COPS SVPP — Deadline: August 4, 2026 (Grants.gov) / August 11, 2026 (JustGrants)
Funds school safety technology that helps identify danger and improve emergency notification and response.
Federal, state, and local funding sources help K-12 schools improve security and safety
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Funds school safety technology that helps identify danger and improve emergency notification and response.
Funds software that helps K-12 schools maintain a safe environment and recognize, respond to, and prevent violence on campus.
Provides an estimated total of $93M to State educational agencies (SEAs) to develop, implement, and strengthen statewide school safety systems and physical security. Allowable expenses include secure entry systems, deterrent measures, visitor screening infrastructure, emergency communications systems, active threat response training, and more.
Makes an estimated $300M available to nonprofits (as subrecipients) for physical security enhancements. Allowable expenses include identification, assessment, and reporting of threats; improving the cybersecurity of access control, identity verification systems, and security technologies; training, and more. State Administrative Agencies (SAAs) will have their own deadlines for sub-applications.
Title IV, Part A funds support LEAs in implementing professional development and training focused on drug and violence prevention, early identification, and related education; high-quality training for personnel in suicide prevention, crisis management, conflict resolution, bullying and harassment prevention; and other activities that promote safe and healthy students. LEAs submit sub-applications to SEAs, with submission timelines varying by state. SEAs submit required assurances and fiscal information to the U.S. Department of Education and file amendments to their Consolidated State Plans when needed.
Makes an anticipated total of $23M available to independent school districts and nonprofits for addressing youth violence in K-12 school based settings. Allowable expenses include implementing strategies related to violence prevention and early intervention, improving communication between home and school to enhance protective factors for student success, and more.
Provides a total of $18M for school districts and nonprofits to prevent violence and terrorism. Allowable expenses include projects related to raising awareness of the signs that someone may be on a pathway to violence, implementation of threat assessment and management teams, and more.
Provides a total of $454M to state, local, tribal, and territorial governments, as well as nonprofits (as subrecipients) to prevent, protect against, and respond to terrorist attacks. Allowable expenses include materials to conduct planning, engagement, and volunteer management activities; interoperable communications equipment; measures to increase physical security; training conferences; and more. Once funds are awarded, SAAs will issue sub-awards to subrecipients, ensuring resources are directed to areas of greatest need.
A 3-year grant program that provides Arizona schools with funding for SROs, JPOs, SSOs, counselors, and school social workers. If awarded and a position is unfilled, schools may submit alternative program proposals for safety technology, training, and infrastructure improvements.
Provides over $35 million for public school districts and open-enrollment public charter schools to ensure a safe environment for students and staff. Allowable expenses include visitor management systems, behavioral threat assessment software, emergency alert/management systems, school safety training, and more.
Self-Insured Schools of California (SISC) now partners with Raptor Technologies to bring Staff Compliance Training, powered by PublicSchoolWORKS, to SISC 1 & 2 member districts at no cost. Learn More.
Will provide $450,000 each year (2024-2026) to enhance safety in schools throughout Colorado. Allowable expenses include training and professional development for staff and multi-disciplinary teams, supporting mental health services and interventions, enhancing safety infrastructure, and more.
Will provide $4,850,000 to Colorado schools, districts, BOCES, and public safety communications system owners to improve communications between schools and first responders. Allowable expenses include training programs to teach effective communications with first responders, interoperable communication hardware and/or software, and more.
The Georgia Alliance of School Resource Officers and Educators (GASROE) has entered into an exclusive partnership with Raptor Technologies to deliver the S.A.F.E.R. behavioral threat assessment (BTA) methodology through the Raptor StudentSafe platform. Learn More.
Will provide up to $100,000 per award to Indiana school corporations, accredited non-public schools, charter schools, and joint coalitions for managing safety threats. Allowable expenses include student safety management technology, visitor management technology, technology to expedite notification of first responders, critical incident digital mapping, and more.
Will provide $3.5M (up to $65,000 per award) to eligible local school systems, non-public schools, private schools, and childcare centers determined to be at risk of facing hate crime incidents. Allowable expenses include school safety training, visitor management systems, consultant/subject matter experts to provide training, and more.
