Opportunity Information: Apply for O COPS 2022 171214
The FY 2022 School Violence Prevention Program (SVPP) is a competitive, discretionary grant program run by the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (the COPS Office). The COPS Office is the DOJ component focused on advancing community policing nationwide through grants and practical resources for state, local, territorial, and tribal law enforcement agencies. Through SVPP, the COPS Office directs funding to help jurisdictions strengthen safety and security at elementary and secondary schools (including certain Bureau-funded schools) by supporting evidence-based approaches and carefully selected safety technologies that align with community policing principles and a positive school climate.
SVPP is authorized by the Students, Teachers, and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Act of 2018 (34 U.S.C. 10551 et seq.). Under this authority, the program funds specific categories of school safety improvements. These include strengthening coordination with local law enforcement (often by supporting civilian personnel who serve as liaisons or coordinators), training local law enforcement officers to prevent student violence against others and self-harm, and purchasing and installing certain physical security measures and deterrents such as metal detectors, locks, lighting, and similar improvements. The program also supports technology that speeds up emergency notification to law enforcement, along with other measures the COPS Office Director determines will significantly improve school security. In practice, SVPP is meant to back projects that can show a clear connection between identified risks and the proposed solutions, rather than one-size-fits-all purchases.
The program frames success around practical operational outcomes: better information sharing and coordination between schools and law enforcement, more frequent and higher-quality communication between school officials and public safety partners, reduced time to notify law enforcement during emergencies, and improved response to threats and critical incidents. It also emphasizes accurate identification and follow-up on potential dangers without relying on discriminatory stereotypes or violating student privacy. Beyond immediate security gains, SVPP highlights longer-term capacity building, including increased use of community policing principles in school safety work and stronger planning for sustainability after the grant period ends.
A key condition of SVPP funding is that recipients must conduct comprehensive school safety assessments during the award period for every school included in the project. Those assessments are expected to guide what gets implemented, helping applicants justify that proposed equipment, technology, training, or coordination activities respond to real, documented needs. The broader message throughout the solicitation is that security upgrades should be part of an overall school safety strategy, not isolated add-ons, and that planning should involve the wider school community, including students, parents, teachers, and administrators as well as local law enforcement and other partners.
The solicitation also draws a clear boundary around what SVPP does not fund under COPS. Several activities are described as out of scope for this particular COPS program and are instead associated with related STOP Act funding administered by other DOJ offices, such as the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). Examples of out-of-scope activities for COPS SVPP include training school personnel and educating students on violence prevention, building or operating anonymous reporting systems and related apps or hotlines, developing and operating school threat assessment and intervention teams, and specialized training for school officials responding to mental health crises. The solicitation explicitly notes that those kinds of projects may fit better under BJA or OJJDP solicitations, which cover different purpose areas even though they draw from the same overall STOP Act framework.
Throughout the opportunity, the COPS Office underscores that effective school safety work should protect civil rights, support racial equity, maintain student privacy, and avoid creating an overly punitive or prison-like environment that undermines learning or worsens student trauma. The solicitation encourages a trauma-informed approach, recognizing that some security measures can unintentionally increase fear or harm students who already feel unsafe. It also stresses that technology is not a cure-all: equipment can fail without training, can be circumvented without the right culture and procedures, cannot compensate for poor building design, and can impose long-term costs for maintenance, repair, upgrades, and replacement. Applicants are encouraged to select technology based on specific, well-defined problems identified through assessments and to plan for long-term support.
The opportunity provides extensive references to federal planning tools and research-based resources applicants can use when designing projects, including SchoolSafety.gov, the Department of Education REMS Technical Assistance Center, FEMA school emergency planning toolkits, and research from RAND and the National Institute of Justice on school safety technology. It also points applicants toward resources on school climate measurement (like ED school climate surveys), bullying prevention tools, and evidence-based program registries.
Basic grant details included in the posting indicate this is a DOJ COPS Office grant (CFDA 16.710) with an award ceiling of $500,000 and an anticipated 160 awards. Eligible applicants include state governments, local governments (including counties and cities/townships), independent school districts, and federally recognized tribal governments, among others as clarified in the full eligibility section of the solicitation. The FY 2022 posting shows an original application closing date of June 14, 2022.Apply for O COPS 2022 171214
- The Department of Justice, Community Oriented Policing Services in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY 2022 School Violence Prevention Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.710.
- This funding opportunity was created on Apr 21, 2022.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 14, 2022. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $500,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 160 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Independent school districts, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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FY 2022 School Violence Prevention Program (SVPP) - FAQs
1) What is the FY 2022 School Violence Prevention Program (SVPP)?
The FY 2022 School Violence Prevention Program (SVPP) is a competitive, discretionary grant program administered by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (the COPS Office). It provides funding to help jurisdictions improve safety and security at elementary and secondary schools using evidence-based approaches and carefully selected safety technologies aligned with community policing principles and a positive school climate.
2) Which DOJ component runs SVPP?
SVPP is run by the DOJ Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office), the DOJ component focused on advancing community policing nationwide through grants and practical resources for state, local, territorial, and tribal law enforcement agencies.
3) What law authorizes SVPP?
SVPP is authorized by the Students, Teachers, and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Act of 2018 (34 U.S.C. 10551 et seq.).
