Opportunity ID: 326393

General Information

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: BJA-2020-18439
Funding Opportunity Title: BJA FY 20 Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence – Inventory, Tracking, and Reporting Program
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation:
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Humanities
Information and Statistics
Law, Justice and Legal Services
Science and Technology and other Research and Development
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards: 5
Assistance Listings: 16.741 — DNA Backlog Reduction Program
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No
Version: Synopsis 1
Posted Date: Apr 16, 2020
Last Updated Date: Apr 16, 2020
Original Closing Date for Applications: Jun 15, 2020
Current Closing Date for Applications: Jun 15, 2020
Archive Date:
Estimated Total Program Funding: $5,000,000
Award Ceiling: $1,000,000
Award Floor: $0

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants: City or township governments
State governments
Special district governments
County governments
Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: The following entities are eligible to apply:
• States and units of local government that collect, store, maintain, and/or send forensic DNA evidence to an existing and accredited crime laboratory that complies with the DNA Quality Assurance Standards and participates in the National DNA Index System (NDIS).

Additional Information

Agency Name: Bureau of Justice Assistance
Description: DOJ seeks applications from eligible States and units of local government that will inventory, track, and report the status of SAKs. As an integral part of these activities, applicants also are expected to identify and prioritize (for testing) SAKs for which prosecution of a perpetrator is soon to be barred by the expiration of an applicable statute(s) of limitations.
Since multiple grant programs for testing evidence related to sexual assault are offered through the Office of Justice Programs, including the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) and NIJ, funding from this program will not be made available for testing evidence. Nonetheless, in order to facilitate the prioritization of cases (for testing) in which an applicable statute(s) of limitations is soon to expire, applicants are to include in the application detailed plans to clearly identify such potentially time-limited cases in the applicant’s SAK inventory, implement methods and approaches to track such cases, and report on the disposition of any such cases during the period of performance under the award.
Link to Additional Information:
Grantor Contact Information: If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:

For technical assistance with submitting an application, contact the Grants.gov Customer Support Hotline at 800–518–4726, 606–545–5035, at https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/support.html, or at support@grants.gov. The Grants.gov Support Hotline operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except on federal holidays.

An applicant that experiences unforeseen Grants.gov technical issues beyond its control that prevent it from submitting its application by the deadline must email the BJA contact identified below within 24 hours after the application deadline to request approval to submit its application after the deadline. Additional information on reporting technical issues appears under “Experiencing Unforeseen Grants.gov Technical Issues” in the How To Apply (Grants.gov) section in the OJP Grant Application Resource Guide.

For assistance with any other requirements of this solicitation, contact the National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Response Center: toll-free at 1-800-851-3420; via TTY at 301-240-6310 (hearing impaired only); email grants@ncjrs.gov; fax to 301-240-5830; or web chat at https://webcontact.ncjrs.gov/ncjchat/chat.jsp. The NCJRS Response Center operates from 10:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. eastern time, Monday through Friday, and from 10:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. eastern time on the solicitation close date.

support@grants.gov
Email:support@grants.gov

Version History

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Related Documents

Packages

Agency Contact Information: For technical assistance with submitting an application, contact the Grants.gov Customer Support Hotline at 800–518–4726, 606–545–5035, at https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/support.html, or at support@grants.gov. The Grants.gov Support Hotline operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except on federal holidays.

An applicant that experiences unforeseen Grants.gov technical issues beyond its control that prevent it from submitting its application by the deadline must email the BJA contact identified below within 24 hours after the application deadline to request approval to submit its application after the deadline. Additional information on reporting technical issues appears under “Experiencing Unforeseen Grants.gov Technical Issues” in the How To Apply (Grants.gov) section in the OJP Grant Application Resource Guide.

For assistance with any other requirements of this solicitation, contact the National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Response Center: toll-free at 1-800-851-3420; via TTY at 301-240-6310 (hearing impaired only); email grants@ncjrs.gov; fax to 301-240-5830; or web chat at https://webcontact.ncjrs.gov/ncjchat/chat.jsp. The NCJRS Response Center operates from 10:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. eastern time, Monday through Friday, and from 10:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. eastern time on the solicitation close date.

support@grants.gov
Email: support@grants.gov

Who Can Apply: Organization Applicants

Assistance Listing Number Competition ID Competition Title Opportunity Package ID Opening Date Closing Date Actions
16.741 PKG00261102 Apr 16, 2020 Jun 15, 2020 View

Package 1

Mandatory forms

326393 SF424_2_1-2.1.pdf

326393 SF424B-1.1.pdf

326393 BudgetNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf

326393 SFLLL_1_2-1.2.pdf

326393 DOJ_Questionnaire_1_1-1.1.pdf

326393 OtherNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf

326393 Project_Abstract_1_2-1.2.pdf

326393 ProjectNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf

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