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BJA FY 19 National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI)

Opportunity ID
BJA-2019-15228
Solicitation Status
Closed
Fiscal Year
2019
Closing Date
Posting Date
Description
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.

Awards

Number of Awards: 32
Total Amount Awarded: $40,253,476

Date Created: February 7, 2019