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Grants Finder Tool

SchoolSafety.gov’s Grants Finder Tool helps you find applicable funding opportunities to help keep your school community safe. The tool features a variety of Federally available school safety-specific grants that you can navigate based on school safety topic, award amount, application level of effort, and more. As Federal agencies release school safety funding opportunities and grants throughout the year, the tool will be updated on an ongoing basis to reflect these opportunities.

To get started, take the Grants Finder Tool Quiz to view a list of applicable grants based on your quiz selections. Available grant results will appear as you answer each question. Your results will narrow down as you proceed throughout the quiz to give you the most relevant grant opportunities for your school.

You can also explore all available grant opportunities in the Grants Library. Filter grants based on your needs or use the quick filter links to view grants in frequently searched for categories.

If you would like to receive updates on new school safety-related grant opportunities when they are available, please submit an email address where we can contact you.

Topic

I am looking for funding opportunities for the following school safety needs. (Select all that apply)
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Award Amount

School safety grants are available in varying amounts of funding. I am looking for funding opportunities in the following amounts. (Select all that apply)
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Application Level of Effort

As a member of your school’s community, we know you’re busy! The application process for some school safety grants can be more time-consuming and complicated than others. Select the level of effort you’re interested in for completing the grant application.
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Direct vs Pass-Through Grant

Some Federally available school safety grant programs allow schools and/or districts to apply directly for funding (direct grant). Other Federal grant programs provide funding that schools can only receive through another entity such as a state agency, local government, or other eligible organization (pass-through grant). I’m interested in viewing the following type of grant applications.
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Audience/User

Some Federally available school safety grant programs can be used to support the role of specific members of the school community. I am looking for grant opportunities for the following intended users. (Select all that apply)
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Action

Prevention, protection and mitigation, and response and recovery are all key elements in creating and maintaining safe and supportive school environments. I’m interested in grants for the following actions when it comes to school safety threats, hazards, and risks. (Select all that apply)
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Funding Agency

SchoolSafety.gov currently houses grants available from the four Federal School Safety Clearinghouse agencies. I’m interested in finding grants available from the following Federal agencies. (Select all that apply)
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Thank you for completing the Grants Finder Tool quiz.

Review the eligible grants based on your selections below. You can also download your results.

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Department of Justice
High
Level of Effort
School Violence Prevention Program (SVPP)
High
Level of Effort

Deadline: June 18, 2025

Description: Provides funding directly to states, units of local government, Indian tribes, and public agencies (school districts, public boards of education, police departments, and sheriffs’ departments) to improve security at schools and on school grounds in the grantees’ jurisdictions through evidence-based school safety programs and technology.

Access Link: https://cops.usdoj.gov/svpp

Department of Justice
Medium
Level of Effort
Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation (CTAS)
Medium
Level of Effort

Deadline: This grant application window is currently closed. Please to receive email notifications for updates on grant opportunities.

Description: Provides funding to improve public safety and victim services in tribal communities. This provides federally recognized tribes and tribal consortia an opportunity to apply for funding to aid in developing a comprehensive and coordinated approach to public safety. Many of the U.S. Department of Justice’s existing tribal government-specific programs are included in and available through this single coordinated funding opportunity. 

Access Link: https://bja.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/o-bja-2025-172288

Department of Justice
Medium
Level of Effort
STOP School Violence Program
Medium
Level of Effort

Deadline: This grant application window is currently closed. Please to receive email notifications for updates on grant opportunities.

Description: Provides funding 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.

Access Link: https://bja.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/o-bja-2025-172340

Department of Justice
Medium
Level of Effort
Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative Site-Based
Medium
Level of Effort

Deadline: This grant application window is currently closed. Please to receive email notifications for updates on grant opportunities.

