BJA FY24 National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- O-BJA-2024-172187
- Agency
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Bureau of Justice Assistance
Office of Justice Programs, Department of Justice
- Applications due
- Award size
- Up to $2,500,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
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- Law, Justice and Legal Services
- Eligible applicants
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- Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)
- Other
- Full announcement
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance is offering grants through the National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI) to support jurisdictions in addressing unsubmitted and untested sexual assault kits (SAKs). This initiative aims to improve investigations and prosecutions resulting from SAK evidence, collect lawfully owed DNA samples, and enhance victim notification protocols and services. Eligible applicants include tribal governments, state and local law enforcement agencies, and prosecutor's offices. Proposals will be evaluated on the applicant's ability to inventory, track, and test previously unsubmitted SAKs, as well as develop policies to prevent future backlogs. Applications are due by August 1, 2024.
Recent SAKI awards have ranged from approximately $500,000 to $2.5 million, typically covering 3-year performance periods. The current solicitation has approximately $45 million in total funding available, with individual grant awards expected to range from $500,000 to $3 million. Funded activities may include DNA testing, cold case investigations, victim advocacy, data analysis, training, and policy development to improve the overall response to sexual assault cases across jurisdictions in the United States.
Synopsis
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Update #2 · Latest ·
With this solicitation, BJA seeks to support the Department's priorities of reducing violent crime and supporting law enforcement officers and prosecutors by:Providing jurisdictions (including rural and tribal) with resources to address unsubmitted sexual assault kits (SAKs) (including partially tested kits) in their custody that have not been submitted to a forensic laboratory for testing with Combined DNA Index System (CODIS)-eligible DNA methodologies. Improving investigations and prosecutions in connection with evidence and cases resulting from the SAK testing process, as well as other violent cold case crimes. Providing sites with resources to collect DNA samples from qualifying individuals who should have a sample in CODIS, but from whom a sample has never been collected or submitted to a laboratory for testing, as well as developing/reforming policies for arrestee collections, if legally permissible in the awardee's jurisdiction. In addition to addressing unsubmitted SAKs, the National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI) addresses partially tested SAKs, as defined herein, and untested evidence associated with sexually motivated homicides and other violent cold case crimes.
Update #1 ·
With this solicitation, BJA seeks to support the Department's priorities of reducing violent crime and supporting law enforcement officers and prosecutors by: Providing jurisdictions (including rural and tribal) with resources to address unsubmitted sexual assault kits (SAKs) (including partially tested kits) in their custody that have not been submitted to a forensic laboratory for testing with Combined DNA Index System (CODIS)-eligible DNA methodologies. Improving investigations and prosecutions in connection with evidence and cases resulting from the SAK testing process, as well as other violent cold case crimes. Providing sites with resources to collect DNA samples from qualifying individuals who should have a sample in CODIS, but from whom a sample has never been collected or submitted to a laboratory for testing, as well as developing/reforming policies for arrestee collections, if legally permissible in the awardee's jurisdiction. In addition to addressing unsubmitted SAKs, the National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI) addresses partially tested SAKs, as defined herein, and untested evidence associated with sexually motivated homicides and other violent cold case crimes.
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