The new hampshire state police forensic laboratory is the sole provider of forensic services in the state of new hampshire

The New Hampshire Department Of Safety was awarded a $600,000 Formula Grant under the Comprehensive Forensic DNA Analysis Grant Program (CFDA 16.036) by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) to enhance the forensic DNA analysis capabilities of the New Hampshire State Police Forensic Laboratory. The grant funding will be used to procure consumables, renew instrumentation service contracts and software licenses, provide continuing education to analysts, and purchase new equipment to increase the laboratory's efficiency and throughput. This will allow the laboratory to analyze a minimum of 350 forensic biology cases and 1,000 DNA database samples, maintain compliance with FBI quality assurance standards, and enter all eligible DNA profiles into the CODIS database. The grant period runs from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026.

The laboratorys forensic biology unit performs all screening and DNA analyses associated with criminal investigations in the state. The unit is also responsible for the analysis and entry of offender and casework samples into the combined DNA index system (codis) database. The purpose of this project is to ensure continuity of operations, decrease turnaround time for forensic biology casework and lawfully owed DNA samples while continuing to adhere to the federal bureau of investigations (fbis) quality assurance standards (QAS). This will be accomplished by the purchase of required consumables, renewal of instrumentation service contracts and software licenses, providing continuing education to all biology analysts, and purchasing new instrumentation that will increase our efficiency work process. IT is expected that a minimum of 350 forensic biology cases and 1,000 database samples will be analyzed in-house utilizing grant funds.a validation for liquid handlers will be complete with the goal of reducing bottlenecks in quantification and amplification set up; the laboratory will maintain its compliance with the FBI's DNA QAS; and all codis eligible profiles, both casework and databasing, will be entered into the DNA database.