30, 2026 · 22 days left
What it pays for
Goal: Provide resources to prevent and reduce school violence
Improve school safety by providing K-12 students, teachers, and staff with tools to recognize, respond to, and prevent acts of violence.
Train personnel and implement strategies to improve school safety.
Train school personnel and educate students on preventing student violence against others and themselves; develop and implement threat assessment and/or intervention teams to identify school violence risks and implement strategies to mitigate those risks; and implement technology solutions, such as an anonymous reporting technology, designed to provide a way for students, teachers, faculty, and community members to anonymously identify school violence threats, or other solutions that will improve school safety.
How applications are judged
In each year's official notice: BJA FY 2026 Students, Teachers, and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Program
Match
None required (federal program listing).
Who in Tennessee has won this program
21 awards to Tennessee groups since 2018. Largest shown:
| Past winner | Where | Amount | Fiscal year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton County Board of Education | Chattanooga, Hamilton County | $1M | 2024 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of East Tennessee | Knoxville, Knox County | $1M | 2025 |
| Gestalt Community Schools | Memphis, Shelby County | $1M | 2025 |
| Shelby County Board of Education | Memphis, Shelby County | $1M | 2023 |
| 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 |
| Hamilton County, Tennessee | Chattanooga, Hamilton County | $457K spent that year | 2025 |
Source: USAspending.gov, Federal Audit Clearinghouse.
Tennessee groups that got this money through a state agency or another organization
This federal money also reaches local groups as pass-through grants. 3 pass-through grants on file. Largest shown:
| Past winner | Where | Through | Amount | Fiscal year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gestalt Community Schools | Memphis, Shelby County | Bureau of Justice Assistance | $271K spent that year | 2023 |
| Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools | Nashville, Davidson County | Sri International | $196K | 2024 |
| The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee | Nashville, Davidson County | Tennessee Department of Justice | $81K spent that year | 2025 |
Source: USAspending.gov pass-through reports (the first recipient reports each one of $30,000 or more).