Block Grant 2017DNBX0154

The County of Alameda in Oakland, California will receive $125,502 through September 2024 from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance to support the Alameda County Sheriff's Office Coroner's Bureau in achieving accreditation from the National Association of Medical Examiners. As part of the Forensics Training and Technical Assistance Program (CFDA 16.044), the funding will cover the costs of a part-time accreditation manager to guide the process as well...

This Project Grant award of $145,054, provided by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Strengthening the Medical Examiner-Coroner System Program (CFDA 16.037), will enable the King County Medical Examiner's Office (KCMEO) in Seattle, Washington to fund a second position in its Forensic Pathology Fellowship Training Program. The goal of this award is to help address the national shortage of qualified forensic pathologists by increasing the capacity of the...

The Connecticut Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (COCME) was awarded a $295,054 Project Grant under the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance Strengthening the Medical Examiner-Coroner System Program (CFDA 16.037). The grant will support two forensic pathologist fellowship positions to recruit, train, and prepare qualified fellows to become board-certified forensic pathologists. The program aims to address the nationwide shortage of board-certified forensic pathologists...

The Broward County Office of Medical Examiner Trauma Services (BCOMETS) has been awarded a $295,054 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Strengthening the Medical Examiner-Coroner System Program (CFDA 16.037). The funding will be used to train two full-time forensic pathology fellows to help address the critical shortage of forensic pathologists in the region. BCOMETS, one of 25 medical examiner districts in Florida, investigates all violent,...

The District of Columbia Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (DC OCME) has been awarded a $295,054 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Strengthening the Medical Examiner-Coroner System Program (CFDA 16.037). The grant will fund the training of two full-time forensic pathologist fellows through the DC OCME's ACGME-accredited Forensic Pathology Fellowship Program. The fellows will receive comprehensive training in performing autopsies,...

The U.S. Department of Justice, through the National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants program (CFDA 16.560), has awarded $101,460.00 to the County of Boulder, Colorado to develop and implement policies, procedures, and quality assurance measures that align with the National Association of Medical Examiners (NAME) accreditation standards. The goal is for the Boulder County Coroner's Office (BCCO) to become NAME-accredited, as only 4 of the 63 coroner...

The County of Los Angeles Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner will use $163,227 in funding from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants program to train one additional forensic pathology fellow in 2022-23. The fellowship program, which trains forensic pathologists to perform autopsies and determine cause and manner of death, will provide the fellow...

The Anderson County Office of the Coroner in South Carolina was awarded a $101,460 Project Grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) FY 2023 Strengthening the Medical Examiner-Coroner System Program. The funding will be used to obtain accreditation from the International Association of Coroners and Medical Examiners for the county's coroner's office. Eligible expenses covered by the grant include salary for an accreditation-related deputy coroner position, accreditation fees, reviewer...

The Bexar County Auditor, County of Bexar Division was awarded a $101,458 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants program (CFDA 16.560). The grant funding will enable the Bexar County Medical Examiner's Office (BCMEO) to hire a full-time forensic transcriber to address a backlog of over 197 cases that have exceeded the 90-day closeout period required for accreditation by the National Association of...

The King County Medical Examiner's Office (KCMEO) received a $150,000 Project Grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants program (CFDA 16.560). The grant will fund a second position in KCMEO's Forensic Pathology Fellowship Training Program in Seattle, Washington from October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2026. Since 1980, the KCMEO fellowship program has trained over 32 forensic pathologists who...