The Comprehensive School Safety Initiative - FY 2017 Report to Congress

Oct 15, 2026

U.S. Department of Justice National Institute of Justice reports on the Comprehensive School Safety Initiative (CSSI) for FY 2016 and FY 2017, fulfilling congressional reporting requirements established by federal appropriations acts and Senate reports. The initiative is designed to improve nationwide school and student safety through development, support, and rigorous evaluation of K-12 safety programs grounded in research evidence. The report outlines CSSI goals and guiding principles, details federal interagency activities and accomplishments, and summarizes CSSI-funded grants across FY 2016 and FY 2017.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryResearch & Report

FormatPDF

Pages36

Reading Time1 h 31 min

AccessFree to download

Introduction

Goals

Guiding Principles

FY 2016 – FY 2017 Activities and Accomplishments

Ongoing Activities

Appendix A: FY 2016 CSSI Funded Project List

Appendix B: FY 2016 CSSI Funded Project Summaries

Appendix C: FY 2017 CSSI Funded Project List

Appendix D: FY 2017 CSSI Funded Project Summaries

Conclusion

U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs National Institute of Justice The Comprehensive School Safety Initiative: FY 2017 Report to Congress Contents Introduction..........................................................................................................................2 Goals ....................................................................................................................................2 Guiding Principles ...............................................................................................................2 FY 2016 – FY 2017 Activities and Accomplishments ........................................................3 Ongoing Activities ...............................................................................................................7 Appendix A: FY 2016 CSSI Funded Project List................................................................9 Appendix B: FY 2016 CSSI Funded Project Summaries ..................................................11 Appendix C: FY 2017 CSSI Funded Project List..............................................................24 Appendix D: FY 2017 CSSI Funded Project Summaries..................................................25 Conclusion .........................................................................................................................36 Introduction The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (Pub. L. 114-113) provided $75 million for the Comprehensive School Safety Initiative (CSSI, or the Initiative) and the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 (Pub. L. 115-31) provided $50 million for CSSI. Senate Report 114-57 and Senate Report 114-2391 instruct the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) to provide a report on the continued development of a strategy and model for comprehensive school safety. This report satisfies the reporting requirement for both FY 2016 and FY 2017. The Initiative, administered by NIJ, was launched in FY 2014. NIJ carries out this important initiative in collaboration and through consultation with subject matter experts from multiple relevant disciplines, including other executive branch agencies and Congress. NIJ has produced a report to Congress on CSSI in each fiscal year since its inception. CSSI is designed to improve the safety of schools and students nationwide by developing, supporting, and rigorously evaluating school safety programs, practices, and strategies. An important part of the initiative is the partnerships between school professionals and researchers to develop and test approaches that address the real-world safety needs and priorities of America’s schools and students. This research-focused, practically-oriented approach is intended to produce knowledge with wide utility and applicability beyond the specific schools that are directly involved in the CSSI. This report describes the goals, guiding principles, activities, and accomplishments for CSSI, and reports on grants awarded in FY 2016 and FY 2017. Goals • Improve the safety of schools and students nationwide by developing, supporting, and rigorously evaluating school safety programs, practices, and strategies. • Develop and test a comprehensive school safety model or framework for K-12 schools that has broad practical applicability and is based on research evidence. • Increase scientific knowledge about the incidence and root causes of school violence and other threats to school safety. Guiding Principles • Support school safety activities with a commitment to generating knowledge and research findings relevant to the priorities of a wide range of schools and school districts. 1 S. Rpt. 114-239 is the Senate Appropriations committee report accompanying the fiscal year 2017 Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, S. 2837. • Emphasize and demonstrate the value of close coordination between researchers and school safety professi

FAQs

What is the Comprehensive School Safety Initiative (CSSI) and what does this report cover?

CSSI is an initiative administered by NIJ to improve school and student safety nationwide. This report describes CSSI goals, guiding principles, activities, and accomplishments, and summarizes grants awarded in FY 2016 and FY 2017.

What are CSSI’s main goals?

CSSI aims to improve school and student safety by developing and rigorously evaluating school safety programs and strategies. It also seeks to develop a research-evidence-based comprehensive safety model for K-12 and to increase scientific knowledge about the incidence and root causes of school violence and other threats.

How does the report describe the federal partners involved in CSSI?

In FY 2016 and FY 2017, NIJ worked with an executive-branch interagency working group to advise the Initiative. Federal partners include multiple components across the Department of Justice, Department of Education, Department of Homeland Security, and Department of Health and Human Services.

Oct 15, 2026

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