School Safety & Programming

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.

Center to Improve Social and Emotional Learning and School Safety

The Center to Improve Social and Emotional Learning and School Safety provides technical assistance to support States and school districts in the implementation of social and emotional learning evidence-based programs and practices.

STOP School Violence Program

This competitive grant program aims to support school safety by implementing solutions to enhance school climate, establish school-based behavioral threat assessment and intervention teams to identify violence risks, introduce technologies like anonymous reporting tools, and apply other evidence-based strategies to prevent violence. The goal is to equip K–12 students, teachers, and staff with tools to recognize, respond to, and prevent acts of violence.