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Getting Started in SAKI: Virtual Learning at Your Fingertips

Date Published

April 2020

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description, Instructional Material (Programmed)

Agencies

BJA-Sponsored

Prosecuting Cold Cases Using DNA

This program assists law enforcement and prosecutors to address and prosecute violent crime cold cases and decrease the number of violent crime cold cases awaiting prosecution.

Identifying Serial Sexual Offenders Through Cold Cases

See how prioritizing the testing of backlogged sexual assault kits can help agencies gain new insights on both the cases in question and other connected incidents.

FY 2019 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program (Formula)

Closing Date

May 14, 2019

The goals of this solicitation are to: 1) Prosecute violent crime cold cases where a suspect has been identified and 2) Decrease the number of unresolved violent crime cold cases.

FY 2019 Prosecuting Cold Cases using DNA and Other Forensic Technologies

Closing Date

May 28, 2019

The goals of this solicitation are to: 1) Prosecute violent crime cold cases where a suspect has been identified and 2) Decrease the number of unresolved violent crime cold cases.

Solicitation Now Available: Prosecuting Cold Cases Using DNA

BJA is seeking applications for funding through the FY 2020 Prosecuting Cold Cases Using DNA opportunity.

FY 2020 Prosecuting Cold Cases Using DNA

Closing Date

June 16, 2020

This program provides funds to: (1) prosecute violent crime cold cases and (2) decrease the number of violent crime cold cases awaiting prosecution.

Register for Webinar on the Emmett Till Cold Case Investigations Program

Register for a March 25, 2020, webinar on BJA's FY 2020 Emmett Till Cold Case Investigations Program solicitation.

FY 2020 Emmett Till Cold Case Investigations Program

Event Dates

March 25, 2020, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

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Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Series

BJA Solicitation Support Webinar Series

New Funding Opportunity: Emmett Till Cold Case Investigations Program

BJA is seeking applications for funding through the FY 2020 Emmett Till Cold Case Investigations Program.

FY 2020 Emmett Till Cold Case Investigations Program

Closing Date

May 4, 2020

This program provides grants to state, local and tribal law enforcement and prosecution agencies to support expenses associated with the investigation and prosecution of cold case murders associated with civil rights violations.

Homicide Investigation Case File Profile: The Los Angeles Police Department Murder Book

Date Published

February 2018

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description, Case Study

Agencies

BJA-Sponsored

Promising Strategies for Strengthening Homicide Investigations: Findings and Recommendations From the Bureau of Justice Assistance's Homicide Investigations Enhancement Training and Technical Assistance Project

Date Published

October 2018

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Evaluation, Program/Project Description

Agencies

BJA-Sponsored

City of Mobile SAKI Training and Victim Advocacy Expansion Project

2019-AK-BX-0025

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2019

$293,288

Utilizing DNA Evidence To Investigate Cold Case Sexual Assaults Through CODIS

Date Published

May 2018

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Instructional Material

Agencies

BJA-Sponsored

Y-STR Testing: Enhancing Sexual Assault and Cold Case Workflows

Date Published

February 2018

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Instructional Material

Agencies

BJA-Sponsored

Unsubmitted Sexual Assault Kits: Navigating the Process From Inventory to Adjudication - A Guide for Holistic Cold Case Sexual Assault Reform

Date Published

April 2018

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Reference Material, Instructional Material (Programmed)

Agencies

BJA-Sponsored

Statewide Sexual Assault Response Reform in SAKI Workbook

Date Published

July 2018

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Reference Material, Instructional Material (Programmed), Grants and Funding

Agencies

BJA-Sponsored

Understanding DNA Testing and Reporting: Unsubmitted Sexual Assault Kits

Date Published

February 2018

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Instructional Material

Agencies

BJA-Sponsored

Sexual Assault Unit Assessment Report: Fayetteville Police Department (NC)

Date Published

February 2018

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Evaluation, Program/Project Description

Agencies

BJA-Sponsored

Charles County's Cold Case Initiative and Drug Court Support

2018-DJ-BX-0219

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2018

$43,310

Justice At Last: Resourcing Prosecution for Albuquerque SAK Backlog Cases

2018-AK-BX-0009

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2018

$1,000,000

Comprehensive Sexual Assault Cold Case Investigation and Victim Services Program

2018-AK-BX-0034

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2018

$1,000,000

Sexual Assault Kit Initiative- Lawfully Owed DNA

2018-AK-BX-0025

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2018

$880,933

Office of the Missouri Attorney General's 2018 National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative

2018-AK-BX-0035

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2018

$2,871,423