Temperature-controlled storage for biological evidence, reagents and samples.
Equipment for any forensic discipline or medical examiner service. Administrative costs are capped at 10%.
Directly or through your state · 6 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 (19GN-00-RFGR), but only fundable when it supports a terrorism-preparedness target. Requested through your state.
Through your state
Also named in past awards under CEBR (2).
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.
12 awards to 11 recipients in 6 states named it in their own description. The median award was $294K, for the whole project, not just this item.
“…and purchase necessary equipment or supplies to aid in overall quality of services, efficiency with limited staff, and reduce backlog: new replacement laboratory refrigerator to store reagents used in our genetic analyzers.”
PUBLIC SAFETY, MAINE DEPARTMENT OF · CEBR · FY2024 · $600K
“…rallies, polling place violence or disruptions and political unrest; fullerton will improve the ability to process DNA evidence by purchasing a walk-in freezer for increased long-term DNA evidence storage; garden grove will purchase technology and software equipment to solve crimes by expediting th…”
COUNTY OF ORANGE · JAG · FY2024 · $454K
“Accordingly, this project will expand laboratory capacity by acquisition of thermal shakers, a secondary post-amp freezer, analytical data software upgrades, and providing off-site training conference opportunities to DNA analysts.”
COUNTY OF SEDGWICK · CEBR · FY2024 · $294K
“They will also purchase upright freezers to better preserve evidence collected from crime scenes than the chest freezers currently being used, and which will contribute more space…”
COLORADO SPRINGS CITY GOVERNMENT · JAG · FY2024 · $255K
| Details | ||
|---|---|---|
| $600K | PUBLIC SAFETY, MAINE DEPARTMENT OFBJA FY24 Formula DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program | |
| $454K | COUNTY OF ORANGEBJA FY 24 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program- Local Solicitation | |
| $294K | COUNTY OF SEDGWICKBJA FY24 Formula DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program | |
| $255K | COLORADO SPRINGS CITY GOVERNMENTBJA FY 24 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program- Local Solicitation | |
| $61K | CITY OF CHICOBJA FY 24 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program- Local Solicitation | |
| $313K | EMERGENCY SERVICES AND PUBLIC PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OFBJA FY 23 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program - Formula | |
| $15K | COUNTY OF GEORGETOWNBJA FY 23 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program - Local Solicitation |
Money a state received and passed on to a local agency.
| Details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| $121K | COUNTY OF JOHNSON | Jun 2024 | |
| $50K | MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH | Mar 2024 | |
| $156K | CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER, CONNECTICUT OFFICE OF THEMedical examiner or coroner office | Nov 2023 | |
| $156K | CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER, CONNECTICUT OFFICE OF THEMedical examiner or coroner office | Oct 2023 | |
| $97K | KANSAS BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIONLaw enforcement agency | Feb 2023 |
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 →
Allowable if used to maintain pharmaceuticals, reagents, and other allowable items.
FEMA’s Homeland Security grants can only buy items on this list, and only for terrorism preparedness. The full list →
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