# BJA FY 23 The National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative: Training and Technical Assistance Program

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/o-bja-2023-171749-bja-fy-23-the-national-sexual-assault-kit/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/347762

> Bureau of Justice Assistance offered grants of up to $4.0 million to the applicants described in the notice. Applications closed on June 5, 2023.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | O-BJA-2023-171749 |
| Agency | Bureau of Justice Assistance |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | June 5, 2023 |
| Award ceiling | $4.0 million |
| Award floor | not stated |
| Expected awards | not stated |
| Total funding | not stated |
| Cost sharing | not required |
| Assistance Listings | 16.833 |

## Who can apply

- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

Purpose Area 1: Eligible applicants are for-profit organizations, nonprofit organizations (including tribal nonprofit or for-profit organizations), faith-based and community organizations, institutions of higher education (including tribal institutions of higher education), and consortiums with demonstrated experience providing national and local-level training and technical assistance. All recipients and their subrecipients (including any for-profit organizations) must forgo any profit or management fee. Purpose Area 2: Eligible applicants are states (including territories), units of local government (including federally recognized Indian tribal governments as determined by the Secretary of the Interior), nonprofit and for-profit organizations (including tribal nonprofit or for-profit organizations), and institutions of higher education (including tribal institutions of higher education). For-profit organizations must agree to forgo any profit or management fee.

## What the grant funds

The overall goal of the National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative TTA Program is to build state and local capacities to address violent crime associated with unsubmitted SAKs, sexually motivated homicides, and corresponding crime scene evidence by supporting the needs of SAKI sites and, as resources allow, other jurisdictions engaged in community-based sexual assault reform. Given the complexity and diversity of the tasks, applicants are strongly encouraged to partner with other relevant providers in developing the application. The TTA services should include, but are not limited to: Training and educational sessions developed and conducted by relevant subject matter experts Technical assistance on SAK-related issues, including inventorying, testing, and tracking SAKs On-site and remote assistance, including training related to investigation and prosecution of sexually motivated crimes as well as other violent crime cold cases Creation and reporting of performance metrics TTA related to the collection of lawfully owed DNA Supporting the SAKI sites to engage in multidisciplinary coordination, investigation, prosecution, and victim advocacy, engagement, and support in connection with evidence and cases resulting from the testing of unsubmitted SAKs and backlogs of violent crime cold cases Additionally, BJA seeks providers that will lend additional forensic support to the existing SAKI sites in their efforts to identify and resolve Jane and John Doe sexually motivated homicides. It is expected that the National SAKI TTA Program providers selected under this award will leverage existing TTA resources available through BJA’s sakitta.org website, OJP, and DOJ’s Office on Violence Against Women (OVW), in addition to creating additional TTA tools to fill existing resource gaps. The chosen providers will give direct assistance to the SAKI grantee sites under two distinct purpose areas, which are designed to elevate local jurisdictional responses to violent crimes, particularly those that are sexually motivated, and will also provide targeted TTA in support of their initiatives and to other non-SAKI funded jurisdictions engaged in system improvement efforts as resources allow. BJA oversees a large and active portfolio of training and technical assistance. Consistent with BJA’s making these awards as cooperative agreements, these awards will be administered in close consultation and approval by BJA staff and leaders.

## Questions people ask

### Is O-BJA-2023-171749 still open?

No. It closed on June 5, 2023.

### Who can apply for BJA FY 23 The National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative: Training and Technical Assistance Program?

Bureau of Justice Assistance accepted applications from the applicants described in the notice. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

### What is the deadline for BJA FY 23 The National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative: Training and Technical Assistance Program?

Closed June 5, 2023. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

### How much funding is available?

Awards of up to $4.0 million each.

### Who has won National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were New Jersey Department of Law & Public Safety, Research Triangle Institute, County of Fulton. The program made 138 awards worth $210 million in that time.