National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative
Department Of Justice, Office Of Justice Programs
Program goal(s) name: Improve forensic testing and justice system responses to sexual assaults Program goal(s) description: Reduce sexual assault and violent crime, hold violent offenders accountable, and deliver support and justice for victims resulting from significant backlogs of unsubmitted and partially tested sexual assault kits (SAKs). Program objective(s) name: Provide resources and support to criminal justice agencies in their efforts to improve their jurisdictional response to sexuall
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Helps law enforcement and prosecutors tackle untested sexual assault kits and cold cases. Provides resources and training to improve investigations and support victims.
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What Is This Program?
What Benefits Are Offered?
Provides funding to support multidisciplinary teams to inventory, track, test, and investigate previously unsubmitted sexual assault kits (SAKs) and related cold cases. It also aids in collecting lawfully owed DNA, expanding DNA databases, producing necessary protocols and policies for improved collaboration, optimizing victim notification, and prosecuting cold cases. The initiative also offers training and technical assistance to establish sustainable reforms in sexual assault response and violent crime cold case investigations.
Who Is Eligible?
Industries: criminal justice, law enforcement, forensic science, victim services, public safety
Region: US states, local jurisdictions, tribal entities
Demographics: rural agencies, tribal entities
Other Criteria: Governmental and non-profit entities involved in criminal justice, law enforcement, forensic science, and victim services, Support multidisciplinary community response teams, Jurisdictions grappling with unsubmitted sexual assault kits (SAKs) and downstream investigative/prosecutorial resources, Applicants implementing a comprehensive approach to unsubmitted SAKs (Purpose Area 1), Small agencies (including rural and tribal entities) demonstrating a multidisciplinary approach to SAK issues (Purpose Area 2, with priority given to rural and tribal law enforcement not currently receiving statewide or countywide SAKI grants), Agencies addressing DNA database expansion for sexual assault cases (Purpose Area 3), Applicants supporting investigation and prosecution of high volumes of cold case sexual assaults, especially those already effectively addressing unsubmitted SAKs (Purpose Area 4), Existing or previous SAKI grantees focused on developing and implementing sustainability plans for sexual assault response (Purpose Area 5), Existing or previous SAKI grantees addressing other violent crime cold cases (non-sexually motivated) and having processed at least 75% of their SAKI cases (Purpose Area 6)
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📋What Are the Application Steps & Timeline?
- 📝Steps to Apply
- Prepare early by ensuring registration and users are up to date in the systems involved in the application process.
- Review the DOJ Grant Application Submission Checklist.
- Access JustGrants Application Submission Training Resources for guidance.
- Submit your application through the JustGrants system.
- 🌐Application Portal
- https://justgrants.usdoj.gov/
- 📤Submission Method
- online
- 📅Key Dates
- May 15, 2026Closing DateMay 13, 2026Grants.gov DeadlineMay 15, 2026Application JustGrants Deadline
- 🔄Intake Type
- fixed-deadline
📄What Documents Are Required?
- ✅Required Documents
- SF-424 (Application for Federal Assistance)
- SF-424A (Budget Information - Non-Construction)
- SF-424B (Assurances)
- Project Narrative
- Budget Narrative
- Indirect cost rate agreement
- 📎Optional Documents
- Letters of support
- 📐Format Requirements
- PDF only, max 10MB
- ✉️Supporting Letters
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💰What Expenses Are Eligible?
- 🧾Eligible Expenses
- Inventory and tracking of previously unsubmitted sexual assault kits (SAKs)
- Testing of previously unsubmitted SAKs
- Collecting and testing lawfully owed DNA from offenders/arrestees
- Producing protocols and policies for collaboration among laboratories, police, prosecutors, and victim service providers
- Addressing cold case sexual assault investigations and prosecutions
- Optimizing victim notification protocols and services
- Training and technical assistance (TTA)
- 💳Payment Model
- mixed
🤝Is Matching Funding Required?
- 🔀Matching Required
- Yes
- 📊Matching Ratio
- 25% minimum
- 🏦Eligible Matching Sources
- cash
- in-kind contributions
- 📚Stacking Rules
- Cumulative government assistance is allowed.
- 🛡️Proof of Matching Required
- Documentation of matching funds is required.
📊What Are the Reporting Requirements?
- 🗓️Reporting Frequency
- quarterly
- 📑Reporting Requirements
- performance measures
- narrative questions
- closeout questions
- 🔍Audit Requirements
- OMB Uniform Guidance Single Audit if the recipient expends $750,000 or more in federal awards in a fiscal year
- 📢Branding Requirements
- Acknowledgment of federal funding is required.
- 🗄️Record Retention Period
- 3 years post-final-report
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This program offers funding up to $2,761 (minimum $2,761).
The application deadline is November 3, 2025.
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