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BJA FY25 National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI)

Bureau of Justice Assistance · O-BJA-2025-172462

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Award Range

$0$2.5M

Deadline

October 27, 2025

GRANTQUICK SUMMARYPlain-English Overview

BJA FY25 National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI). Bureau of Justice Assistance. This funding opportunity seeks to reduce sexual assault and violent crime, hold violent offenders accountable, and deliver support and justice for victims resulting from significant backlogs of unsubmitted and partially tested sexual assault kits (SAKs). Funding will provide resources and support... up to $2,500,000 per award.

Who Should Apply

County governments, Other Native American Tribal Organizations, State governments, Special district governments, City/township governments (+2 more)

Who Should NOT Apply

Organizations not matching the eligible applicant types listed above

Key Requirements (Plain English)

  • The following entities are eligible to apply for Categories 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6: State law enforcement agencies, Units of local government, Government...
  • Deadline: 2025-10-27

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What This Grant Funds

This funding opportunity seeks to reduce sexual assault and violent crime, hold violent offenders accountable, and deliver support and justice for victims resulting from significant backlogs of unsubmitted and partially tested sexual assault kits (SAKs). Funding will provide resources and support to criminal justice agencies in their efforts to improve their jurisdictional response to sexually motivated crimes.

Who Can Apply

The following entities are eligible to apply for Categories 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6: State law enforcement agencies, Units of local government, Governmental nonlaw enforcement agencies acting as their fiscal agents, Prosecutor’s offices. The following entities are eligible to apply for Category 2: Small law enforcement agencies or consortia of small law enforcement agencies. For the purposes of this NOFO, “small law enforcement agencies” are defined as agencies that have fewer than 250 sworn officers. The following entities are eligible to apply for Categories 3, 4, and 6: Jurisdictions that have addressed their unsubmitted and partially tested SAKs and have clearly demonstrated they have also addressed the downstream case activities (e.g., crime analysis, investigation, victim notification, CODIS hit follow up, and prosecutions) for at least 75 percent of the associated cases under the jurisdiction’s control and/or authority. The following entities are eligible to apply for Category 5: Existing or previous SAKI grantees that have addressed their unsubmitted and partially tested kits and have clearly demonstrated they have also addressed the downstream case activities under SAKI (crime analysis/investigation/victim notification/CODIS hit follow up/prosecutions) for at least 75 percent of the associated cases under the jurisdiction’s control and/or authority.

Eligible Applicant Types

County GovernmentsOther Tribal OrganizationsState GovernmentsSpecial District GovernmentsCity/Township GovernmentsFederally Recognized Tribal GovernmentsOther (see NOFO for details)

Funding Details

Maximum Award
$2.5M
Cost Sharing Required?
No
Funding Instrument
grant

Key Dates

Posted: September 17, 2025
Application Deadline: October 27, 2025 (0 days remaining)

Agency Contact

OJP Response Center OJP.ResponseCenter@usdoj.gov

OJP.ResponseCenter@usdoj.gov

Ready to apply?

View the full NOFO and submit your application on Grants.gov