School-Community Partnership Grants

Posted by on January 23, 2004

SCHOOL/COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP GRANTS

The Pennsylvania Department of Health and Pennsylvania SAFE KIDS Coalition are pleased to announce the availability of $2500 mini-grants to school/community partnerships to improve school safety and prevent youth violence. The focus of the mini-grant is to support youth violence prevention through the implementation of Be Safe and Sound.

WHAT IS BE SAFE & SOUND?

The Be Safe & Sound campaign is an initiative of the National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC). It seeks to mobilize parents, policymakers, school officials, and students to take action to prevent violence in our schools by enhancing school safety and security in communities across the nation. The goal of Be Safe and Sound is to engage and educate these audiences and to provide them with objective and expert-based school safety and security principles. A toolkit is available on CD-ROM or can be downloaded from <a href="http://www.ncpc.org/besafe">http://www.ncpc.org/besafe</a>.

WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO APPLY?
The mini-grants are open to all Pennsylvania schools who intend to partner with a local community-based organization to improve school safety and reduce youth violence.

HOW CAN YOU APPLY AND WHAT PROJECTS ARE ELIGIBLE?
Complete the attached nomination form and submit documentation of your violence prevention project. Only projects involving a substantive school/community partnership will be accepted. Examples of school/community partnerships could include, but are not limited to parent-teacher organizations or associations and school safety committees with community representation. The project must use the Be Safe & Sound School Safety and Security Toolkit: A Guide for Parents, Schools, and Communities to implement the project. The school safety survey must be used as part of the project evaluation.

MANDATORY grantee meeting will be held on March 22, 2004 to provide training.

WHEN IS THE DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION?

All entries MUST be submitted to:
Center for Schools and Communities
Pennsylvania SAFE KIDS (Be Safe and Sound)
1300 Market Street, Suite 12, Lemoyne, PA 17043.

All entries MUST be received NO LATER than 4:00pm on February 20, 2004. Emailed or faxed applications will NOT be accepted.

An application is available on the Pennsylvania SAFE KIDS web site <a href="http://www.pasafekids.org">http://www.pasafekids.org</a> or by calling PA SAFE KIDS, Stewart Williams, 1-800-683-5100 or 717-763-1890.

HOW WILL THE GRANTEES BE SELECTED?

This is a competitive grant process and all applications will be reviewed by a team of individuals designated by the Center for Schools and Communities. Entries will be judged according to the criteria listed on the application form. Grantees will be notified by March 1, 2004. Funds must be spent by June 30, 2004.

WHAT WILL THE GRANTEES RECEIVE?

Grantees will receive $2500 to continue and expand their violence prevention program as part of the Be Safe & Sound Campaign. The Department anticipates funding eight mini-grants, for a total of $20,000. Eligible expenses under the mini-grant include the printing and mailing of educational materials, travel expenses for one or two project representatives for toolkit training in Spring 2004, and administration of school safety surveys, and other activities promoting violence prevention.

For more information contact: PA SAFE KIDS, Stewart Williams, 1-800-683-5100 or 717-763-1890

Or visit our website at: <a href="http://www.pasafekids.org">http://www.pasafekids.org</a>

Sponsoring agencies: Pennsylvania Department of Health, Center for Schools and Communities, and Pennsylvania SAFE KIDS Coalition.