The School Emergency Response to Violence (Project SERV) program is a direct federal U.S. Department of Education opportunity administered by the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education. It is listed under Assistance Listing 84.184S.
Program purpose
Project SERV provides short-term education-related services to local educational agencies and institutions of higher education after a violent or traumatic event has significantly disrupted the teaching and learning environment. The program is incident-driven rather than a conventional annual competition with one universal closing date.
Who may apply
Eligible applicants are LEAs and IHEs directly affected by a qualifying traumatic or violent event. To qualify, an applicant must demonstrate the event’s disruptive effect on teaching and learning, show that needed services cannot be adequately provided from existing resources in a comprehensive and timely manner, and demonstrate that providing those services would create an undue financial hardship.
Potential funded response
Project SERV is intended to meet acute education-related recovery needs and restore the learning environment. The Department’s current program materials describe applications that document the incident, its effect on the learning environment, proposed recovery activities, staffing responsibilities, a proposed end date, and a budget and budget narrative. Depending on the incident and approved scope, services may include counseling, mental-health, student-support, and other short-term recovery activities.
Funding and timing
No single annual application deadline or universal applicant award cap is currently published on the controlling program page. Funding amounts and project periods may be established by the Department to reflect the scope of the incident and recovery need, subject to available appropriations. The Department’s current FY 2026 awards table lists a $111,000 award to Fox C6 School District in Missouri and a $67,712 award to Mingo County School District in West Virginia, reinforcing that award size is incident- and application-specific rather than governed by a fixed universal program cap.
Atlas routing assessment
This is a relevant federal master opportunity for school safety, student wellness, mental-health recovery, and continuity after traumatic events. Organization-specific qualification and any authorized applicant outreach belong to the applicable state Atlas lane when a qualifying incident and eligible LEA or IHE are identified. Any Dr. Miltie vendor or partner role would be subordinate to an eligible applicant’s approved incident-specific scope and applicable procurement rules.
Official source: U.S. Department of Education, School Emergency Response to Violence (Project SERV), Assistance Listing 84.184S.