Formula Grant 2020DNBX0058

The County of Onondaga Health Department received a $149,597.48 Formula Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the DNA Backlog Reduction Program (CFDA 16.741) for the period of January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2020. The goal of this federal grant program is to assist eligible States and local governments to increase DNA laboratory capacity and reduce the number of DNA samples awaiting analysis in both casework and database...

The County of Suffolk, New York received a $325,833 Formula Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the DNA Backlog Reduction Program (CFDA 16.741). The goal of this federal grant program is to assist eligible state and local governments to increase DNA laboratory capacity and reduce the number of DNA samples awaiting analysis in both casework and database sections. Under this award, the County of Suffolk Office of the Medical...

The New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (NYC OCME) received a $1,000,000 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance, an agency within the U.S. Department of Justice. The grant will support the OCME's efforts to increase its DNA analysis capacity, reduce backlogs, and decrease turnaround times for processing DNA samples related to crimes in New York City. Key activities to be funded include increasing staff hours...

This $1.23 million formula grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance will fund DNA analysis services at the New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner through September 2024. As part of the DNA Backlog Reduction Program (CFDA 16.741), grant funds will be used to process additional DNA samples, reduce turnaround times, and lower the case backlog. Specifically, the award will support overtime hours for staff, purchase of laboratory...

The Orange County Sheriff-Coroner Department will receive $470,810 under the DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance to address forensic DNA case backlogs and improve DNA analysis capacity from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2024. Funds will be used to analyze a minimum of 300 backlogged violent and non-violent crime DNA cases through overtime, provide continuing education training to 14 DNA analysts...

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 Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded a $1.23 million Formula Grant to the New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner under the DNA Backlog Reduction Program (CFDA 16.741) for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2023. The funding will support the grantee's efforts to increase DNA laboratory capacity and reduce the backlog of forensic DNA casework and database samples awaiting analysis, in alignment with the goals of...

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...

This $974,978 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the Comprehensive Forensic DNA Analysis Grant Program (CFDA 16.036) will support the New York State Police (NYSP) Biological Sciences Section. The funding will assist the NYSP in addressing challenges related to existing backlogs, rush/priority requests, staffing, laboratory space, training, and legislative changes that impact the agency's capacity to process DNA samples and enter...

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...