From: Sarah Goodrum

Hello Attendee,

Thank you for attending my presentation on Building a Comprehensive Approach to School Safety at the CSSRC School Safety Summit in October.

You expressed interest in a list of funding options for school safety-related issues in Colorado. I'm writing to share information on three resources or opportunities.

First, my colleague Bill Woodward, Director of Training and Technical Assistance, put together the Truancy & Safety-Related Funding Options List of funding opportunities for school and community safety-related issues in Colorado. If you have questions about these resources, please email me or Bill (cc'd here) know. It's a lot of information, and we could walk you through it - if needed.

Second, we currently have two grants from the Bureau of Justice Assistance that can provide training support and resources on violence prevention programs and practices to Colorado schools:

• Colorado Rural Schools Safety Project - to provide training and technical assistance on threat assessment and management, bystander/upstander reporting, information sharing, and an integrated system for safety to Colorado's rural schools.  Schools can receive up to $2K to support the training of staff on safety programs and practices during out-of-contract hours.  Contact: Amanda.Matthews@colorado.edu  

• Safe Communities Safe Schools Project - to provide training and technical assistance on a comprehensive approach to school safety to Colorado schools. This project supports school- or district-teams to develop individualized school safety action plans and select evidence-based or research-informed strategies, trainings, or programs to address data-identified areas of need. Contact: Jody.Witt@colorado.edu

Finally, the Bureau of Justice Assistance also sometimes has grant opportunities available for school districts. These grant proposals can be time consuming and tedious, but they can also bring a lot of financial resources. Visit BUA's website - https://bja.ojp.gov/funding/current. I've signed up for their mailing list so that I receive email announcements about new grant opportunities. Having stats that can demonstrate your district's need in a particular area is a really important part of the grant proposal (e.g., Healthy Kids Survey results, number of threat assessments, ACE scores, etc).

Let me know if I can provide additional information. I'm happy to talk further about these resources.

Thanks for all you do for students and schools in Colorado.

Warmest Regards,

Sarah

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