CN-710000-9B002.pdf

This document is a Grant Award from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement's Office of Criminal Justice Grants, located in Tallahassee, Florida, issued to Miami-Dade County and specifically the Miami-Dade Department of Forensic Services Bureau. The grant is for the Statewide Criminal Analysis Laboratory System and covers the period from October 1, 2020 to September 30, 2021, with a grant number of 2021-SFA-CL-43-9B-002.

The grant provides funding for crime laboratory services across five locally-funded laboratories in Broward, Indian River, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach, and Pinellas counties. The recipient will be reimbursed up to 75 percent of actual operating costs for eligible forensic disciplines including Biology/DNA, Chemistry, Crime Scene, Digital Evidence, Firearms, Latent Prints, Toxicology, and Trace Evidence. Funds are derived from criminal fines collected statewide and distributed based on population served, with Miami-Dade receiving approximately 35.94% of the total collected funds. The laboratory is required to provide forensic services to criminal justice agencies on a regular basis, maintain adequate staffing, and comply with specific reporting and expenditure guidelines outlined in the agreement.