Opportunity Information: Apply for BJA 2019 15229
The BJA FY 19 National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI) Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) opportunity is a Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance discretionary grant designed to fund one organization to serve as the nationwide TTA provider for SAKI grantees. The central aim is to strengthen how jurisdictions handle sexual assault kits and the cases tied to them by delivering coordinated, expert-led training and hands-on technical support. Because the work spans multiple disciplines and requires specialized expertise across law enforcement, forensic science, prosecution, and victim services, applicants are strongly encouraged to build partnerships or consortium-style arrangements with other qualified providers rather than attempting to cover all needs alone.
Under this solicitation, the selected provider is expected to offer a broad menu of training and educational services developed and delivered by subject-matter experts. This includes structured trainings (in-person and/or virtual), educational sessions, and practical guidance to help jurisdictions improve their end-to-end sexual assault kit response. A major emphasis is placed on operational and systems support around sexual assault kit inventory practices, testing strategies, and tracking mechanisms, along with helping grantees establish and report performance metrics. In practice, that means helping sites figure out what kits they have, where they are in the process, how to move kits through testing efficiently and responsibly, and how to measure progress in ways that are meaningful, accurate, and consistent with grant reporting expectations.
The opportunity also focuses on improving the effectiveness of multidisciplinary work connected to sexual assault kit testing outcomes. Beyond the laboratory step, tested kits can generate investigative leads and potential prosecutions, which require careful coordination between investigators, prosecutors, labs, and victim service providers. The TTA provider is therefore expected to help grantees build stronger multidisciplinary coordination and case-processing practices, including guidance that supports trauma-informed victim advocacy, meaningful victim engagement, and ongoing support tied to evidence development and case progression. The intent is not only to move evidence through a system, but to improve how agencies work together and how survivors are supported when cases are reopened, pursued, or otherwise advanced as a result of new forensic information.
Administratively, this is a single-award competition with an expected one award and a maximum award amount (ceiling) of $6,600,000. The funding instrument is a grant, and the activity categories associated with the opportunity include employment, labor and training; humanities/cultural affairs; information and statistics; and law, justice, and legal services, reflecting the mix of training delivery, data/performance measurement support, and justice system implementation. Eligible applicants include federally recognized Native American tribal governments, 501(c)(3) nonprofits (excluding institutions of higher education), for-profit organizations other than small businesses, and small businesses. The opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number BJA-2019-15229; CFDA 16.833) was posted February 28, 2019, with an original closing date of April 30, 2019.
Overall, the solicitation is about building national capacity for SAKI implementation by selecting one lead entity that can provide consistent, high-quality training and technical assistance across many jurisdictions, while leveraging partners and experts to address the full complexity of sexual assault kit reform, investigative follow-up, prosecution support, data tracking, and survivor-centered practices.Apply for BJA 2019 15229
- The Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance in the employment, labor and training, humanities (see cultural affairs in cfda), information and statistics, law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "BJA FY 19 National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI) Training and Technical Assistance" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.833.
- This funding opportunity was created on Feb 28, 2019.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Apr 30, 2019. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $6,600,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, For profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses.
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FAQs: BJA FY 19 National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI) Training and Technical Assistance (TTA)
What is this grant opportunity?
This is a Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) discretionary grant to fund one organization to serve as the nationwide training and technical assistance (TTA) provider for SAKI grantees.
What is the main purpose of the SAKI TTA award?
The central aim is to strengthen how jurisdictions handle sexual assault kits and the cases tied to them by delivering coordinated, expert-led training and hands-on technical support across the full sexual assault kit response process.
How many awards are expected?
This is a single-award competition, with one award expected.
What is the maximum award amount?
The maximum (ceiling) award amount is $6,600,000.
What type of funding instrument is used?
The funding instrument is a grant.
Who is eligible to apply?
Eligible applicants include:
- Federally recognized Native American tribal governments
- 501(c)(3) nonprofits (excluding institutions of higher education)
- For-profit organizations other than small businesses
- Small businesses
What is the role of the selected organization?
The selected organization serves as the nationwide TTA provider for SAKI grantees and is expected to deliver a broad menu of training, education, and practical technical assistance to improve jurisdictions' end-to-end sexual assault kit response.
