On Sept. 21, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs (OJP) posted a new grant opportunity as part of the FY26 Students, Teachers, and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Program.
The full notice of funding opportunity can be found on OJP’s website.
The grant 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. School districts are one of several entities eligible to apply.
The notice of funding opportunity contains key dates and times, application details, more information on the opportunity, and contact information. The key dates are also summarized below:
- SAM.gov Registration/Renewal: Begin the process no later than Sept. 30, 2026
- Step 1: Grants.gov Deadline: 11:59 p.m. ET on Oct. 30, 2026
- Step 2: JustGrants Deadline: 8:59 p.m. ET on Nov. 6, 2026
