Safe Haven Schools

The programmatic goals of the 2022-2023 School Safe Haven grant awards are to:

1. Offer students and staff opportunities to develop the skills and strategies necessary to prevent bullying and potential bullying situations in digital and physical spaces;


2. Enable schools to identify and acquire the programs and resources necessary to apply research-based models and proven practices for curriculum, policies, procedures, and instruction that mitigate bullying in digital and physical spaces; and


3. Assist schools in developing a cyberbullying prevention framework in order to promote the safety and well-being of students.

Matching or cost sharing means the portion of the project costs not paid by state or federal funds. Match is typically stated as a percentage of the total project costs for an award.

For this solicitation, a 1:1 (50/50) cash match is required for all School Safe Haven grant awards. The purpose of matching funds is to increase the amount of resources available to programs supported by state grants. No “in-kind” donations will be accepted for match purposes.

The following costs and budget items are ineligible and will not be supported by this grant program:

1. Threat assessments, safety equipment, and/or school resource officers.


2. First class travel.


3. Expenses incurred outside of the grant award period.


4. Lobbying (including attempts to influence legislation or the outcome of any federal, state, or local elections. Recent changes to the law have expanded the prohibition to any federally appropriated funding used, either directly or indirectly, to support the enactment, repeal, modification, or adoption of any law, regulation, or policy, at any level of government, without the express written approval of OJP. Violations of this prohibition are now subject to civil fines of up to $100,000 per violation).


5. Fundraising (including financial campaigns, endowment drives, solicitation of gifts and bequests, and similar expenses incurred solely to raise capital or obtain contributions and time spent procuring funding, including completing federal and state funding applications).


6. Purchase of real estate or construction.


7. Physical modification to buildings and/or construction (including minor renovations such as painting or carpeting).


8. Purchase of vehicles.


9. The applicant understands and agrees that award funds may not be used to discriminate against or denigrate the religious or moral beliefs of students who participate in programs for which financial assistance is provided from those funds, or of the parents or legal guardians of such students.

SUPPLANTING

Safe Haven funds must be used to supplement existing funds for program activities and cannot replace or supplant any federal or state funds that have been appropriated for the same purpose.

All applicants awarded grant funding from ICJI must agree to:

1. Enter into a grant agreement between ICJI and the applicant agency and agree to abide by all provisions and terms of the grant agreement.


2. Submit all programmatic and fiscal reports in the prescribed format and timeframes set forth by ICJI.

IMPORTANT: Failure to submit the required reports by the stated due date will result in reimbursement of grant funds being withheld until the report(s) is received AND approved by ICJI. ICJI reserves the right to refuse reimbursement or withdraw grant funding due to failure to report. Future grant funding may be denied if reports are not timely submitted to ICJI.