Project Grant 2011FABX0004

The Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection (DESPP) in Middletown, CT received a $1,023,689 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence program (CFDA 16.820). The grant funding will enable DESPP to implement modernized record and evidence management systems to benefit postconviction DNA testing. Key activities include: Conducting a comprehensive inventory and electronic cataloguing of retained...

The Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection (DESPP) in Connecticut has received a $533,200 Project Grant award from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the DNA Backlog Reduction Program (CFDA 16.741). The grant funding will enable DESPP's Division of Scientific Services (DSS) and Division of Criminal Justice - Cold Case Unit (DCJ-CCU) to identify, inventory, and prosecute violent crime cold cases with suspect DNA profiles across the state. Key activities include...

The Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection (DESPP) in Middletown, CT was awarded a $770,811 Formula Grant under the Bureau of Justice Assistance's (BJA) Comprehensive Forensic DNA Analysis Grant Program (CFDA 16.036). The grant, which runs from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026, will support DESPP's Division of Scientific Services to increase DNA processing capacity and reduce turnaround times. Key activities include purchasing automation equipment, providing overtime for...

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded the State of Connecticut Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection a $821,735 Formula Grant 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 state's efforts to increase DNA laboratory capacity and reduce the backlog of forensic DNA casework and database samples awaiting analysis, as outlined in the...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, totaling $2,000,000.00, was provided by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) under the National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP) (CFDA 16.554). The award supports multiple projects for the Connecticut Office of Policy and Management, the Connecticut Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection (DESPP), the Connecticut Judicial Branch, and the Connecticut Criminal Justice Information System (CJIS-CT) Governing Board. Key activities...

This $256,364 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.593 - Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners Program) will support the Connecticut Department of Corrections' (CT DOC) efforts to provide residential substance use disorder (SUD) treatment and reentry services to incarcerated individuals in Connecticut over a 4-year period from October 2024 to September 2028. The key objectives are to: 1) Enhance CT DOC's ability to...

The Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection (DESPP), Division of State Police Offender Registry Unit in Connecticut received a $340,532 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs through the Support for Adam Walsh Act Implementation Grant Program (CFDA 16.750). This 3-year grant, awarded on December 8, 2023, will allow DESPP to hire temporary personnel to investigate open sex offender registration violation cases, update offender records...

The Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection (DESPP) received a $294,696 Formula Grant award under the U.S. Department of Justice's Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program (CFDA 16.742). The grant will be used by DESPP and its subgrantee, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME), to enhance the quality, timeliness, and capabilities of forensic science and medical examiner services in the state of Connecticut. Key activities include professional...

The Washington State Patrol Crime Laboratory Division (WSPCLD) will use a $550,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance to sustain its Postconviction DNA Initiative through September 2025. Under the grant program titled "Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence" (CFDA 16.820), WSPCLD will continue partnering with the Washington Innocence Project to provide innocent prisoners with timely access to DNA technologies for...

This Project Grant award from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence program (CFDA 16.820) provides $1,523,688 to the Committee for Public Counsel Services (CPCS) in Boston, MA to expand their existing hair review project and identify cases from 1970-2000 where serology was used to secure murder convictions. The project aims to identify cases where DNA testing could potentially establish actual innocence and improve reentry support. Key activities...