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The County of Sacramento Department of Finance Division has been awarded a $533,200 Project Grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the DNA Backlog Reduction Program (CFDA 16.741). The grant will fund the Sacramento County District Attorney's Cold Case DNA Prosecution Team, which aims to increase the prosecution of violent crime cold cases where DNA evidence has been obtained but no suspects identified. Key objectives include processing over 1,000 unsolved cold cases, identifying...

The Stanislaus County District Attorney's Office in Modesto, California will receive $500,000 under a three-year Project Grant award from the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance to review, investigate, and analyze unsolved violent crime cold cases dating back at least three years that may be solved through forensic techniques and DNA evidence. The District Attorney's Office will work with local law enforcement agencies to increase prosecutions of violent cold cases and...

The County of Sacramento's Laboratory of Forensic Services will use a $469,050 formula grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance to dedicate two DNA analysts to analyze 160 backlogged violent crime biology/DNA cases from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2024. The analysts will profile forensic evidence that may contain DNA from designated crime cases, upload eligible profiles to the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS), and prepare laboratory...

The County of Sacramento Department of Finance Division received a $133,051 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance under the DNA Backlog Reduction Program (CFDA 16.741) to enhance the capacity and efficiency of the Sacramento County District Attorney Laboratory of Forensic Services. The funding will enable the purchase of a second QIAcube Connect instrument to automate the sperm pellet rinses during the DNA extraction process, which is currently done...

The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) within the U.S. Department of Justice awarded a $475,108 DNA Backlog Reduction Program (CFDA 16.741) formula grant to the County of Sacramento Department of Finance Division. The grant will fund three key activities over a 2-year period from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2025: One DNA analyst position to analyze evidence samples and increase the number of CODIS-eligible DNA profiles to help reduce the crime laboratory's DNA backlog. Travel funding for...

This $400,000 Formula Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance will support the Washoe County Sheriff's Office Forensic Science Division (WCSO-FSD) in increasing its DNA analysis capacity and capabilities. The WCSO-FSD serves as the forensic laboratory for all state and local law enforcement agencies in northern Nevada, with its Biology Unit overseeing DNA analysis and uploading profiles to the national DNA database (CODIS). Funding...

The Orange County Sheriff-Coroner Department was awarded a $562,538 Formula Grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance's Comprehensive Forensic DNA Analysis Grant Program (CFDA 16.036). The funding will be used to bolster the capacity of the department's crime laboratory and address the backlog of DNA casework. Key activities include upgrading critical equipment such as thermocyclers, capillary electrophoresis instruments, and the DNA laboratory information management system; implementing...

The San Diego County District Attorney's Office (SDCDA) received a $533,200 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the DNA Backlog Reduction Program (CFDA 16.741) to support its Cold Homicide and Research Genealogy Effort (CHARGE). This program utilizes forensic genetic genealogy to identify suspects and prosecute cold case homicides in San Diego County. The CHARGE program selects appropriate cold cases with existing DNA profiles, procures...

The County of Santa Clara, through its Santa Clara County Crime Laboratory, was awarded a $466,551 Formula Grant under the Comprehensive Forensic DNA Analysis Grant Program (CFDA 16.036) administered by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance. The grant funding will be used to enhance the laboratory's DNA analysis capabilities and address a backlog of DNA samples awaiting processing. Specifically, the grant will support a criminalist position, a laboratory information...

The Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded the County of Orange Sheriff-Coroner Department $429,769 under the DNA Backlog Reduction Program (CFDA 16.741) from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2023. This formula grant funding will support the department's OC Crime Lab in increasing DNA analysis capacity and reducing the backlog of forensic DNA samples awaiting analysis for both casework and database sections. As the direct recipient, the Sheriff-Coroner Department will utilize the funds to...