School Violence Prevention Program

The COPS Office School Violence Prevention Program (SVPP) provides funding directly to states, units of local government, Indian tribes, and their public agencies to improve security at schools and on school grounds in the recipient’s jurisdiction through evidence-based school safety programs.

This program is authorized under the Students, Teachers, and Officers Preventing (STOP) School
Violence Act of 2018 (34 U.S.C. § 10551 et seq.).

Pursuant to 34 U.S.C. § 10551(b)(5)–(9), SVPP funding is authorized and available under the following purpose areas:

• “Coordination with local law enforcement”

• “Training for local law enforcement officers to prevent student violence against others and
self”

• “Placement and use of metal detectors, locks, lighting, and other deterrent measures”

• “Acquisition and installation of technology for expedited notification of local law enforcement
during an emergency”

• “Any other measure that, in the determination of the COPS Office Director, may provide a
significant improvement in security”

States, units of local government, Indian tribes, and their public agencies are eligible to apply.

The following entities are eligible to apply under this program:

▪ States, units of local government, Indian tribes, and their public agencies, including:
– School districts, including public charter schools and school districts with a single school;
– School boards; and
– Law enforcement agencies.

The following entities are ineligible to apply as primary applicants:

▪ Individual schools not operating as school districts;
▪ Independent schools and private schools, including private charter schools.

Pursuant to 34 U.S.C. §§ 10552(a)(1)–(2), each application shall be accompanied by an assurance that the application was prepared after consultation with individuals not limited to law enforcement officers (including licensed mental health professionals, social workers, students,
parents, school violence researchers/academics (if practical), teachers, principals, and other school personnel) to ensure that the improvements to be funded under the grant are:

• consistent with a comprehensive approach to preventing school violence

• individualized to the needs of each school at which those improvements are to be made.

As part of your application, your agency will be required to answer questions directly related to this statutory assurance. Applicants that do not provide this assurance will be deemed ineligible.

- Search using the Assistance Listing Title and the Funding Opportunity Number from the solicitation. - Select “Apply for Grants” under the “Applicants” column. Enter your email address to be notified of any changes to the opportunity package before the closing date. Click the Workspace icon to use Grants.gov Workspace. - Within 24 hours of JustGrants receiving an application from Grants.gov, the user submitting the application in Grants.gov and SAM E-Biz POC will receive an email to register for a JustGrants account. The email is from DOJ’s secure user management system (DIAMD) and will include instructions on how to create an account. To ensure that you receive these emails and that they are not flagged as spam, we recommend adding DIAMD-NoReply@usdoj.gov to the trusted sender list in your email settings. The E-Biz POC at the applicant organization serves as the Entity Administrator and must log in to JustGrants to confirm the entity’s profile, add users, and assign the two required Authorized Representatives (Law Enforcement Executive/Program Official and Government Executive/Financial Official). The Authorized Representatives are officials who have ultimate and final responsibility for all programmatic and financial decisions for your agency, as the legal recipient. - The Application Submitter will complete the application by entering data into web-based forms, uploading attachments, and accepting assurances and certifications. Before you submit your application, each section much be completed and free of validation errors. If not, please return to each identified page using the table of contents on the right side of the page. If any required fields are unanswered, they will be flagged with warning messages. In this case, answer these required fields. - Once all sections are completed, the application submitter will submit the application.

Upon approval by the Director of the Office of Community Oriented Services, award notifications will be sent to successful applicants. The award documents must be signed by the appropriate Authorized Representative(s).

School Violence Prevention Program awards are made for a period of 3 years.