BJA FY24 National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative

The following entities are eligible to apply for Purpose Areas 1 and 3: Other: State law enforcement agencies, Other: Units of local government, Other: Governmental nonlaw enforcement agencies acting as their fiscal agents, Other: Prosecutor’s offices. The following entities are eligible to apply for Purpose Area 2: Other: Small law enforcement agencies or consortia of small law enforcement agencies. For the purposes of this solicitation, “small law enforcement agencies” are defined as agencies that have fewer than 250 sworn officers or a consortia of small agencies. The following entities are eligible to apply for Purpose Areas 3, 4, and 6: Other: Jurisdictions that have addressed their unsubmitted kits (including partially tested kits) and have clearly demonstrated they have also addressed the downstream case activities (crime analysis, investigation, prosecution as applicable) for at least 75 percent of the associated cases under the jurisdiction’s control and/or authority. Jurisdictions do not have to be an existing or previous SAKI grantee to qualify for Purpose Areas 3, 4, and/or 6, but the jurisdiction should be prepared and able to clearly demonstrate it meets the qualifications outlined herein in its application or the application may not proceed to peer review. The following entities are eligible to apply for Purpose Areas 5: Other: Existing and/or previous SAKI grantees that have addressed their unsubmitted kits (including partially tested kits) and have clearly demonstrated they have also addressed the downstream case activities under SAKI (investigation, prosecution) for at least 75 percent of the associated cases under the jurisdiction’s control and/or authority.

OJP Response Center grants@ncjrs.gov