National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative

 

Goal(s): Funding under this initiative is intended to help law enforcement and prosecutors address challenges associated with unsubmitted SAKs and unresolved violent crime cold cases in order to reduce the number of unsubmitted SAKs and unresolved cold cases in their jurisdictions. This funding is intended to give them the resources and tools to solve and reduce violent crimes associated with sexual assault, while achieving the long-term goal of improving the criminal justice response to sexual assault and unresolved violent crime cold cases. Objective(s): To support multidisciplinary community response teams to inventory, track, and expeditiously test unsubmitted SAKs; collect and test lawfully owed DNA from offenders/arrestees; produce necessary protocols and policies to improve collaboration among laboratories, police, prosecutors, and victim service providers; provide resources to address the sexual assault investigations and prosecutions that result from evidence and CODIS hits produced by tested SAKs; optimize victim notification protocols and services as well as address the lack of criminal justice resources for other violent crime cold cases. Performance Measure 1: Total number of kits inventoried; and, Performance Measure 2: Total number of kits tested to completion.

Active 16.833 Office of Justice Programs, Department of Justice B - Project Grants Fiscal Year 2016 More than 45,000 SAKs inventoried by 32 SAKI sites (represents 26 states) Over 12,000 SAKs sent for DNA testing Nearly 1,000 DNA hits in CODIS Identification/apprehension of numerous violent offenders/increased public safety.
Fiscal Year 2018 To date, 64,508 SAKs inventoried; 47,216 SAKs sent for testing; 46,907 SAKs tested to completion; 14,913 Profiles uploaded to CODIS; 7,060 CODIS hits; 6,137 Investigations; 961 Cases charged. Identification/apprehension of numerous violent offenders/increased public safety.
Fiscal Year 2019 Through the National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI), the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) has worked with 54 jurisdictions across 35 states to date to identify over 200,000 unsubmitted sexual assault kits and to test more than 47,000 of these. See https://sakitta.org/ for details.
Fiscal Year 2020 Through the National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI), the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) has worked with 54 jurisdictions across 35 states to date to identify over 200,000 unsubmitted sexual assault kits and to test more than 47,000 of these.
Fiscal Year 2021 Please visit https://bja.ojp.gov/program/sexual-assault-kit-initiative-saki/overview for information.
Fiscal Year 2023 Note: Cumulative performance metrics are updated quarterly based on state and local level reports. Program Statistics as of August 1, 2023: 199,467 kits inventoried 92,944 kits sent for testing 85,707 kits tested to completion 35,061 DNA profiles uploaded to CODIS 16,468 CODIS hits 2,388 CODIS hits to serial sex offenders 8,758 CODIS hits to serial violent offenders 25,071 investigations 2,580 cases charged 1,644 convictions Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020, Public Law 116-93, Statute 133,2317, 2409
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, Public Law 116-260, Statute 134,1182, 1258
Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2022, Public Law 117-103, Statute 136,49, 126
Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2023, Public Law 117-328, Statute 136,4459, 4536 The following entities are eligible to apply for Purpose Areas 1, 3, 4: Native American tribal governments (federally recognized) Other: o State law enforcement agencies; o Units of local government; o Governmental nonlaw enforcement agencies acting as their fiscal agents o Prosecutor's offices The following entities are eligible to apply for Purpose Area 2: o Other: Small law enforcement agencies or consortia of small law enforcement agencies The following entities are eligible to apply for Purpose Areas 5 and 6: o Other: Existing and/or previous SAKI grantees that have addressed their unsubmitted kits and have clearly demonstrated they have also addressed the downstream case activities under SAKI (investigation, prosecution) for at least 75 percent of their cases. 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. See the current solicitation available at the Office of Justice Programs website https://ojp.gov/funding/Explore/CurrentFundingOpportunities.htm. U.S. Citizen. The application must include: Application for Federal Assistance (Standard Form 424); Program Abstract; Program Narrative; Budget and Budget Narrative. For specifics, please see the current fiscal year's solicitation available at the Office of Justice Programs web site at https://bja.ojp.gov/funding/O-BJA-2023-171565.pdf Preapplication coordination is not applicable. This program is excluded from coverage under 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards. Upon approval by the Office of Justice Programs Assistant Attorney General, successful applicants are notified via DOJs Justice Grants (JustGrants) system. The grant award must be accepted electronically by the receiving organizations authorized official in JustGrants. Contact the headquarters or regional location, as appropriate for application deadlines From 120 to 180 days. Determined by the Assistant Attorney General, OJP. Determined by the Assistant Attorney General, OJP. BJA may, in certain cases, provide supplemental funding in future years to awards made under this program. Important considerations in decisions regarding supplemental funding include, among other factors, the availability of funding, strategic priorities, assessment of the quality of the management of the award (for example, timeliness and quality of progress reports), and assessment of the progress of the work funded under the award. Criteria are described in the OJP Program Announcement available at https://ojp.gov/funding/Explore/CurrentFundingOpportunities.htm. Funds will be provided to test un-submitted SAKs and, where appropriate, also for testing of evidence associated with other violent crime cold cases. Funds will also address the underlying issues that lead to both large backlogs of un-submitted sexual assault kits across the nation as well as the circumstances that have led to the accrual of other violent crime cold cases. See the current solicitation available at the Office of Justice Programs website https://ojp.gov/funding/Explore/CurrentFundingOpportunities.htm. Performance Reports: To assist in fulfilling the Departments responsibilities under the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (GPRA), Public Law 103-62, and the GPRA Modernization Act of 2010, Public Law 111–352, recipients must provide data that measures the results of their work. Payments and transactions are subject to audits by the Government Accountability Office, Department of Justice's Office of the Inspector General, state or local government auditors, and auditors from independent public accounting firms. Jurisdictions must follow their local policies and procedures, including maintenance of reliable and accurate accounting systems, record keeping, and systems of internal control. In accordance with the requirement set forth in 2 CFR 200, Subpart F, grantees must maintain all financial records, supporting documents, statistical records, and all other records pertinent to the award for at least 3 years following the close of the most recent audit. Statutory formula is not applicable to this assistance listing.

Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. The assistance is available for up to 36 months. There are no restrictions placed on the time permitted to spend the money awarded. Method of awarding/releasing assistance: Lump. None/Not specified. Dr. Angela Williamson
U.S. Department of Justice
Office of Justice Programs
810 7th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20531 US
Angela.Williamson@usdoj.gov
Phone: 202-307-5831 https://bja.ojp.gov/program/saki/overview 15-0404-0-1-754 (Project Grants) FY 22$81,424,936.00; FY 23 est $55,000,000.00; FY 24 est $100,000,000.00; FY 21$43,037,099.00; FY 20$43,761,213.00; FY 19$45,575,479.00; FY 18$43,282,707.00; FY 17$37,450,080.00; FY 16$38,393,725.00; - See the current fiscal year's solicitation guidelines posted on the Office of Justice Programs web site at https://ojp.gov/funding/Explore/CurrentFundingOpportunities.htm. Solicitation guidelines are posted on the Office of Justice Programs web site at https://ojp.gov/funding/Explore/CurrentFundingOpportunities.htm . For additional guidance reference the Department of Justice Grants Financial Guide (https://ojp.gov/financialguide/DOJ/index.htm) and Post award Instructions (https://ojp.gov/financialguide/DOJ/PostawardRequirements/index.htm). Applicable administrative requirements and Department of Justice regulations applicable to specific types of grantees can be found in title 2 of the Code of Federal Regulations (2 C.F.R.). Fiscal Year 2018 Support the investigation and prosecution of cold case sexual assaults, including the hiring of additional personnel involved in sexual assault response and implementing a case management system database as well as advanced technology to increase the efficiency of investigations. Conduct a statewide inventory of unsubmitted SAKs in law enforcement custody, provide training to law enforcement and prosecutors, and assist with victim services in jurisdictions with a high volume of unsubmitted sexual assault evidence kits. Fund the enhancement of a sexual assault evidence kit tracking system for victims and the outsourcing of DNA analysis of unsubmitted SAKs found during the inventory process.
Fiscal Year 2019 Approximately 30 new awards (1) providing jurisdictions with resources to address sexual assault kits (SAKs) in their custody that have not been submitted to a forensic laboratory for testing by Combined DNA Index System (CODIS)-eligible DNA methodologies; (2) improving investigation and prosecution in connection with evidence and cases resulting from the testing process; and (3) providing sites with resources to collect DNA samples from qualifying individuals who should have a sample in CODIS (based on the type and time of the offense in relation to applicable state law), but from whom a sample has never been collected or submitted to a laboratory for testing.
Fiscal Year 2022 See the SAKI Training and Technical Assistance website for a full listing of projects funded under SAKI. https://www.sakitta.org/sakisites/