FY 2018 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence
Closing Date
DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid)
FY 2019 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence
Closing Date
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
Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence Funding Available
BJA is seeking applications for funding through the FY 2020 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence opportunity.
FY 2020 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence
Closing Date
Emmett Till Cold Case Investigations and Prosecution Program
This program supports efforts by state, local, and tribal law enforcement and prosecution agencies, working with their partners, in the investigation and prosecution of unsolved cold case homicides suspected of having been racially motivated.
SAKI Solicitation Released
BJA is seeking applications for funding through the FY 2020 National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI).
Medical Evaluation of Child Sexual Abuse: Why Can't We Be More Like CSI? (Webinar)
Event Dates
Location
Online
Event Type
Web
National Association for Justice Information Systems Annual Conference
Event Dates
–
Location
Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor
Baltimore, MD
National Association of Women Judges Conference
Event Dates
–
Location
Omni Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
Nearly $43 Million Awarded to Support the National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative
BJA has awarded almost $43 million via 32 grants to support the National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI), an effort to strengthen jurisdictions’ capacity to act on evidence resulting from sexual assault kits. Learn more about SAKI and the FY 2018 awards.
'Looking backwards can tell us a whole lot about moving forward'
In 2015, the Cuyahoga County prosecutor's office applied for and received the first of four BJA Sexual Assault Kit Initiative grants, totaling $7 million.
DOJ BJA's Sexual Assault Kit Initiative Helps Bring Serial Killer Samuel Little to Justice
The Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI), an innovative program of the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) which is helping law enforcement agencies nationwide test rape kits and close cold case sexual assaults and homicides, is one of the critical investigative tools that led authorities to believe Samuel Little may be the worst serial killer in American history, by enabling police across...
Over 47,000 Kits Tested Through BJA's Sexual Assault Kit Initiative since 2015
One untested sexual assault kit can have ramifications far beyond the case for which it was originally collected.
Collecting Lawfully Owed DNA
Date Published
November 2022
Agencies
BJA-Sponsored
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Factsheet