CN-710000-9B001.pdf

This document is a Grant Award from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement's Office of Criminal Justice Grants, issued to the Broward County Sheriff's Office for the Statewide Criminal Analysis Laboratory System. The grant covers a project period from October 1, 2020 to September 30, 2021, with a grant number of 2021-SFA-CL-06-9B-001. The agreement involves five locally-funded crime laboratories in Broward, Indian River, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach, and Pinellas counties, as specified in Florida Statutes sections 943.32 and 943.35.

The grant provides funding for crime laboratory services, with the recipient (Broward County Sheriff's Office) eligible to receive up to 75% reimbursement of actual operating costs. Eligible forensic disciplines include Biology/DNA, Chemistry, Crime Scene, Digital Evidence, Firearms, Latent Prints, Toxicology, and Trace Evidence. The funds are derived from criminal fines collected statewide and distributed quarterly based on population served. For this contract period, Broward County will receive approximately 24.54% of the total collected funds, with the distribution percentages ranging from 8.49% to 35.95% across the participating laboratories. The recipient is required to provide forensic services to criminal justice agencies within their jurisdiction and maintain adequate staffing and service levels as directed by their governing body.