Announcements

This infographic (PDF, 3 pages) outlines the benefits of creating a positive school climate and shares strategies and resources for enhancing school safety, fostering school connectedness and relationships, and enabling a supportive environment. Learn more (PDF, 3 pages). 

This fact sheet (PDF, 16 pages) provides information to help adoptive families support their child in developing a healthy racial, cultural, and ethnic identity and live a vibrant multicultural life. The fact sheet discusses the need for parents and families to examine their thoughts and biases and explores the importance of preparing the child to live in a society where race has a major impact on individual lives. Learn more. 

Application deadline: May 22, 2024 

This program aims to enhance the quality of assessment instruments and assessment systems used by states to measure the academic achievement and growth of elementary and secondary school students. Learn more and apply.  

Application deadline: May 13, 2024 

This program seeks to increase the number of bilingual and multilingual teachers supporting English learners (ELs). Grants awarded under this program may be used for effective pre-service professional development programs that will increase the number and diversity of fully licensed or certified bilingual or multilingual teachers. Learn more and apply. 

This interactive map highlights examples of state, districts, and localities investing COVID relief funds to support students with afterschool and summer programs. Learn more. 

This webpage contains a collection of tip sheets from the Engage Every Student Initiative for state, city, district, afterschool, and summer learning program leaders. Tip sheets include:  

• Collaborating with Municipal Officials to Support Afterschool and Summer Learning (PDF, 2 pages) 

• Sharing Your Story through Stakeholder Visits (PDF, 2 pages) 

• Responding to American Rescue Plan (ARP) ESSER Myths (PDF, 2 pages) 

• Research and Out-of-School Time Learning (PDF, 2 pages) 

Learn more. 

Grants.gov Deadline: May 21, 2024, 11:59 pm ET
JustGrants Deadline: June 4, 2024, 8:59 pm ET

NIJ seeks proposals for rigorous research and evaluation projects that inform policy and practice in the field of youth justice and delinquency prevention. Proposed studies should advance knowledge and understanding in the following two categories:

• Youth Justice Reinvestment Studies which evaluate the effectiveness, including cost-effectiveness, of youth justice system reforms and subsequent reinvestments into programs that serve youth in their communities.
• Prevention and Intervention Program Effectiveness Studies which evaluate the effectiveness of school and community-based prevention and intervention programs.

Learn more and apply (PDF, 41 pages).

This virtual training series will highlight key findings and implications of the National Threat Assessment Center’s (NTAC) research on school violence prevention. Attendees will learn about the background, thinking, and behavior of school attackers and how some schools discovered and stopped plots before violence occurred. This series will also provide guidance on how schools may develop or improve existing violence prevention programs utilizing a behavioral threat assessment model. Webinar dates include: 

• May 8, 2024, 12:00 - 2:00 pm ET 

• July 11, 2024, 12:00 - 2:00 pm ET 

• September 12, 2024, 12:00 - 2:00 pm ET 

 Learn more and register. 

Application deadline: May 15, 2024 

This program provides competitive grants to support and demonstrate innovative partnerships to train school-based mental health services providers for employment in schools and local educational agencies (LEAs). The goal of this program is to increase the number and diversity of high-quality, trained providers available to address the shortages of mental health services professionals in schools served by high-need LEAs. Proposed partnerships must include one or more high-need LEAs or a State educational agency (SEA) on behalf of one or more high-need LEAs and one or more eligible institutions of higher education (eligible IHE). Applications will be accepted under three absolute priority areas: 

1. Absolute Priority 1—Expand Capacity of High-need LEAs 

2. Absolute Priority 2—Applications From New Potential Grantees 

3. Absolute Priority 3—Applications from Grantees that Are Not New Potential Grantees 

Learn more and apply. 

This 12-week program provides students with opportunities to work alongside highly skilled intelligence or cybersecurity professionals at DHS, gain hands-on technical experience, interact with experts and peers at professional development events, and expand their professional network at national conferences. Participants will be immersed in a federal work environment by collaborating with subject matter expert mentors on projects and performing assigned tasks on the intelligence and cybersecurity track. Learn more and apply. 

