Project Grant 15PBJA21GG04359DNAX

This $450,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.036 - Comprehensive Forensic DNA Analysis Grant Program) supports the Contra Costa District Attorney's Office and the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office in investigating and prosecuting cold case homicides through advanced forensic DNA analysis. The key products and services to be delivered under this 3-year grant include: Assigning two dedicated cold case investigators to review...

This $500,000 Project Grant awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the Comprehensive Forensic DNA Analysis Grant Program (CFDA 16.036) supports the City of Erie Police Department (EPD) and Erie County District Attorney's Office in establishing a Cold Case Team. The team, comprising an Assistant District Attorney, a County Detective, and an EPD Detective Sergeant, will inventory 42 unsolved homicides, 8 missing persons cases with suspicious circumstances, and 8 unsolved violent...

The King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office (KCPAO) was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Comprehensive Forensic DNA Analysis Grant Program (CFDA 16.036). The grant funding will be used to implement the KCPAO Cold Case Prosecutor Program, which aims to designate a dedicated prosecutor to work exclusively on unsolved homicide cases where a suspect DNA profile has been developed. Key program activities include creating...

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....

The Suffolk County District Attorney's Office received a $500,000 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 grant funding will support 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 goals of the project are to focus on unsolved violent cold cases with suspect DNA...

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 City of Miami Police Department (MPD) was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the Comprehensive Forensic DNA Analysis Grant Program (CFDA 16.036). The grant will support the MPD Cold Case Investigations Project to address a backlog of 1,932 open cold cases dating from 1949-2024. Key activities include: Conducting a certified inventory of unresolved cold case crimes under MPD's jurisdiction with existing suspect DNA...

This $500,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.036 - Comprehensive Forensic DNA Analysis Grant Program) will support the Richmond County District Attorney's Office (RCDA) in Staten Island, New York. The funding will enable RCDA to establish a cold case unit and increase resources devoted to investigating and prosecuting violent crime cold cases where suspect DNA profiles have already been developed. Key activities include...

This $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) will support the Harris County, Texas Sheriff's Office and District Attorney's Office in increasing homicide cold case prosecutions and decreasing unsolved homicide cold cases. The grant will fund a full-time deputy to review, follow up, and document cold cases with solvability potential, as well as provide overtime pay for...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Comprehensive Forensic DNA Analysis Grant Program (CFDA 16.036) to the Oklahoma Office of the Attorney General. The funding will be used to create a Cold Case Unit within the Office's Criminal Justice Division to support OAG-led prosecutions and prosecutions at the district court level across the state of Oklahoma. Key project activities include: 1) Conducting a comprehensive...