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FY 2018 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program

Award Information

Award #
2018-DN-BX-0119
Funding Category
Formula
Location
Congressional District
Status
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
Total funding (to date)
$662,703

Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2018, $662,703)

The New Jersey State Police (NJSP), Office of Forensic Sciences (OFS) maintains five forensic laboratories, which service over eight million people living in New Jersey.

The overtime provided by the grant will give the OFS DNA Laboratory the additional time to perform DNA analysis on over 500 cases from its backlog, and upload the resultant DNA profiles generated into CODIS. The grant overtime will also allow a validation team to complete validations on new equipment/software in a timely manner without having to stop current casework analysis.

NCA/NCF

Date Created: September 5, 2018