Will provide grants to local school systems and county boards (in consultation with local law enforcement and a local public safety answering point) to improve emergency notification systems and communications between certain entities. Allowable expenses include cellular phone application-based emergency event systems, bidirectional antennas or boosters, and other technology that will improve emergency notification and communication, as identified by the Maryland Center for School Safety. Available by September 1, 2026.
Provides $600,000 (up to $25,000 per award) to enhance school safety in local school systems throughout Maryland. Allowable expenses include visitor management systems, security related software, technology-based training on identifying, responding to, and reporting threats or concerning behaviors, anonymous reporting software, and more.
Provides $50,000 to school systems with up to 25 schools or $1934.98 per school to school systems with 25 or more schools for producing school mapping data. The data must be available in printable and digital file formats compatible with software platforms used by schools and public safety agencies, oriented true north, oriented on current aerial imagery with gridded X and Y coordinates.
Will provide $321M in school safety and mental health funding for Michigan districts, intermediate districts, nonpublic schools, and the Michigan Schools for the Deaf and Blind. Allowable expenses include mental health screening tools; threat assessment, threat response, and crisis communication training; safety infrastructure, emergency response systems, and more.
Critical Response Group, Inc. (CRG) has been awarded a contract to deliver mapping data to schools throughout Minnesota. See how Raptor's seamless integration with CRG maps can improve coordination and reduce response times during emergencies.
The New Hampshire Department of Education (NHED) has contracted with Critical Response Group (CRG) for up to $2.64 million to provide critical incident mapping data that supports first responders during school emergencies. The finalized maps shall be integrated into existing school safety applications, including Raptor. See how Raptor's seamless integration with CRG maps can improve coordination and reduce response times during emergencies.
Provides $50M to 31 school districts throughout New Jersey. Allowable expenses include site upgrades, safety and security needs, building maintenance activities, and more.
Provides $50M to all 89 New Mexico public school districts. Allowable expenses include school security improvements, CTE facilities, and maintenance and repair of public-school buildings.
Totaling $27 million (in addition to last year's $13.2 million) were approved by New York Governor Kathy Hochul. $21 million will be allocated for high-tech security, including entry control systems, video systems, and emergency classroom notification systems, $4.4 million for classroom technology, $1 million for prekindergarten classrooms, $604,000 for school connectivity, and $37,000 for nonpublic schools' classroom technology and school connectivity.
Will provide funding to schools in Jefferson and Lewis counties for projects, programs, and initiatives that seek to strengthen school safety and improve student and campus culture. Allowable expenses include student or parent programming, equipment, faculty and staff training, and anything else that the school community believes would enhance the safety of the school and its members.
The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation (BWC) program will provide up to $40,000 for each 3-year eligibility cycle to OH employers that operate licensed preschool through twelfth-grade educational facilities. Allowable expenses include school-wide panic alarm/panic button systems, two-way communication devices and software, modifications of building/facility entrances to restrict access, and more.
Will provide eligible school entities a total of over $9M for safety-related projects. Allowable expenses include active shooter and school safety training or equipment, training to identify and assist students with mental health issues, supplies or equipment related to school safety or for implementing the school's safety plan, and more.
Will provide $6M to nonprofits, houses of worship, chartered nonpublic schools, and licensed preschools for preventing, preparing for, or responding to acts of terrorism. Allowable expenses include personnel identification and badging systems, emergency notification and warning systems, training, and more.
The Oklahoma State Department of Education Board has approved Raptor Technologies as a qualified mobile panic button system supplier with whom school districts may negotiate contracts with for compliance with Alyssa's Law. Learn More.
A 3-year pilot program that provides a total of $150M in grants for districts to hire SROs and provide approved physical security enhancements linked directly to school safety best practices.
Provides matching grants of up to $12M to districts that pass a local general obligation bond. Allowable expenses include improvements done to sites or buildings to improve the safety and security of occupants, technology infrastructure improvements, and more.
Will provide $1M to units of local government, nonprofit organizations, state government agencies, and more. Allowable expenses include expanding or enhancing local suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention strategies, and other strategies that demonstrate promise in meeting the goals of this program.
Will provide a total of over $4M to units of local government as well as a wide range of subrecipients. Allowable expenses include expanding or enhancing local suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention strategies, including supporting training and technical assistance programs.
