BJA FY 20 Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence - Inventory, Tracking, and Reporting Program

The summary for the BJA FY 20 Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence - Inventory, Tracking, and Reporting Program grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Bureau of Justice Assistance, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

BJA FY 20 Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence - Inventory, Tracking, and Reporting Program: DOJ seeks applications from eligible States and units of local government that will inventory, track, and report the status of SAKs. As an integral part of these activities, applicants also are expected to identify and prioritize (for testing) SAKs for which prosecution of a perpetrator is soon to be barred by the expiration of an applicable statute(s) of limitations. Since multiple grant programs for testing evidence related to sexual assault are offered through the Office of Justice Programs, including the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) and NIJ, funding from this program will not be made available for testing evidence. Nonetheless, in order to facilitate the prioritization of cases (for testing) in which an applicable statute(s) of limitations is soon to expire, applicants are to include in the application detailed plans to clearly identify such potentially time-limited cases in the applicant's SAK inventory, implement methods and approaches to track such cases, and report on the disposition of any such cases during the period of performance under the award.

Federal Grant Title:	BJA FY 20 Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence - Inventory, Tracking, and Reporting Program
Federal Agency Name:	Bureau of Justice Assistance (USDOJ-OJP-BJA)
Grant Categories:	Humanities (see "Cultural Affairs" in CFDA) Information and Statistics Law Justice and Legal Services Science and Technology
Type of Opportunity:	Discretionary
Funding Opportunity Number:	BJA-2020-18439
Type of Funding:	Grant
CFDA Numbers:	16.741
CFDA Descriptions:	Information not provided
Current Application Deadline:	June 15th, 2020
Original Application Deadline:	June 15th, 2020
Posted Date:	April 16th, 2020
Creation Date:	April 16th, 2020
Archive Date:	No date given
Total Program Funding:	$5,000,000
Maximum Federal Grant Award:	$1,000,000
Minimum Federal Grant Award:	$0
Expected Number of Awards:	5
Cost Sharing or Matching:	No
Last Updated:	April 16th, 2020

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: State governments - County governments - City or township governments - Special district governments - Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification.)
Additional Information on Eligibility: The following entities are eligible to apply: • States and units of local government that collect, store, maintain, and/or send forensic DNA evidence to an existing and accredited crime laboratory that complies with the DNA Quality Assurance Standards and participates in the National DNA Index System (NDIS).
Link to Full Grant Announcement: Information not provided
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An applicant that experiences unforeseen Grants.gov technical issues beyond its control that prevent it from submitting its application by the deadline must email the BJA contact identified below within 24 hours after the application deadline to request approval to submit its application after the deadline. Additional information on reporting technical issues appears under “Experiencing Unforeseen Grants.gov Technical Issues” in the How To Apply (Grants.gov) section in the OJP Grant Application Resource Guide.
For assistance with any other requirements of this solicitation, contact the National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Response Center: toll-free at 1-800-851-3420; via TTY at 301-240-6310 (hearing impaired only); email [email protected]; fax to 301-240-5830; or web chat at https://webcontact.ncjrs.gov/ncjchat/chat.jsp. The NCJRS Response Center operates from 10:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. eastern time, Monday through Friday, and from 10:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. eastern time on the solicitation close date.

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