School-Based Partnership Grants
School-Based Partnership (SBP) grants provided police agencies the
opportunity to work with schools and community-based organizations to address
persistent school-crime-related problems.
Applicants were required to focus on one crime or disorder problem occurring
in or around an elementary or secondary school. Projects include the
following:
- Reduce drug dealing or use on school grounds.
- Solve problems experienced by students on the way to and from school.
- Combat assault or sexual assault.
- Eliminate alcohol use or alcohol-related problems.
- Stop threats and intimidation.
- Prevent vandalism and graffiti.
- Reduce loitering and disorderly conduct directly related to crime or student
safety.
- Mediate disputes that pose a threat to student safety.
- Eliminate larceny.
Applicants used problem-solving methods to discover the causes of the
problem, develop tailored responses to it, and assess the impact of those
responses. To help communities use creative problem solving to address
school-related problems, these grants funded such resources as computer
technology, crime analysis personnel, student surveys and victim/offender
interviews, community organizers, school personnel or students involved in
analysis or project coordination, and training and technical assistance in
collaborative problem-solving.
SBP '98: This grant program, which was announced in September 1998, awarded
$16.5 million to 155 agencies. Supplemental awards for this program were announced
in August 1999, with 124 agencies receiving $1.9 million in additional funding.
SBP '99: This grant program, which was announced in August 1999, awarded more
than $13.2 million to 120 agencies.
No local match was required under SBP, although each agency was encouraged to
contribute an in-kind match to its project. This program has not been funded in
recent years.