Is the award intended to support multiple providers or a single lead provider?
The award is to a single lead provider, but applicants are strongly encouraged to build partnerships or consortium-style arrangements with other qualified providers to cover the full range of specialized needs.
Why are partnerships or consortium arrangements encouraged?
The work spans multiple disciplines and requires specialized expertise across law enforcement, forensic science, prosecution, and victim services. Partnerships help ensure the TTA offering is comprehensive and credible across these areas.
What kinds of services is the TTA provider expected to deliver?
The solicitation emphasizes a broad menu of training and educational services developed and delivered by subject-matter experts, including structured trainings (in-person and/or virtual), educational sessions, and hands-on practical guidance.
Are trainings expected to be in-person, virtual, or both?
The opportunity anticipates structured trainings that may be delivered in-person and/or virtually.
What topics should the trainings and technical assistance cover?
Services are expected to help jurisdictions improve their end-to-end sexual assault kit response, with major emphasis on operational and systems support related to inventory practices, testing strategies, tracking mechanisms, and performance measurement and reporting.
What does "end-to-end sexual assault kit response" mean in the context of this solicitation?
Based on the solicitation description, it refers to improving practices from understanding kit inventory and kit status through testing and tracking, and then supporting multidisciplinary follow-up that can include investigations, prosecutions, and victim services once testing produces results.
What is meant by operational and systems support for kit inventory, testing, and tracking?
The TTA provider is expected to help grantees determine what kits they have, where kits are in the process, how to move kits through testing efficiently and responsibly, and how to use tracking mechanisms that support management and oversight.
What is the expectation around performance metrics?
The TTA provider is expected to help grantees establish and report performance metrics, supporting progress measurement that is meaningful, accurate, and consistent with grant reporting expectations.
Does the scope include work beyond laboratory testing?
Yes. The solicitation emphasizes improving multidisciplinary work connected to sexual assault kit testing outcomes, including coordination and case-processing practices that follow from tested kits generating investigative leads and potential prosecutions.
Which disciplines are specifically referenced as needing expertise?
The opportunity highlights specialized expertise across law enforcement, forensic science, prosecution, and victim services.
What is meant by "multidisciplinary coordination" in this solicitation?
It refers to stronger coordination among investigators, prosecutors, laboratories, and victim service providers so that testing outcomes can be acted upon effectively and cases can be processed in a coordinated way.
What expectations are included related to victim services and victim engagement?
The TTA provider is expected to provide guidance that supports trauma-informed victim advocacy, meaningful victim engagement, and ongoing support tied to evidence development and case progression when cases are reopened, pursued, or advanced due to new forensic information.
What is the overarching intent of the TTA work described?
The intent is not only to move evidence through a system, but to improve how agencies work together and how survivors are supported when new forensic information affects investigations and case decisions.
What are the activity categories associated with this opportunity?
The solicitation lists the following activity categories: employment, labor and training; humanities/cultural affairs; information and statistics; and law, justice, and legal services.
What do the activity categories suggest about the work?
They reflect a mix of training delivery, data/performance measurement support, and justice system implementation relevant to improving sexual assault kit handling and related case processes.
What is the Funding Opportunity Number (FON)?
The Funding Opportunity Number is BJA-2019-15229.
What is the CFDA number listed for this opportunity?
The CFDA number is 16.833.
When was the opportunity posted?
The opportunity was posted on February 28, 2019.
What was the original closing date?
The original closing date was April 30, 2019.
What does it mean that this is designed to fund "one organization"?
It means BJA expects to make one award to a single lead entity that will provide consistent, high-quality training and technical assistance nationwide for SAKI grantees, while leveraging partners and subject-matter experts as needed.
Is this solicitation focused on building national capacity or supporting a single jurisdiction?
It is focused on building national capacity for SAKI implementation by selecting a lead entity that can support many jurisdictions consistently through training and technical assistance.
What kinds of improvements are SAKI grantees expected to pursue with this TTA support?
Improvements described include stronger inventory practices, better testing strategies, more reliable tracking, clearer performance metrics and reporting, and more effective multidisciplinary coordination from testing results through investigations, prosecutions, and survivor-centered engagement.
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