School Safety Funding Programs

Department / agency name: Ohio School Safety Center
Program name: 2024 Campus Safety Grant Program
Due date: November 27, 2024, 5 PM
Eligible Entities: State institution of higher education

Note the following: “Joint applications are REQUIRED. If the state institution of higher education seeking funding is part of a larger main campus, the main campus location should apply for funding and include any requests for satellite or branch campuses. A vulnerability assessment should be conducted and submitted for each building or location requesting funding for security improvements.”
Eligible Product Category / Rave products:

• This panic button would allow tracking through GPS.
• Alert and notification equipment that allows for real-time dissemination of information and intelligence among responders via equipment such as cellular phones, pagers, text messaging, etc.
• System or software designed to facilitate the exchange and interoperability of data on extramural or legacy systems such as databases, dispatch systems, records management systems, and other systems containing data useful in terrorism incident prevention.
• Use of consultants in the design of customized versions of allowable equipment, or to supervise construction/installation of allowable equipment.
• Tools designed to identify security vulnerabilities on networks, databases, web applications or individual hosts on target networks.
• Speaker/microphone extensions to portable radios. Sometimes used within encapsulated/partially encapsulated suits, where restricted access to radio equipment impedes normal portable radio operations. Also includes programming/cloning cables.
• Microwave link for remote control of radio base stations or for links between infrastructure components and other communication assets.
• Bi-directional amplifiers, application defined.
• Individual/portable radio transceivers.
• Devices that utilize biometric characteristics (fingerprints, palm prints, iris or retinal scanning, etc.) to authorize access to facilities and/or systems.
• Video camera.
• Software application and associated hardware and material for creating site/event credential badges and controlling scene access.
• Facial recognition software for access control, identification of criminal actors (IFF), etc.
• Software, system or suite for accepting disparate inputs and producing organized information. May use multiple sensor inputs to develop a situational picture, and/or multiple inputs from different intelligence sources to create a correlated set of accessible data.
• Camera-based security systems utilizing standard, low light, or infrared technology.
• Systems for positive identification of personnel as a prerequisite for entering restricted areas or accessing information systems.
• A network consisting of some number of deployed acoustic sensors and one or more processing nodes for data integration and analysis. Such networks can be “tuned” to one or more ranges of frequencies to detect sounds such as gunshots, heavy weapons discharge, explosions, MANPAD launches, vehicle noises, etc., and utilize acoustic triangulation to provide accurate location data. Such networks can be wired, wireless, or hybrid, and are capable of operation near critical infrastructure assets or in wide areas.
• Systems and standalone sensors designed to detect access violations or intrusions using sensors such as door/window switches, motion sensors, acoustic sensors, seismic, and thermal sensors. May also include temperature sensors for critical areas.

Max $ ask ($ upfront or reimbursement?): The agency specifies that while there is no minimum/maximum, they expect the average award to be $180,500, or somewhere in the range of $50,000-$200,000.
Total funding available: $6.5 million
Program Website: Ohio School Safety Center

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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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