law_justice_and_legal_services · USDOJ-OJP-BJA
BJA FY24 National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative
Bureau of Justice Assistance · O-BJA-2024-172187
Award Range
$0 – $2.5M
Expected Awards
29
Deadline
August 1, 2024
GRANTQUICK SUMMARYPlain-English Overview
BJA FY24 National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative. Bureau of Justice Assistance. With this solicitation, BJA seeks to support the Department’s priorities of reducing violent crime and supporting law enforcement officers and prosecutors by:Providing jurisdictions (including rural and tribal) with resources to address unsubmitted sexual assault kits (SAKs) (including partially... up to $2,500,000 per award; ~29 awards expected.
Who Should Apply
Other eligible entities, Federally Recognized Native American Tribal Governments
Who Should NOT Apply
Individuals and organizations outside the specified eligible types
Key Requirements (Plain English)
- •The following entities are eligible to apply for Purpose Areas 1 and 3: Other: State law enforcement agencies, Other: Units of local government, Ot...
- •Deadline: 2024-08-01
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What This Grant Funds
With this solicitation, BJA seeks to support the Department’s priorities of reducing violent crime and supporting law enforcement officers and prosecutors by:Providing jurisdictions (including rural and tribal) with resources to address unsubmitted sexual assault kits (SAKs) (including partially tested kits) in their custody that have not been submitted to a forensic laboratory for testing with Combined DNA Index System (CODIS)-eligible DNA methodologies. Improving investigations and prosecutions in connection with evidence and cases resulting from the SAK testing process, as well as other violent cold case crimes. Providing sites with resources to collect DNA samples from qualifying individuals who should have a sample in CODIS, but from whom a sample has never been collected or submitted to a laboratory for testing, as well as developing/reforming policies for arrestee collections, if legally permissible in the awardee’s jurisdiction. In addition to addressing unsubmitted SAKs, the National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI) addresses partially tested SAKs, as defined herein, and untested evidence associated with sexually motivated homicides and other violent cold case crimes.
Who Can Apply
Eligible Applicant Types
Funding Details
- Maximum Award
- $2.5M
- Expected Number of Awards
- 29
- Cost Sharing Required?
- No
- Funding Instrument
- grant
Key Dates
Agency Contact
OJP Response Center grants@ncjrs.gov
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