Topical Heading

Safe and Drug-Free Schools

Program Title

Grants to Address Youth Violence and Related

Issues in Persistently Dangerous Schools Program
CFDA # (or ED #)
84.184V
Administering Office
Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools (OSDFS)
Who May Apply (by category)
Local Education Agencies (LEAs)
Who May Apply (specifically)
LEAs in which at least one school was identified as persistently dangerous in the 2006–07 school year and
certified by the state, as part of the state education agency (SEA)'s annualConsolidated State Performance Report
as a persistently dangerous school under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), Sec. 9532, may
apply.
Current Competitions
FY 2007 application deadline: Aug. 8, 2007.
Type of Assistance (by category)
Discretionary/Competitive Grants
Appropriations
Fiscal Year 2007 $8,594,000

Note: FY 2007 is the first year of funding for this program.

Fiscal Year 2007 Awards Information

Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this notice.

Number of New Awards Anticipated: 13

Average New Award: $661,000
Range of New Awards: $250,000–$3,000,000
Legislative Citation
The U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, Title
V, Chapter 5, Sec. 5502; P.L. 110-28; 20 U.S.C. 7131
Program Regulations
EDGAR; 34 CFR 75, 77, 79, 80-82, 84-85, 97-99, and 299
Program Description
This program supports LEA projects that are designed to address violence and related issues, such as gang activity,
in schools operated by the LEA that have been identified by the state (consistent with the requirements in ESEA,
Sec. 9532) as persistently dangerous. Eligible LEAs may also propose activities that address violence and related
issues in schools in the LEA that are at risk of becoming persistently dangerous based on objective criteria under
the state's definition of persistently dangerous, and systemwide activities that would prevent other schools
operated by the LEA from being identified as persistently dangerous in the future.
Education Level (by category)
K–12
Subject Index
Prevention, Violence
Contact Information
Name Michelle Padilla
 E-mail Address Michelle.Padilla@ed.gov
Mailing Address U.S. Department of Education, OSDFS
Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building
400 Maryland Ave. S.W., Rm. 3E318
Washington, DC 20202
Telephone 202-260-2648
Fax 202-260-7767

Links to Related Web Sites

http://www.ed.gov/programs/persistentdanger/index.html