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Administered by the Office of Justice Programs’ (OJP) Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), the Missing and Unidentified Human Remains (MUHR) Program provides funds to enable eligible entities to improve the reporting, transportation, forensic testing, and identification of missing persons and unidentified human remains, including migrants. This program furthers the U.S. Department of Justice’s mission of increasing public safety by providing resources to locate and identify missing persons and unidentified human remains in the United States. The MUHR Program augments and complements the services available through the Office of Justice Programs (OJP), National Institute of Justice National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) Program. NamUs is a free, national, centralized repository and resource center for cases involving missing persons, unidentified human remains, and unclaimed persons. The MUHR Program fills a gap in the national field by providing federal resources directly to state and local jurisdictions. As a result, the MUHR Program helps jurisdictions become more self-sufficient in reducing their backlog of missing persons and unidentified human remains cases. Performance Measure 1: The number of missing persons cases (including migrants) processed (all purpose areas); and, Performance Measure 2: The number of unidentified human remains cases (including migrants) processed (all purpose areas).
This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the
administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.
For more information on each of these data sources, please see the
About the data page.
Since its inception in 2022, the MUHR Program has made 19 awards totaling $13,124,479. MUHR funds have been used to make 58 identifications and repatriate remains in 39 instances to family members who have often waited years for news of their missing loved ones.
Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):
For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.
OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.
