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Bridge the Gap

Award Information

Award #
2020-AK-BX-0027
Location
Status
Awarded, but not yet accepted
Funding First Awarded
2020
Total funding (to date)
$4,000,000

Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2020, $2,000,000)

SAKI, administered by BJA, is a competitive grant program that provides funding to support multidisciplinary community response teams to inventory, track, and test previously unsubmitted SAKs; collect and test lawfully owed DNA from offenders/arrestees; produce necessary protocols and policies to improve collaboration among laboratories, police, prosecutors, and victim service providers; provide resources to address the sexual assault investigations and prosecutions that result from evidence and CODIS hits produced by tested SAKs; and optimize victim notification protocols and services.

Date Created: October 22, 2020