The money can be used for building improvements and staff training.
MADISON - Manitowoc Lutheran High School was awarded $20,000, St. Francis of Assisi $27,038 and Chilton School District $25,848 on Thursday through the Wisconsin Department of Justice School Safety Grant program.
Valders, Kiel, New Holstein and Hilbert school districts were also awarded safety grants in recent weeks.
The money can be used for building improvements and staff training. Staff may receive mental health training on trauma-informed care, trauma sensitive schools, adverse childhood experiences, Peaceful Warriors, PREPaRE, and threat assessment and active shooter response.
In this round of funding, nearly $4 million was awarded to 89 schools and school districts, with more grants to be awarded in the future.
The DOJ’s Office of School Safety administers the program as part of Wisconsin’s $100 million School Safety Grant Initiative. The initiative was established earlier this year by the legislature through 2017 Wisconsin Act 143.
For more about the grant program and a full list of recipients, visit: www.doj.state.wi.us/news-releases/ag-schimel-announces-nearly-4-million-school-safety-grant-funding-89-school-districts.