Project Grant 15PBJA22GG04908MISP
- The Tarrant County Medical Examiners Office (TCME) received a $500,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Missing and Unidentified Human Remains (MUHR) Program (CFDA 16.050). This 3-year grant, commencing on October 1, 2023, will fund initiatives to improve the reporting, transportation, processing, and identification of missing persons and unidentified human remains cases within TCME's jurisdiction of Tarrant, Denton, Johnson, and Parker...
- The University of North Texas Center for Human Identification (UNTCHI) will provide forensic and investigative assistance services to support the resolution of missing person and unidentified human remains cases involving American Indian and Alaska Native communities through a $996,042 project grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance. Under the three-year award beginning October 1, 2022, UNTCHI will utilize its DNA laboratories and...
- This $1,000,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the Missing and Unidentified Human Remains (MUHR) Program (CFDA 16.050) will fund a statewide initiative in Pennsylvania to reduce the number of missing persons (MP) and unidentified human remains (UHR) cases. The key products and services to be delivered include: Surveying county and state agencies to inventory MP and UHR cases, assess case status and needs, and prioritize...
- The Pinal County Medical Examiner's Office received a $500,000 federal Project Grant award from the Department of Justice (DOJ) Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Missing and Unidentified Human Remains (MUHR) Program (CFDA 16.050). The purpose of this 3-year grant is to conduct DNA analyses of 22 unidentified persons under the medical examiner's care, collect 15 familial reference samples from the local community, and coordinate with consulates to obtain up to 225 familial reference...
- The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center (UNM HSC) was awarded a $999,558 Project Grant by the Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Forensics Training and Technical Assistance Program (CFDA 16.044) to close cold, unidentified persons cases. The primary activities include conducting inventory, anthropological analyses, and DNA analyses, including forensic genetic genealogy, on 198-205 cold cases with human remains stored at the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology. The project aims to...
- The Virginia Department of Health's Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has been awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Missing and Unidentified Human Remains (MUHR) Program (CFDA 16.050). The grant will fund the Virginia Unidentified Project, which aims to investigate and identify approximately 200 unidentified human remains cases under the Office's jurisdiction. Key activities include exhuming buried remains,...
- The New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (NYC OCME) received a $500,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Justice (DOJ) Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the Missing and Unidentified Human Remains (MUHR) Program (CFDA 16.050) to enhance identification efforts for long-term unidentified persons (UP) cases in New York City. The funding will enable the NYC OCME to compile case information, update relevant databases, employ advanced DNA testing and forensic genetic...
- The Coconino County Office of the Medical Examiner was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Missing and Unidentified Human Remains (MUHR) Program (CFDA #16.050). The grant will fund initiatives to improve the reporting, transportation, processing, and identification of missing persons and unidentified human remains cases within Coconino County, Arizona, and on tribal lands such as the Navajo Nation and Hopi Tribe. Key activities...
- 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...
- This $496,045 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance will fund services to reduce the number of unidentified human remains in Riverside County, California through September 2025. The County of Riverside Sheriff's Department, as awardee, will utilize DNA identification through the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) and National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) as well as forensic genealogy. Funding will also support...
Texas State University was awarded a $996,045 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Missing and Unidentified Human Remains (MUHR) Program. The grant will support the Operation Identification initiative at the Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State University to expand services for unidentified human remains cases across multiple border jurisdictions in Texas from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. Operation Identification will conduct a comprehensive inventory of unidentified human remains across additional non-medical examiner jurisdictions affected by migrant deaths. It will also increase the number of missing migrant persons case reports entered into the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System through a contract with the South Texas Human Rights Center. These efforts will help ensure unidentified human remains cases are properly managed and receive thorough investigations to meet the goals of the MUHR Program for reporting, records management, and stakeholder assistance.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $996.0k | 12/1/22 |