National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (DOJ).

B Eligibility: b Local and Native American tribal governments; state law enforcement agencies; governmental nonlaw enforcement agencies acting as their fiscal agents; prosecutor's offices; and small law enforcement agencies or consortia of small law enforcement agencies. B Areas: b DOJ said activities will include providing jurisdictions (including rural and tribal) 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; improving investigations and prosecutions in connection with evidence and cases resulting from the SAK testing process as well as other violent crime cold cases; and 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. B Scope: b The Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Assistance seeks applications for the FY23 National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative to address the issue and impact of unsubmitted sexual assault kits (SAKs) in law enforcement agencies as well as other violent crime cold cases. [Extracted from the article]