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Title: OJJDP FY25 Community and Schools Youth Drug Prevention Program
- Award amount: $750,000 over 36 months
- Deadline: October 27, 2025
- Expected number of awards: 13
- Cost sharing required: No
- Eligible applicants: Nonprofits
- Summary: This NOFO supports the delivery of substance use prevention programs for youth in schools and extracurricular settings in coordination with local law enforcement and community coalitions.
Link to full RFP: https://www.ojp.gov/funding/docs/ojjdp-2025-172454
Title: BJA FY25 Student, Teachers, and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Program
- Award amount: Up to $2 million
- Expected number of awards: 79
- Cost sharing required? No
- Due date: October 27, 2025
- Eligible applicants: Nonprofits, institutes of higher education, charter schools, independent school districts, and city, county, tribal, and state governments
- Summary: This NOFO supports programs designed 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. The goal is to equip K–12 students, teachers, and staff with tools to recognize, respond to, and prevent acts of violence.
Link to full RFP: https://bja.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/o-bja-2025-172466
