Assistance Listing 16.839
Department of Justice · Office of Justice Programs
Assistance Listing 16.839, “STOP School Violence,” is a federal program administered by Department of Justice. It provides grant and cooperative agreement assistance. GrantsJunction currently tracks 1 open, 0 forecasted and 23 closed opportunities under this listing. The agency reported $84M in obligations for fiscal year 2025.
Program goal(s) name: Provide resources to prevent and reduce school violence Program goal(s) description: Improve school safety by providing K-12 students, teachers, and staff with tools to recognize, respond to, and prevent acts of violence. Program objective(s) name: Train personnel and implement strategies to improve school safety. Program objective(s) description: Train school personnel and educate students on preventing student violence against others and themselves; develop and implement threat assessment and/or intervention teams to identify school violence risks and implement strategies to mitigate those risks; and implement technology solutions, such as an anonymous reporting technology, designed to provide a way for students, teachers, faculty, and community members to anonymously identify school violence threats, or other solutions that will improve school safety.
As published in the SAM.gov Assistance Listing.
Intended beneficiaries: Health Professional, Specialized group (e.g. health professionals, students, veterans), Education (9-12), Education (0-8), Rural, State, Education Professional, Other Urban, Individual/Family, Youth (16-21) and 5 more.
Program-level eligibility from SAM.gov. Each funding notice sets its own requirements.
Range and average of financial assistance (from the listing): Award amounts will range from $1,000,000 up to $2,000,000. See solicitation for specifics at https://www.ojp.gov/funding/explore/current-funding-opportunities.
Source: SAM.gov Assistance Listing 16.839. Hatched bars are agency estimates. These totals do not indicate approval rates.| Opportunity | Status | Award range | Closes | ALN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
BJA FY25 Student, Teachers, and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence ProgramBureau of Justice Assistance | Closed | Up to $2M | Oct 31, 2025 | 16.839 |
BJA FY24 Law Enforcement Innovation and Crime Reduction- Invited to ApplyBureau of Justice Assistance | Closed | Up to $2.2M | Aug 21, 2024 | 16.015, 16.039, 16.839 |
BJA FY24 STOP School Violence Program Competitive SolicitationBureau of Justice Assistance | Closed | Up to $2M | Jun 12, 2024 | 16.839 |
OJJDP FY24 Enhancing School Capacity To Address Youth ViolenceOffice of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention | Closed | Up to $1M | Jun 10, 2024 | 16.839 |
BJA FY24 Invited to Apply, Administrative Funding Adjustment to BJA Previously Funded Awards 4Bureau of Justice Assistance | Closed | Up to $634K | Apr 25, 2024 | 16.839 |
BJA FY 23 Invited to Apply—Administrative Funding Adjustments to BJA Previously Funded Awards 6Bureau of Justice Assistance | Closed | Up to $617K | Sep 14, 2023 | 16.839 |
BJA FY 23 Invited to Apply- AugustBureau of Justice Assistance | Closed | Up to $667K | Aug 22, 2023 | 16.828, 16.839 |
OJJDP FY 2023 Invited to Apply - Enhancing School Capacity to Address Youth Violence - Training and Technical AssistanceOffice of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention | Closed | Up to $3M | Aug 14, 2023 | 16.839 |
OJJDP FY 2023 Enhancing School Capacity To Address Youth ViolenceOffice of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention | Closed | Up to $1M | May 9, 2023 | 16.839 |
BJA FY 23 Preventing School Violence: BJA's STOP School Violence ProgramBureau of Justice Assistance | Closed | Up to $2M | May 8, 2023 | 16.839 |
16.839 is the Assistance Listing Number for “STOP School Violence.” Assistance Listing Numbers (formerly CFDA numbers) identify federal assistance programs; individual grant opportunities reference the listing they are funded under.
The SAM.gov listing names these applicant types: Other. Each funding notice under the program sets its own eligibility, so check the specific opportunity.
The agency reported $84,016,417 in obligations for FY2025 in the SAM.gov Assistance Listing. These are program-wide totals reported by the agency, not a prediction of future awards.