BJA FY24 National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative

The summary for the BJA FY24 National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative 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 FY24 National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative: 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.

Federal Grant Title:	BJA FY24 National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative
Federal Agency Name:	Bureau of Justice Assistance (USDOJ-OJP-BJA)
Grant Categories:	Law, Justice and Legal Services
Type of Opportunity:	Discretionary
Funding Opportunity Number:	O-BJA-2024-172187
Type of Funding:	Grant
CFDA Numbers:	16.833
CFDA Descriptions:	Information not provided
Current Application Deadline:	July 29th, 2024
Original Application Deadline:	July 29th, 2024
Posted Date:	June 21st, 2024
Creation Date:	June 21st, 2024
Archive Date:	September 19th, 2024
Total Program Funding:
Maximum Federal Grant Award:	$2,500,000
Minimum Federal Grant Award:	$0
Expected Number of Awards:	29
Cost Sharing or Matching:	No
Last Updated:	June 21st, 2024

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) - Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification.)
Additional Information on Eligibility: The following entities are eligible to apply for Purpose Areas 1 and 3: Other: State law enforcement agencies, Other: Units of local government, Other: Governmental nonlaw enforcement agencies acting as their fiscal agents, Other: Prosecutor’s offices. The following entities are eligible to apply for Purpose Area 2: Other: Small law enforcement agencies or consortia of small law enforcement agencies. For the purposes of this solicitation, “small law enforcement agencies” are defined as agencies that have fewer than 250 sworn officers or a consortia of small agencies. The following entities are eligible to apply for Purpose Areas 3, 4, and 6: Other: Jurisdictions that have addressed their unsubmitted kits (including partially tested kits) and have clearly demonstrated they have also addressed the downstream case activities (crime analysis, investigation, prosecution as applicable) for at least 75 percent of the associated cases under the jurisdiction’s control and/or authority. Jurisdictions do not have to be an existing or previous SAKI grantee to qualify for Purpose Areas 3, 4, and/or 6, but the jurisdiction should be prepared and able to clearly demonstrate it meets the qualifications outlined herein in its application or the application may not proceed to peer review. The following entities are eligible to apply for Purpose Areas 5: Other: Existing and/or previous SAKI grantees that have addressed their unsubmitted kits (including partially tested kits) and have clearly demonstrated they have also addressed the downstream case activities under SAKI (investigation, prosecution) for at least 75 percent of the associated cases under the jurisdiction’s control and/or authority.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: https://bja.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/o-bja-2024-172187
Grant Announcement Contact: OJP Response Center
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