Description: Provides funding to prevent and reduce violent crime through comprehensive, evidence-informed violence intervention programs focused on those at highest risk. These programs include efforts to address gang and gun violence using community violence intervention strategies based on partnerships among community residents, local government agencies, victim service providers, community-based organizations, law enforcement, hospitals, researchers, and other community stakeholders.

Access Link: https://bja.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/o-bja-2025-172341

Department of Justice
Medium
Level of Effort
Strategies to Support Children Exposed to Violence
Medium
Level of Effort

Deadline: This grant application window is currently closed. Please to receive email notifications for updates on grant opportunities.

Description: Provides funding to communities to develop coordinated and comprehensive community-based approaches to help children and their families who are exposed to violence (CEV) build resilience, restore their safety, heal their social and emotional wounds, and prevent future violence and delinquency. Funding can be used to develop and/or enhance support services for children exposed to violence to reduce the adverse impact of violence on youth, families, and communities, and to help family-serving organizations better recognize and help families at risk for exposure to violence; and support multidisciplinary or coalition-building efforts to enhance communities' responses to CEV.

Access Link: https://ojjdp.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/o-ojjdp-2025-172361

Department of Justice
High
Level of Effort
Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CVIPI) Research and Evaluation
High
Level of Effort

Deadline: This grant application window is currently closed. Please to receive email notifications for updates on grant opportunities.

Description: Provides funding for rigorous research and evaluation projects that advance understanding of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs’ CVIPI. The CVIPI program provides resources to support evidence-informed violence intervention and prevention programs in communities across the United States.

Access Link: https://nij.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/o-nij-2025-172328

Department of Justice
Medium
Level of Effort
Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program - Local Solicitation
Medium
Level of Effort

Deadline: This grant application window is currently closed. Please to receive email notifications for updates on grant opportunities.

Description: Provides critical funding to local governments to support a range of programs including: law enforcement; prosecution and courts; prevention and education; corrections and community corrections; drug treatment and enforcement; planning, evaluation, and technology improvement; crime victim and witness programs (other than compensation); mental health programs and related law enforcement and corrections programs; and implementation of state crisis intervention court proceedings and related programs or initiatives.

Access Link: https://bja.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/o-bja-2024-172239

Department of Justice
Medium
Level of Effort
Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program - State Solicitation
Medium
Level of Effort

Deadline: This grant application window is currently closed. Please to receive email notifications for updates on grant opportunities.

Description: Provides critical funding to state governments to support a range of programs including: law enforcement; prosecution and courts; prevention and education; corrections and community corrections; drug treatment and enforcement; planning, evaluation, and technology improvement; crime victim and witness programs (other than compensation); mental health programs and related law enforcement and corrections programs; and implementation of state crisis intervention court proceedings and related programs or initiatives.

Access Link: https://bja.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/o-bja-2024-172238

Department of Justice
Medium
Level of Effort
Safer Outcomes: Enhancing De-Escalation and Crisis Response Training for Law Enforcement - Support for Law Enforcement Agencies
Medium
Level of Effort

Deadline: This grant application window is currently closed. Please to receive email notifications for updates on grant opportunities.

Description: Provides funding to promote training on de-escalation and crisis response for law enforcement officers, support personnel employed by law enforcement agencies, and mental health professionals working on crisis intervention teams as employees of a law enforcement agency or under a legal agreement with a law enforcement agency.

Access Link: https://cops.usdoj.gov/saferoutcomes

Department of Justice
Medium
Level of Effort
Enhancing School Capacity To Address Youth Violence
Medium
Level of Effort

Deadline: This grant application window is currently closed. Please to receive email notifications for updates on grant opportunities.

Description: Provides funding to support targeted efforts to address youth violence through implementing evidence-based prevention and intervention efforts in a school-based setting (K–12th grade only). The goals of the program are to (1) reduce the incidence of school violence through improved school safety and climate and (2) prevent youth violence, delinquency, and victimization in the targeted community.

Access Link: https://ojjdp.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/o-ojjdp-2024-172084

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