School Safety Funding Programs

Department / agency name: Department of Education
Program name: School Safety Improvement Fund
Due date: NOI Due: September 1, 2024 / Final Application Due: October 1, 2024
Eligible Entities: All school districts, public and nonpublic
Eligible Product Category / Rave products: All Rave products
Max $ ask ($ upfront or reimbursement?): $50,000 per building
Total funding available: $100,000,000
Program Website: Iowa Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management

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Department / agency name: Nebraska Department of Education
Program name: School Safety and Security-Related Infrastructure Grant
Due date: March 14, 2024
Eligible Entities:

• School Districts: Any school district may apply for this grant.
• Educational Service Units: An Educational Service Unit that has established and entered into a contract for security-related infrastructure purposes with a nonpublic school may apply for a grant to support the contract. An Educational Service Unit may submit a separate application for each nonpublic school for which the Educational Service Unit has established and entered into a contract for security-related infrastructure purposes.

Eligible Product Category / Rave products: 

• “Surveillance equipment”
• “Visitor management systems”
• “Hand-held radios to aid in communication during school situations”
• “Notification systems”
• “Control devices to restrict access to areas as needed for security purposes”
• “Screening devices”

Total funding available: $10,000,000
Program Website: Nebraska Education Grants

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Department / agency name: Ohio Attorney General 
Program name: FY24 School Safety Grant
Due date: May 15, 2024
Eligible Entities: Traditional public schools and nonpublic charter schools
Eligible Product Category / Rave products: There is no specific equipment list for this grant program. Instead, projects are flexible. In regards, to equipment, the project should fit into one of the following category descriptions.

• “Active-shooter response training or equipment”
• “School supplies or equipment related to safety or for implementing a school-safety plan”

Max $ ask ($ upfront or reimbursement?): $2,500 or the equivalent of $4.50 per student, whichever amount is greater.
Total funding available: $6.7 million
Program Website: The Ohio Grants Partnership

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Department / agency name: Oregon Department of Education
Program name: The Wireless Panic Alarm Grant
Due date:

• Applications for work that has not yet been done: December 1st, 2024
• Applications for work that has already been done: April 30th, 2025
• Last day to complete work: June 30th, 2025
• Last day to submit claims in EGMS: August 15th, 2025

Eligible Entities: School Districts
Eligible Product Category / Rave products:

Requirements for panic button specifications include:

“- Wireless: panic alarm or system that can operate as a panic alarm must have a wireless activation feature such that a teacher or other staff member may be able to activate an alarm outside of a centralized location. The intent of such a system is so that a teacher or other staff member can activate an alarm immediately upon observation of an incident that requires emergency response so that both emergency responders are notified and the whole school can respond simultaneously.

– Emergency Response Notification: The panic alarm system, once activated, must be capable of notifying emergency response personnel (police and/or fire) through 911 dispatch.

– Whole School Notification: The panic alarm system must be capable of activating a school-wide alarm system or provide direct notification to the front office for the purposes of notifying the school campus of the emergency situation.”

Max $ ask ($ upfront or reimbursement?): $2000 per building in a district, reimbursement
Total funding available: $2,500,000
Program Website: Oregon.gov

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Department / agency name: Texas Education Agency (TEA)
Program name: 2024-2025 Safety and Facilities Enhancement (SAFE) Grant, Cycle 2
Due date: May 28, 2024
Eligible Entities: List of eligible applicants and the maximum ask linked here
Eligible Product Category / Rave products:

This is part one of the eligible items. The below are a part of the minimum safety standards. This means that a school/district must have these in place or be applying for those items first.

• “6. Silent Panic Alert Technology—This includes the following: a. Purchase and installation of silent panic alert technology; b. Maintenance/service contracts for silent panic alert technology systems; c. Either solely or in combination with other funds, to purchase comprehensive school safety software systems that include, but not limited to, visitor screening, safety drills, response to emergencies, and reunification but only if the silent panic alert technology is a primary component of the comprehensive system; d. LEA personnel costs are only associated with the installation of silent panic alert technologies; e. Lease purchase of silent panic alert technologies if completely paid within the grant period”
  “7. Other Required Components (includes the purchase and installation of security cameras at exterior door locations for the purpose of visual verification prior to allowing an individual to enter)”

Once minimum safety standards are met or are already present in a school/district, you can include the following items in your application:

• “1. Security Cameras or Other Security Equipment”
• “2. Communication and Information Sharing Technology (includes communications systems or devices, that facilitates communication and information sharing between students, school personnel, and first responders in an emergency)”
• “9. Two-way radio systems”
• “10. Access control features on exterior and interior doors”

Max $ ask ($ upfront or reimbursement?): List of eligible applicants and the maximum ask linked here
Total funding available: $275,024,497
Program Website: TEA Grants Portal

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