Will provide $100M to school districts, intermediate units, area career and technical schools, charter schools, regional charter schools, and cyber charter schools to support physical security enhancements and/or mental health initiatives. Allowable expenses include security-related technology, visitor ID systems, training related to violent behavior prevention and early intervention, implementation of threat assessment teams, and adopting a reunification plan.
Will provide $10M to 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations to support security enhancements that protect the safety and security of the users of a facility that is owned or operated by a nonprofit organization in the Commonwealth. Allowable expenses include safety and security equipment, security-related technology, safety and security training, threat awareness and response training, threat assessments, and any other safety or security-related project that enhances the safety and security of the nonprofit organization.
Will provide up to $5M per project to Pennsylvania public school districts and area career and technical schools for facility improvement projects. Allowable expenses include project costs related to health and safety upgrades, emergencies, and other projects approved by the Commonwealth Financing Authority.
Will provide $20.7M to support physical security enhancements and mental health initiatives in nonpublic schools throughout the state. Allowable expenses include conducting emergency preparedness drills and related activities with emergency responders, security-related technology and training in its usage, visitor identification systems, violent behavior prevention and early intervention training, establishing threat assessment teams, and more.
The South Carolina Department of Education has awarded Critical Response Group, Inc. (CRG) a statewide contract to deliver field-validated, GIS-enabled, and universally accessible mapping data for every K-12 public school in the state. See how Raptor is fully compatible with CRG mapping.
Provides $20M in reimbursement grants to public schools throughout the state for enhancing school safety for students and staff. Allowable expenses include visitor management, panic alert devices, emergency operations planning, violence prevention programs, and safety training for staff members.
The Texas Association of School Boards Risk Management Fund (TASB RMF) now provides Raptor Staff Compliance Training, powered by PublicSchoolWORKS, to all member districts, helping meet state and federal requirements, streamline administrative tasks, and ensure staff are prepared to support safe, healthy learning environments. Members get started here.
Provides $800M for Texas LEAs who have certified they are not in compliance with the adopted school safety standards. Allowable expenses include silent panic alert technology, maintenance/service contracts for these systems, comprehensive school safety software systems if the silent panic alert technology is the main component, and more.
Provides $275,024,497 to public school districts and open enrollment charter schools to fund additional safety needs beyond the minimum safety facility standards. Allowable expenses include silent panic alert technology, threat reporting systems; prevention, identification, and management of emergencies and threats; and more.
Will provide up to $150,000 to non-profit organizations throughout Texas for projects that support physical security enhancements and other security activities. Allowable expenses include planning related to the protection of the facility and the people within it, target hardening equipment, physical security enhancements, security-related training courses, programs, and exercises for nonprofit security personnel, and more.
Will provide funding to enhance physical safety and security in Utah schools. Allowable expenses include wearable panic buttons, secured entry points, training for School Safety and Security Specialists, and more.
Will provide up to $250,000 per award to eligible schools and school divisions for purchasing school security equipment. Allowable expenses include hardware equipment to support mass notification systems, visitor ID badging systems, security panic systems in classrooms, wearable panic alarm systems, AEDs, and more.
Will provide $6M (up to $500,000 per award) to Washington public school districts for increasing the physical security of K-12 public school facilities and campuses. Allowable expenses include entrance and door security, including panic buttons, repair or upgrades of existing physical security infrastructure, infrastructure to expedite law enforcement response to a threat or emergency, and more.
Provides schools with over $2.4M in total to support staff and students who experience traumatic school-related events, on a reimbursement basis. Allowable expenses include emergency response, reunification, prevention equipment, threat assessment team training, and more.
Provides over $6 million to school boards, governing bodies of private schools, charter schools, and tribal schools to obtain critical incident mapping data that meets certain criteria, supporting compliance with Wis. Stat. § 118.07 and 2021 Wisconsin Act 109.
Provide funding to Catholic schools within the Archdiocese of Milwaukee for providing students with an academically excellent, faith-filled education. Allowable expenses include software, hardware, and website needs; as well as other allowable items.
Will provide up to $10,000,000 to school districts, nonprofit organizations, and other eligible applicants for initiatives aimed at reducing violence. Allowable expenses include training related to suicide prevention, threat assessment, and conflict resolution; violence prevention and intervention, and more.
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