Federal Safety Grants + Resources

What Federal Grants are Available?

Several federal grant programs cover school safety topics, including student mental health and targeted violence prevention, and have recently opened applications. The list is constantly changing with additional funding being added regularly. 

See Green Light Grant Initiative helps school districts nationwide access billions of dollars of available federal funding to create safer school environments and ensure the well-being of our children.

See SchoolSafety.gov’s grant finder tool. Using this tool, school safety professionals can narrow down available grants using these different filters: 

• Topic (i.e. bullying and cyberbullying, targeted violence, threat assessment and reporting); 

• Award Amount; 

• Application Level of Effort; 

• Grant Type; 

• Audience; 

• Application Deadline; 

• Action (Prevent, Protect and Mitigate, or Respond and Recover); and 

• Funding Agency
  
  

Each available grant offers additional information on its requirements and how to apply.