Closed · O-BJA-2021-94003 · CFDA 16.833 · Discretionary
BJA FY 21 National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI)
Federal grant opportunity posted by Bureau of Justice Assistance, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- up to $2.5M
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- June 22, 2021
- Close date
- 28
- Expected awards
The verdict
BJA FY 21 National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI) is a closed discretionary listing from Bureau of Justice Assistance that offered Up to $2,500,000 across 28 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 882 other opportunities from Bureau of Justice Assistance.
- up to $2.5M
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 28
- expected awards
- 16.833
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
BJA FY 21 National Sexual Assault Kit Initiat… is closed (last close June 22, 2021). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Bureau of Justice Assistance still indexes 882 other opportunities here.
According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.
Deadline tracker
Application window closed
Closed June 22, 2021
Est. Total Funding
$44,000,000
Expected Awards
28
Instrument
Grant
Description
The Department of Justice is committed to advancing work that promotes civil rights, increases access to justice, supports crime victims, protects the public from crime and evolving threats, and builds trust between law enforcement and the community. SAKI supports the Department’s priorities of reducing violent crime and supporting law enforcement officers and prosecutors by: (1) Providing jurisdictions (including rural and tribal) with resources to address sexual assault kits 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. (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. In addition to unsubmitted SAKs, SAKI addresses partially tested SAKs, as defined below, and untested evidence associated with sexually motivated homicides. This program is not directed at untested kits that have been submitted to forensic labs for testing with CODIS-eligible DNA methodologies but are delayed for testing for longer than 30 days, for example, as a result of a laboratory backlog. A separate program addresses laboratory backlogs and capacity. For more information on resources related to untested kits, see: http://nij.gov/topics/forensics/evidence/dna/pages/welcome.aspx.
Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · O-BJA-2021-94003
Grants.gov marks BJA FY 21 National Sexual Assault Kit Initiat… with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Affordable Care Act (ACA). 221 other Bureau of Justice Assistance listings share this eligibility-code string (25% of 883).
- Code 25
- Others (see official listing text)
Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.
Official Listing on Grants.gov
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Agency Contact
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