4) What types of schools can benefit from SVPP-funded projects?
SVPP supports safety and security improvements at elementary and secondary schools, including certain Bureau-funded schools, as referenced in the opportunity description.
5) What kinds of activities does SVPP fund?
SVPP funds specific categories of school safety improvements, including:
- Strengthening coordination with local law enforcement (often by supporting civilian personnel who serve as liaisons or coordinators)
- Training local law enforcement officers to prevent student violence against others and self-harm
- Purchasing and installing certain physical security measures and deterrents (for example, metal detectors, locks, lighting, and similar improvements)
- Technology that speeds up emergency notification to law enforcement
- Other measures the COPS Office Director determines will significantly improve school security
6) Does SVPP support physical security equipment like locks, lighting, or metal detectors?
Yes. The program specifically lists purchasing and installing physical security measures and deterrents such as metal detectors, locks, lighting, and similar improvements as eligible categories of funding.
7) Does SVPP fund emergency notification technology?
Yes. The program supports technology intended to speed up emergency notification to law enforcement.
8) Is SVPP focused on one-size-fits-all security purchases?
No. SVPP is described as supporting projects that show a clear connection between identified risks and proposed solutions, rather than making generic or one-size-fits-all purchases.
9) What outcomes does SVPP expect grantees to achieve?
The opportunity frames success around practical operational outcomes, including:
- Better information sharing and coordination between schools and law enforcement
- More frequent and higher-quality communication between school officials and public safety partners
- Reduced time to notify law enforcement during emergencies
- Improved responses to threats and critical incidents
10) Are school safety assessments required under SVPP?
Yes. A key condition of SVPP funding is that recipients must conduct comprehensive school safety assessments during the award period for every school included in the project.
11) How are the required school safety assessments used?
The assessments are expected to guide what gets implemented, and they help applicants justify that proposed equipment, technology, training, or coordination activities respond to real, documented needs.
12) Does SVPP encourage involvement of the broader school community in planning?
Yes. The solicitation emphasizes that security upgrades should be part of an overall school safety strategy and that planning should involve the wider school community, including students, parents, teachers, and administrators, as well as local law enforcement and other partners.
13) Does SVPP require attention to civil rights, racial equity, and student privacy?
Yes. The opportunity emphasizes that effective school safety work should protect civil rights, support racial equity, maintain student privacy, and avoid inaccurate identification and follow-up on potential dangers based on discriminatory stereotypes.
14) Does SVPP address concerns about creating an overly punitive or prison-like school environment?
Yes. The solicitation warns against creating an overly punitive or prison-like environment that undermines learning or worsens student trauma, and it encourages a trauma-informed approach to school safety.
15) Does SVPP treat technology as a complete solution?
No. The opportunity explicitly notes that technology is not a cure-all and highlights that equipment can fail without training, can be circumvented without the right culture and procedures, cannot compensate for poor building design, and can create long-term costs for maintenance, repair, upgrades, and replacement.
16) What planning considerations does SVPP highlight for technology and equipment purchases?
SVPP encourages applicants to select technology based on specific, well-defined problems identified through assessments and to plan for long-term support, including the ongoing costs of maintenance, repair, upgrades, and replacement.
17) What does SVPP say about sustainability after the grant ends?
Beyond immediate security gains, SVPP emphasizes longer-term capacity building, including increased use of community policing principles in school safety work and stronger planning for sustainability after the grant period ends.
18) What activities are described as out of scope for the COPS SVPP program?
The solicitation describes several activities as out of scope for this particular COPS Office program and associates them with related STOP Act funding administered by other DOJ offices. Examples of activities noted as out of scope for COPS SVPP include:
- Training school personnel and educating students on violence prevention
- Building or operating anonymous reporting systems and related apps or hotlines
- Developing and operating school threat assessment and intervention teams
- Specialized training for school officials responding to mental health crises
19) If a project focuses on anonymous reporting systems or threat assessment teams, where might it fit instead?
The solicitation notes that those kinds of projects may fit better under solicitations administered by other DOJ offices, such as the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) or the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), which cover different purpose areas under the broader STOP Act framework.
20) What resources does the opportunity reference for planning and evidence-based design?
The opportunity points applicants to federal planning tools and research-based resources, including SchoolSafety.gov, the Department of Education REMS Technical Assistance Center, FEMA school emergency planning toolkits, and research from RAND and the National Institute of Justice on school safety technology. It also references resources on school climate measurement (such as ED school climate surveys), bullying prevention tools, and evidence-based program registries.
21) What is the CFDA number for this SVPP opportunity?
The posting identifies the program as a DOJ COPS Office grant with CFDA 16.710.
22) What is the maximum award amount (award ceiling)?
The opportunity lists an award ceiling of $500,000.
23) How many awards were anticipated?
The posting indicates an anticipated 160 awards.
24) Who is eligible to apply for SVPP (based on the posting summary)?
Eligible applicants include state governments, local governments (including counties and cities/townships), independent school districts, and federally recognized tribal governments, among others as clarified in the full eligibility section of the solicitation.
25) Is SVPP a competitive program?
Yes. The opportunity is described as a competitive, discretionary grant program.
26) What was the original application closing date listed for FY 2022?
The FY 2022 posting shows an original application closing date of June 14, 2022.
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