School Climate Transformation Grants

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“His job of keeping our children safe, and teaching them well, is something we can only do together, with the help of friends and neighbors, the help of a community, and the help of a nation." — President Barack Obama, December 16, 2012” Schools are the center of the community and when they are not safe it hurts all of the community. School safety is a priority to President Obama and the U.S. America Try their hardest to drive for school safety and they are doing a pretty good job at it. When
Students grow up in a safe school it affects their overall health and wellness to do better in life. To do that the U.S spends millions of dollar to do so here are some of their projects.

“School Climate Transformation Grants ($50 million): These grants
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Successful, Safe, and Healthy Students State and Local Grants ($45 million): These grants will help states, districts, and schools to meet the specific needs of their communities by supporting programs that improve school climate and student's mental and physical health.Project Prevent Grants ($25 million): These grants will enable school districts with high levels of violence to provide supports and services to address trauma or anxiety while promoting conflict resolution and other school-based strategies to prevent future violence.Project SERV (School Emergency Response to Violence) ($5 million): These grants help restore the learning environment after a natural disaster or violent incident at or near a school, college,or …show more content…
Schools invest time in teaching students not to emotionally abuse or bully peers. Emotional safety is important because it is often difficult for teachers and parents to detect. Being something only detect until the problem already manifested and done it’s damage.

“Sandy Hook Elementary School probably did everything right. Its staff worked every day to create a climate of kindness over bullying. They had lockdown drills that trained everyone to stay low and quiet in the event of an emergency. A security system introduced this year required visitors to ring a bell, sign-in and perhaps produce a photo ID. After 9:30 a.m., the doors were locked. And now it's the home of the one of the worst school shootings in U.S. history.” http://www.cnn.com/
"The vast majority have a crisis plan on paper. It's much more common that we find those plans are collecting dust on the shelf and they're not a part of the culture or the practice," said Kenneth Trump, a school security consultant. "I don't believe we need to throw out the book of best practices on school safety. I think we do need to focus our resources, times and conversation back on the