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Access information below about previously awarded funding through Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) programs. Use the search filters to find award details for specific programs, years, awardee locations, and more.

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Awardee Name: ORLEANS PARISH DISTRICT ATTORNEY

Number of Awards: 12
Total Amount Awarded: $10,629,356

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2019 FY 19 Innovative Prosecution Program BJA FY 19 Innovative Prosecution Solutions for Combatting Violent Crime Grant ORLEANS PARISH DISTRICT ATTORNEY LA 2019-YX-BX-0011 $310,496 Open
2020 Innovative Prosecution Solutions for Combatting Violent Crime Program FY 2020 Innovative Prosecution Solutions for Combating Violent Crime ORLEANS PARISH DISTRICT ATTORNEY LA 2020-YX-BX-0016 $339,962 Closed
2020 Sexual Assault Kit Initiative Vertical Prosecution Unit and Comprehensive SAKI Approach FY 2020 National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI) ORLEANS PARISH DISTRICT ATTORNEY LA 2020-AK-BX-0013 $1,949,672 Open
2021 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence in Orleans Parish ORLEANS PARISH DISTRICT ATTORNEY LA 15PBJA-21-GG-02629-POST $573,636 Open
2021 Undoing Jim Crow’s Cold Cases Initiative FY 2021 Emmett Till Cold Case Investigations and Training and Technical Assistance Program ORLEANS PARISH DISTRICT ATTORNEY LA 15PBJA-21-GG-03617-EMME $500,000 Open
2021 Orleans Parish Collaborative Innovations in Re-entry FY 2021 Innovations in Reentry Initiative: Building System Capacity & Testing Strategies to Reduce Recidivism ORLEANS PARISH DISTRICT ATTORNEY LA 15PBJA-21-GG-02885-SCAX $1,000,000 Open
2021 Orleans Parish Conviction Accuracy and Integrity Project- A Joint Project of the Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office andInnocence Project New Orleans - FY 2021 Upholding the Rule of Law and Preventing Wrongful Convictions Site Based and Training and Technical Assistance Program ORLEANS PARISH DISTRICT ATTORNEY LA 15PBJA-21-GG-03610-WRNG $300,000 Open
2022 Metropolitan Overdose Data to Action Program (MODTAP) FY 2022 Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Site-based Program ORLEANS PARISH DISTRICT ATTORNEY LA 15PBJA-22-GG-04451-COAP $1,300,000 Open
2023 Orleans Parish District Attorney's (OPDA) Special Victims' Unit (SVU) Transparency and Accountability of Crimes of Hate FY 2023 Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Program ORLEANS PARISH DISTRICT ATTORNEY LA 15PBJA-23-GG-05367-HATE $380,590 Open
2023 Sexual Assault Kit Initiative Vertical Prosecution Unit and Comprehensive SAKI Approach FY 2023 National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative ORLEANS PARISH DISTRICT ATTORNEY LA 15PBJA-23-GG-02282-SAKI $2,500,000 Open
2023 Sexual Assault Kit Initiative Vertical Prosecution Unit and Comprehensive SAKI Approach FY 2023 National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative ORLEANS PARISH DISTRICT ATTORNEY LA 15PBJA-23-GG-02292-SAKI $1,400,000 Open
2023 Undoing Jim Crow’s Cold Cases Initiative FY 2023 Invited to Apply – Courts, Communities and Strategic Partnerships ORLEANS PARISH DISTRICT ATTORNEY LA 15PBJA-21-GG-03617-EMME $75,000 Open