Project Grant 2010DDBX0602

The Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences (ADFS) received a $1,351,616 Formula 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 funding will be used to: 1) Increase the capacity of ADFS's forensic DNA casework laboratories, thereby reducing the backlog, through analyst overtime and purchasing biology supplies; 2) Prevent a DNA database sample backlog by providing analyst...

The Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences (ADFS) received a $325,591 Formula Grant award under the U.S. Department of Justice's Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program (CFDA 16.742). The grant, awarded on October 1, 2023, will be used to enhance ADFS's laboratory capacity and streamline the testing process for opioid-related forensic casework. Specifically, the funds will be used to purchase and implement targeted scientific instrumentation for the ADFS Toxicology Section,...

The Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences (ADFS) received a $1,696,595 formula grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the DNA Backlog Reduction Program (CFDA 16.741). The funding will be used to: 1) Increase ADFS's forensic DNA casework analysis capacity and reduce backlogs through hiring analyst overtime and purchasing laboratory supplies, 2) Prevent DNA database sample backlogs by funding overtime and supplies, and 3) Enhance long-term capacity for...

The Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences (ADFS) was awarded $307,559 under the Paul Coverdell Forensic Sciences Improvement Grant Program administered by the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance. The funding will support ADFS in enhancing its toxicology and drug chemistry laboratory capacity to address the opioid crisis in Alabama. ADFS provides forensic services to over 450 law enforcement agencies statewide. It will use the award to purchase...

This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics under the National Criminal History Improvement Program (CFDA 16.554), will provide $1,317,309 to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) to improve the reliability and security of Alabama's statewide criminal justice information system network. Specifically, the funding will be used to purchase 51 new Cisco Catalyst 9300 network switches and Cisco Catalyst 8500 routers to upgrade the...

The Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences received a $1.476 million 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 October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2023. The funding will assist the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences in increasing DNA laboratory capacity and reducing the number of forensic DNA samples awaiting analysis at both the casework and database...

The Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) will receive $223,250 from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics under the State Justice Statistics Program for Statistical Analysis Centers (CFDA 16.550) cooperative agreement for the period of October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2023. ALEA will use the funding to support continued improvements to the National Incident-Based Reporting System data portal and enhance user experience for stakeholders....

The Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) was awarded a $1,555,730 Cooperative Agreement under the National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP, CFDA 16.554) by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics. The award, effective January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2026, will be used by ALEA for three key tasks: 1) Implementing a statewide CJIS learning management system to improve training and management of CJIS certifications, 2) Replacing aging and insecure...

The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) received a $1,738,956 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics through the NICS Act Record Improvement Program (CFDA 16.813). The funding will allow ALEA to modernize and expand Alabama's criminal history record system, including implementing a message broker framework to improve data exchange with the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). ALEA will also use the grant to...

This $309,524 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.742 - Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program) will enable the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA) to procure critical equipment and instrumentation to enhance the capacity and efficiency of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences (ADFS) in addressing the opioid crisis. Specifically, the funding will be used to: 1) Add 5 autopsy tables to...