Cooperative Agreement 2012DNBXK012

This $500,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.036 Comprehensive Forensic DNA Analysis Grant Program) will support the City of Erie Police Department and Erie County District Attorney's Office in establishing a Cold Case Team. The team will focus on investigating and prosecuting 42 unsolved homicides, 8 missing persons cases with suspicious circumstances, and 8 unsolved violent rapes, where DNA evidence has identified potential...

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,...

This $284,030 Formula Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Comprehensive Forensic DNA Analysis Grant Program (CFDA 16.036), supports the Allegheny County Office of the Medical Examiner (ACOME) Forensic Biology Section in enhancing their DNA analysis capabilities. The key products and services to be delivered include: Outsourcing DNA processing for property crime cases to reduce the backlog and build the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS)...

The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $500,000 Comprehensive Forensic DNA Analysis Grant (CFDA 16.036) to the Office of the State's Attorney for Baltimore City. The funding will be used to continue the city's cold case homicide investigations by submitting evidence samples to the Forensic Genetic Genealogy (FGG) process. The grant will support the Baltimore City State's Attorney's newly-formed Cold Case Homicide Unit in conducting a priority assessment of 1,273 eligible cases,...

The Suffolk County District Attorney's Office received a $500,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Comprehensive Forensic DNA Analysis Grant Program (CFDA 16.036). The grant will fund the establishment of a dedicated Cold Case Task Force to investigate and prosecute violent crime cold cases where DNA from a suspect has been identified. The key objectives are to focus on unsolved violent cold cases, enhance investigative and forensic...

The Beaver County District Attorney's Office received a $577,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance to implement the Ten-County SW-PA Rapid DNA Law Enforcement Initiative. The project will establish a regional Rapid DNA profile database to enable law enforcement agencies across 10 counties in southwest Pennsylvania to generate investigative leads, identify suspects, and exonerate the innocent. The funding will be used to purchase and maintain a...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Comprehensive Forensic DNA Analysis Grant Program (CFDA 16.036) to the Rhode Island Attorney General's Office (RIAG). The grant will support RIAG's "Closure Project" to solve cold cases using enhanced DNA analysis and familial DNA searching capabilities. Key activities include inventorying cold cases, reviewing and selecting cases for further investigation, increasing the state's...

The City of Winston-Salem Police Department was awarded a $300,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Comprehensive Forensic DNA Analysis Grant Program (CFDA 16.036). The funding will be used to improve the investigation, solving, and prosecution of unsolved homicides through genetic DNA analysis and forensic investigative genetic genealogy. The project will involve contracting with a private forensic laboratory for single nucleotide...

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 Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Comprehensive Forensic DNA Analysis Grant Program (CFDA 16.036) to Harris County, Texas. The goals of this grant are to increase the number of homicide cold case prosecutions and decrease the number of unsolved homicide cold cases in Harris County through the investigation and prosecution of cold case homicides where DNA evidence has identified suspects. Grant funds will enable the Harris County Sheriff's Office to...