Refrigerated body storage, racking and lifts for ME and coroner offices.
Equipment for any forensic discipline or medical examiner service. Administrative costs are capped at 10%.
Directly or through your state · 4 past awards named it
Any project in one of JAG’s purpose areas, subject to BJA’s prohibited-expenditures list. Local awards are often small.
Directly or through your state · 1 past award named it
On FEMA’s equipment list (09MY-02-REFR, 09MY-02-RACK, 09MY-02-BHST), but only fundable when it supports a terrorism-preparedness target. Requested through your state.
Through your state
Only inside its two categories: forensic pathology fellowships, or an office accreditation project (up to $100,000).
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Only for missing persons and unidentified remains work.
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From each program’s funding notice. Programs for other kinds of work aren’t listed, and “ruled out” only appears where the notice says so. Check the current notice before you apply: the rules can change each year.
Your city or county can get this money straight from BJA if it is on this year's JAG allocations list, so check that first. It can pay for staff, equipment, supplies, training and information systems for criminal justice work, and it doesn't go through your state.
Money to improve forensic science and medical examiner or coroner services. Local government labs apply directly to the Bureau of Justice Assistance, state labs apply through their state administering agency, and applications are scored against each other.
Your state's administering agency applies for formula funds that flow down to your lab through your state's own process. Contact your state forensic science improvement coordinator early, since state deadlines typically come before the federal deadline. This is different from competitive funds, which labs apply for directly to the federal government.
5 awards to 4 recipients in 3 states named it in their own description. The median award was $393K, for the whole project, not just this item.
“The maricopa county medical examiners office will use funding to purchase one forensic equipment-temporary body storage system.”
PHOENIX, CITY OF · JAG · FY2024 · $1.2M
“…testing to private laboratory; project 3 chelan county coroner $33,500 (non-opioid) to purchase a mortuary cooling system with shelving and a powered body lift with scale; project 4 franklin county coroner $14,200 (non-opioid), $8,500 (opioid) to purchase one year maintenance contract for multistat…”
WASHINGTON STATE PATROL · Coverdell · FY2024 · $473K
“Counties lack secure body storage refrigeration for decedents that will be submitted to the laboratory for a forensic examination.”
CRIME LABORATORY ARKANSAS · Coverdell · FY2023 · $312K
“As described in the public agency’s ffy24 paul coverdell – formula application, the public agency will purchase equipment (15-body mortuary cooler with shelving and a powered body lift system with scale) that is required for accreditation to be housed in a new facility to be completed…”
CHELAN COUNTY · Coverdell · FY2025 · $34K
| Details | ||
|---|---|---|
| $1.2M | PHOENIX, CITY OFBJA FY 24 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program- Local Solicitation | |
| $473K | WASHINGTON STATE PATROLBJA FY24 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program- Formula | |
| $312K | CRIME LABORATORY ARKANSASBJA FY 23 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program - Competitive | |
| $240K | CRIME LABORATORY ARKANSASBJA FY 23 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program - Formula |
Money a state received and passed on to a local agency.
| Details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| $34K | CHELAN COUNTY | Aug 2025 |
Planned uses from each award’s filed description, not a record of what was bought. Open a row to read the full description. Sources: USAspending.gov and DOJ’s own award list, last three fiscal years and this one. Award Explorer →
FEMA’s Homeland Security grants can only buy items on this list, and only for terrorism preparedness. The full list →
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