Project Grant 15PBJA21GG04365DNAX

The City of New York Bronx District Attorney's Office was awarded $500,000 under the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance DNA Backlog Reduction Program (CFDA 16.741) to address unsolved violent crime cold cases in Bronx County, New York. Through the project grant funding, the Forensic Science Unit of the Bronx District Attorney's Office will assess approximately 50 new homicide and sexual assault cold cases, submit appropriate cases for genetic testing,...

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...

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,...

The Westchester County District Attorney's Office was awarded $500,000 under the Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance's DNA Backlog Reduction Program to add an additional prosecutor to its newly formed Cold Case Bureau. The Cold Case Bureau, currently staffed by one prosecutor, is responsible for reviewing over 100 unsolved homicide and violent crime cases, 27 of which have identified suspect DNA evidence. An additional prosecutor will allow the Bureau to further investigate...

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 Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $533,200 Project Grant to the County of Washington, Oregon under the DNA Backlog Reduction Program (CFDA 16.741). The grant funds a multidisciplinary team within the Washington County District Attorney's Office that is working to investigate and prosecute violent crime cold cases with identified suspect DNA evidence. This includes conducting case inventories, creating a cold case database, and advancing investigations of 25 solvable cold case...

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...

The Texas Attorney General's Office received a $533,200 Project Grant award from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the DNA Backlog Reduction Program (CFDA 16.741) to support the state's Cold Case and Missing Persons Unit. The grant will provide additional resources to effectively investigate unsolved homicides referred to the unit from agencies across Texas, leading to an increase in the capacity of local departments to solve and prosecute violent crimes. Since 2021, the Cold Case and...

The City and County of Denver, District Attorney's Office (DDAO) 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). The grant funds the Denver Cold Case Collaborative, which investigates and prosecutes violent crime cold cases where suspect DNA profiles exist. Key activities supported by the award include maintaining a dedicated cold case prosecutor, providing forensic scientist and...

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...