School Safety & Programming

FY26 COPS School Violence Prevention Program

This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the FY26 School Violence Prevention Program (SVPP). This funding opportunity seeks to provide competitive 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. The COPS Office anticipates that up to $73,000,000 will be available for up to $500,000 per award, with approximately 200 awards anticipated. A local cost share (matching funds) of at least 25 percent in the form of cash is required unless a match waiver is requested and approved, and the period of performance duration will be 36 months, with a period of performance start date of 10/1/26.

School Safety Enhancement

The Administration for Children and Families at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is soliciting applications in support of the administration of the School Safety Enhancement (SSE) program on behalf of the U.S. Department of Education (ED) and the Secretary of Education (the Secretary). The SSE program provides competitive grants to State educational agencies (SEAs) to develop, implement, and strengthen statewide school safety systems and the physical security of schools.

Project AWARE (Advancing Wellness and Resiliency in Education)

The purpose of Project AWARE is to develop a sustainable infrastructure for schoolbased mental health programs and services. It is expected that the recipient will build a collaborative partnership that includes the State Education Agency, the Local Education Agency, Tribal Education Agency, the State Mental Health Agency, community-based providers of behavioral health care services, school personnel, community organizations, families, and school-aged youth. Based on a public health model, this partnership will implement mental health related promotion, awareness, prevention, intervention, and resilience activities to ensure that students have access and are connected to appropriate and effective behavioral health services. SAMHSA expects that this program will promote the healthy social and emotional development of school-aged youth and prevent youth violence in school settings.

National Center on Safe and Supportive Learning Environments (NCSSLE)

This technical assistance resource provides training and technical assistance to schools, school districts, and educational agencies to support efforts aimed at creating and nurturing safe and supportive learning environments.

Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools (REMS) Technical Assistance Center

This technical assistance resource is the nation’s higher ed and K-12 school safety, security, and emergency management and preparedness hub for information and services (e.g., guidance, training, tools, resources). the walk-through and safety inspection of campus and buildings.

Federal Partners in Student Health Resource Hub

This technical assistance resource serves as a portal where K-12 schools, school districts, state education agencies, and other stakeholders can access high quality federal and federally supported information, resources, and research that support student physical and mental health.

Prevention and Intervention Programs for Children and Youths Who Are Neglected, Delinquent, or At Risk

This formula grant program allocates funds to State educational agencies for services to help provide education continuity for children and youth in State-run neglected and delinquent institutions for juveniles, community day programs, and adult correctional institutions, so that these children and youth can make successful transitions to school or employment after they are released.

National Center on School Infrastructure

This program established a national center on school infrastructure to serve as a clearinghouse of resources for States and local educational agencies related to improving and developing safe, healthy, sustainable, and equitable public school infrastructure through public school infrastructure improvements, and provide technical assistance to Supporting America’s School Infrastructure grantees and high-need LEAs seeking to leverage available resources to improve public school facilities for all students.

SASI (Supporting America’s School Infrastructure)

This competitive grant program provides grants to increase the capacity of states to support high-need local education agencies and schools in leveraging other resources to improve school facilities and environments.

Trauma Recovery Demonstration Grant Program

This program provides competitive grants to state education associations to support model programs that enable a student from a low-income family who has experienced trauma that negatively affects the student’s educational experience to access the trauma-specific mental-health services from the provider that best meet the student’s needs.

School-Based Mental Health Services Grant Program

This program provides competitive grants to State educational agencies, local educational agencies, and LEA consortia to increase the number of credentialed mental health services providers providing school-based mental health services to students in LEAs with demonstrated need.

Project SERV

This competitive grant program funds short-term education-related services for local educational agencies and institutions of higher education to help them recover from a violent or traumatic event in which the learning environment has been disrupted.

School Climate Transformation Grant—State Educational Agency Program

This program provides competitive grants to State educational agencies to develop, enhance, or expand systems of support for, and technical assistance to, local educational agencies and schools implementing an evidence-based, multi-tiered behavioral framework for improving behavioral outcomes and learning conditions for all students.

The Grants to Engage Men and Youth in Preventing Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Program

This competitive grant program seeks to engage men and youth in preventing domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.

Grants to Prevent and Respond to Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, Stalking, and Sex Trafficking Against Children and Youth Program

This competitive grant program supports comprehensive, community-based efforts that develop and expand prevention, intervention, treatment, and response strategies to address the needs of children and youth impacted by domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.

Enhancing School Capacity To Address Youth Violence

This competitive grant program supports targeted efforts to address youth violence through implementing evidence-based prevention and intervention efforts in a school-based setting (K–12th grade only).

Preparing for Active Shooter Situations (PASS) Awards

This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the FY26 Preparing for Active Shooter Situations (PASS) Program. The preparedness of law enforcement to respond to active shooter incidents is a priority of the Administration. Through the PASS program, the Department of Justice supports this priority by providing funding to deliver nationally recognized, scenario-based training that prepares officers, first responders, and mental health and social service providers on how best to prepare their communities for an active shooter threat or act of terrorism. PASS program funds are used to increase public and law enforcement safety nationwide by training first responders—including law enforcement, fire, emergency medical services (EMS), dispatchers, medical personnel, facility security, emergency management, and any other professionals who may reasonably be key to a successful integrated response—to handle an active shooter threat or act of terrorism. In addition, this program will provide priority access to training for School Resource Officers funded under the COPS Hiring Program, to support active shooter preparedness and response in primary and secondary schools. Training provided under the PASS program will advance the goal of the 2016 Protecting Our Lives by Initiating COPS Expansion (POLICE) Act in offering scenario-based, integrated response courses designed to counter active shooter threats or acts of terrorism against individuals or facilities.

Research and Evaluation on School Safety

This competitive grant program funds research and evaluation projects on the root causes and consequences of school violence.

Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation (CTAS)

This competitive grant program provides funding to federally recognized tribes and tribal consortia to improve public safety and victim services in tribal communities. Purpose areas may allow for eligible school safety expenses including the hiring of School Resource Officers and the development of, or to enhance existing, school-involved Youth Healing to Wellness Courts.

STOP School Violence Training and Technical Assistance (STOP TTA) Program

This competitive grant program provides funding for establishing a Center to provide support, training and technical assistance for the STOP School Violence Program.

Luke and Alex School Safety Act – SchoolSafety.gov

The Luke and Alex School Safety Act, which was part of BSCA, created a Federal Clearinghouse on School Safety Evidence-based Practices within DHS (SchoolSafety.gov) that publishes evidence-based practices and recommendations to improve school safety for use by states, local educational agencies, institutions of higher education, state and local law enforcement agencies, health professionals, and the general public. Schoolsafety.gov also provides a grant tracker for school safety grant funds.

School Climate Transformation Grant—Local Educational Agency program

This program provides competitive grants to local educational agencies to develop, enhance, or expand systems of support for, and technical assistance to, schools implementing a multi-tiered system of support, for improving school climate. by using evidence-based efforts that are designed to foster safety; promote supportive academic, disciplinary, and physical environments; and/or encourage and maintain respectful, trusting, and caring relationships throughout the school community.

Mental Health Service Professional Demonstration Grant Program

This program provides competitive grants to support and demonstrate innovative partnerships to train school-based mental health service providers for employment in schools and local educational agencies.

Grants to States for School Emergency Management Grant Program

This program provides competitive grants to State educational agencies to increase their capacity to assist local educational agencies by providing training and technical assistance in the development and implementation of high-quality school emergency operations plans including plans focusing on violence prevention, protection, mitigation, response, and recovery.