Filtered cabinets for drying wet biological evidence without contaminating it.
Equipment for any forensic discipline or medical examiner service. Administrative costs are capped at 10%.
Directly or through your state · 2 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 · 4 past awards named it
On FEMA’s equipment list (20CS-02-EVID), but only fundable when it supports a terrorism-preparedness target. Requested through your state.
Through your state
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.
6 awards to 6 recipients in 4 states named it in their own description. The median award was $91K, for the whole project, not just this item.
“At present, the lab uses two self-contained spaces: an enclosed drying room built in the early 1990s and a drying cabinet donated by the fdle approximately 10 years ago.”
CITY OF LAKELAND · JAG · FY2024 · $30K
“The allocation will be utilized to procure rifle shields; replacement electroshock weapon, holsters, and power modules for non-lethal force; and forensic evidence drying cabinets.”
GAINESVILLE, CITY OF · JAG · FY2023 · $91K
“The police department also plans to use jag funds to purchase replacement filters for evidence drying cabinets from the crime scene division.”
CITY OF DANBURY CT · JAG · FY2023 · $20K
“The equipment purchased will improve the detection, documentation, and collection of evidence, increase the number of drying chambers, and decrease contamination and chain of custody concerns.”
CITY OF CAPE CORAL · Coverdell · FY2022 · $292K
| Details | ||
|---|---|---|
| $30K | CITY OF LAKELANDBJA FY 24 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program- Local Solicitation | |
| $91K | GAINESVILLE, CITY OFBJA FY 23 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program - Local Solicitation | |
| $20K | CITY OF DANBURY CTBJA FY 23 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program - Local Solicitation | |
| $292K | CITY OF CAPE CORALBJA FY 22 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program - Competitive | |
| $255K | COUNTY OF NIAGARABJA FY 22 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program - Competitive |
Money a state received and passed on to a local agency.
| Details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| $33K | CITY OF PEORIA | May 2024 |
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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