This learning community will focus on the behavioral health needs of military-affiliated youth. The community will underscore the importance of understanding risk and protective factors, illustrate ways to offer support through community efforts, and provide tools and resources to navigate the myriad of supports available. Objectives of this learning community include: 

• Examining risk and protective factors for substance use among military-affiliated youth 

• Discovering how communities can support their behavioral health needs 

• Identifying substance use prevention resources that are specifically tailored for military-affiliated youth 

The learning community will meet monthly for three sessions beginning in March 2024 via Zoom. Learn more and register. 

This suite of resources helps state and local education agencies develop and sustain school mental health programs that improve the mental and behavioral well-being of all students. Resources include data on the prevalence of common behavioral health issues along with information and customizable tools to promote student mental health. Learn more. 

This webinar series introduces students to the many career paths available at the U.S Department of Agriculture (USDA). The series aims to show the next generation of agricultural leaders that agriculture is about more than just farming. Webinar dates include: 

• March 27, 2024, 3:00 pm ET 

• April 17, 2024, 3:00 pm ET 

• May 15, 2024, 3:00 pm ET 

• June 12, 2024, 3:00 pm ET 

Learn more and register. 

This paid program equips Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) youth ages 15-29 with the knowledge, skills, and resources needed to combat pedestrian deaths and injuries in their communities. 

Ambassadors will participate in a 5-month educational and community engagement experience addressing pedestrian safety. This program harnesses the power of digital storytelling, advocacy, and community engagement to design interventions that prioritize pedestrian safety. 

This is a paid opportunity. During their program, participants will: 

• Contribute at least 5 hours per month to monthly virtual online cohort gatherings, one-on-one development meetings, and mentorship sessions. 

• Create, lead, and engage in interventions (advocacy, infrastructure, community mobilization) 

• Participate in NOYS engagements as assigned 

• Serve as a youth ambassador for mobility/transportation safety 

• Attend and participate in the end of program event 

Participants will receive a stipend of $300 and seed intervention funding for their participation in the program. Learn more and apply. 

This resource is designed to strengthen K-12 schools’ and school districts’ emergency operations plans (EOPs) and identify gaps and weaknesses. This training package includes detailed instructions for using the package; supplemental resources on emergency exercises; fact sheets sharing best practices for conducting emergency exercises and developing after-action reports; and four tabletop exercises that each include a facilitator podcast, participant guide, and resource list for scenarios involving infectious disease, power outage, flood, and cybersecurity incidents that impact education agencies. Learn more. 

This webpage contains resources to help parents, coaches, school professionals, and health care providers recognize, respond to, and minimize the risk of concussion or other serious brain injury among youth. Learn more. 

This infographic (PDF, 1 page) shares information on youth prescription drug misuse. The infographic provides communities with action steps to reduce youth prescription drug misuse, such as advocating for naloxone utilization, collaborating with healthcare professionals and educators to enhance prevention efforts, and fostering awareness within the community. Learn more. 

This webpage features content celebrating the achievements of women and resources to support their professional growth and efforts to create inclusive work environments. Learn more. 

This tip sheet (PDF, 2 pages) shares guidance from young people who have experienced mental health challenges about what they wish parents and caregivers would say and do when talking about mental health. Learn more (PDF, 2 pages). 

Grants.gov Deadline: May 14, 2024, 11:59 pm ET 
JustGrants Deadline: May 28, 2024, 8:59 pm ET 
Solicitation webinar: March 28, 2024, 3:00–4:00 pm ET. Register to attend. 

With this solicitation, NIJ seeks rigorous research and demonstration projects to increase the impact of existing crime and justice research evidence. Applicants should propose research that develops, supports, and evaluates efforts to improve research evidence used by policymakers, agency leaders, intermediaries, and other decision-makers who shape justice outcomes. Learn more and apply (PDF, 38 pages).