The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) seeks applications for funding to increase the capacity of state and local prosecution offices to address/close violent crime cold cases.
Donor Name: Bureau of Justice Assistance
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 06/22/2022
Grant Size: $500,000
Grant Duration: 36 months
Details:
This program furthers the DOJ’s mission by increasing the capacity of state and local prosecution offices to address violent crime cold cases which assists the criminal justice community to enforce the law, improve public safety, prevent and reduce crime, and ensure the fair and impartial administration of justice.
Goals:
- Increase the number of prosecutions of violent crime cold cases.
- Decrease the number of awaiting/pending prosecution(s) of unresolved violent crime cold cases.
Objectives:
The primary objectives of all proposals submitted under this solicitation are:
- Prosecution of violent crime cold cases where suspects have been identified through DNA evidence. DNA from a suspect is defined by BJA as a CODIS-eligible, or otherwise statistically relevant, short tandem repeat (STR or Y-STR) profile that has been generated from crime scene evidence and attributed to the suspect.
- Decrease the number of unresolved violent crime cold cases where suspect DNA has been identified (suspect(s) may be known or unknown).
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $7,500,000
- Award Ceiling: $500,000
- Period of Performance Duration: 36 months
Eligibility Criteria
- State governments
- Special district governments
- County governments
- City or township governments
- Native American tribal organizations (other than federally recognized tribal governments
- Native American tribal governments (federally recognized)
- Other: State and local prosecuting agencies, law enforcement, state agencies, or local crime laboratories may partner with the agency that serves as the lead applicant for the award to work toward achieving the program goal of seeking resolution in violent crime cold cases. However, a prosecuting entity must be fully engaged in the project, either by the prosecuting entity being the lead applicant OR by the prosecuting entity providing a letter of support to demonstrate engagement in the project
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