The Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services (Office) is seeking applications for its Sexual Assault Kit Testing Grant Program to provide funding to the Maryland State Police and local law enforcement agencies to pay for the testing of sexual assault evidence collection kits (SAKs) by forensic laboratories and reduce the number of untested SAKs.
Donor Name: Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services
State: Maryland
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/10/2022
Grant Size: up to $3,500,000
Details:
The Sexual Assault Kit Testing Grant Program will provide up to $3,500,000 in grant funding to the Maryland State Police and local law enforcement agencies to pay for the testing of sexual assault evidence collection kits (SAKs) by forensic laboratories.
Requests that support in-house personnel and supplies for testing or the outsourcing of testing should be based on the current number of eligible, untested kits plus the annual average number of kits collected by the applicant agency. Applicants with an in-house forensic laboratory may also request up to an additional $250,000 to purchase or upgrade equipment required to complete the testing of kits.
Anticipated Period of Performance
July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023.
Eligibility Criteria
The following entities in Maryland are eligible to submit one application for SAKT funding:
- Maryland State Police
- Local law enforcement agencies1
For more information, visit Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services.
