Block Grant 2019AKBX0016

The County of Sacramento received a $500,000 project grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the DNA Backlog Reduction Program to expand its Cold Case DNA Prosecution Team. The team will increase its capacity to prosecute violent crime cold cases where DNA evidence has been obtained but no suspects have been identified, as well as decrease the number of cold cases where suspect DNA has been identified but not prosecuted....

Through the $700,000 Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Assistance Program (CFDA 16.589) grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW), Shelter From The Storm will implement the Advocacy in Response (AIR) program over 36 months in Union County, Oregon. The program will prioritize collaboration with the La Grande Police Department, Union County Sheriff's Office, and Baum Smith LLC Attorneys to provide comprehensive...

This Project Grant award of $450,000 from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Comprehensive Forensic DNA Analysis Grant Program (CFDA 16.036) supports the Contra Costa District Attorney's Office and Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office in investigating and prosecuting cold case homicides where suspect DNA has been identified. The funding will enable two dedicated cold case investigators to review case files, conduct further forensic testing and analysis,...

The County of Wayne in Detroit, Michigan received a $1,360,851 project grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance on October 1, 2018 through September 30, 2022. The funding supports the Wayne County Sexual Assault Kit Initiative: Investigation & Prosecution under the National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative federal grant program (CFDA 16.833). The award enables the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office to address challenges associated with...

The Westchester County District Attorney's Office was awarded $500,000 under the Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance's DNA Backlog Reduction Program to add an additional prosecutor to its newly formed Cold Case Bureau. The Cold Case Bureau, currently staffed by one prosecutor, is responsible for reviewing over 100 unsolved homicide and violent crime cases, 27 of which have identified suspect DNA evidence. An additional prosecutor will allow the Bureau to further investigate...

The Nevada State Sexual Assault Kit Initiative Project was awarded $1,953,399.56 through a cooperative agreement by the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance, with a completion date of September 30, 2021. The funding supports work under the National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative program (CFDA #16.833), which aims to help law enforcement and prosecutors address challenges associated with unsubmitted sexual assault kits and unresolved violent crime cold...

This $500,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (CFDA 16.590 - Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program) to the Imperial County District Attorney's Office, in partnership with the Woman Haven Center for Family Solutions, will enhance the investigation and prosecution of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking cases in Imperial County, California. Specific activities...

This Cooperative Agreement award of $500,000 from the Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants program (CFDA 16.582) will fund the Zero Abuse Project's "Empowering Underserved Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse Project". The project aims to expand the existing SurvivorSpace website to enhance accessible, culturally-relevant information, resources, and support for underserved adult survivors of child sexual abuse, with a focus...

This $500,000 Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Assistance Program (CFDA 16.589) grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW), will enable Advocates Against Family Violence Inc. (doing business as Hopes Door) to implement the "Strengthening Collaborative Response for Rural Survivors of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Dating Violence, and Stalking" project in Canyon and Gem Counties, Idaho. The 36-month...

The Texas Department of Public Safety will receive $1.5 million under a Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative program (CFDA 16.833). The funding will support investigation and prosecution of cold case sexual assaults and homicides in Texas through September 2025. Specifically, the grant will fund two retired Texas Ranger investigators and a grant specialist to investigate 24...