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BJA FY 2026 Students, Teachers, and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Program

Agency: Bureau of Justice Assistance

Assistance Listings: 16.839 -- STOP School Violence

Last Updated: September 21, 2026

Description

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...

Eligibility

Eligible applicants

Government

  • Special district governments
  • County governments
  • City or township governments
  • Federally recognized Native American tribal governments
  • State governments

Nonprofit

  • Nonprofits non-higher education with 501(c)(3)
  • Nonprofits non-higher education without 501(c)(3)

Education

  • Private institutions of higher education
  • Public and state institutions of higher education
  • Independent school districts

Miscellaneous

  • Other

Additional information

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.

Grantor contact information

Description

OJP.ResponseCenter@usdoj.gov OJP.ResponseCenter@usdoj.gov

Email

OJP.ResponseCenter@usdoj.gov

OJP.ResponseCenter@usdoj.gov

Documents

No documents are currently available.

Link to additional information

https://bja.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/o-bja-2026-172709

Closing: October 30, 2026

Application process

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Award

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Program Funding

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Expected awards

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Award Minimum

$2,000,000

Award Maximum

Funding opportunity number:

O-BJA-2026-172709

Cost sharing or matching requirement:

No

Funding instrument type:

Grant

Opportunity Category:

Discretionary

Opportunity Category Explanation:

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Category of Funding Activity:

Law justice and legal services

Category Explanation:

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History

Version:

1

Posted date:

September 21, 2026

Archive date:

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