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SAKI
16.833
Goal(s): Funding under this initiative is intended to help law enforcement and prosecutors address challenges associated with unsubmitted SAKs and unresolved violent cold case crimes in order to reduce the number of unsubmitted SAKs and unresolved cold cases in their jurisdictions. This funding is intended to give them the resources and tools to solve and reduce violent crimes associated with sexual assault, while achieving the long-term goal of improving the criminal justice response to sexual assault and unresolved violent cold case crimes. Objective(s): To support multidisciplinary community response teams to inventory, track, and expeditiously test unsubmitted SAKs; collect and test lawfully owed DNA from offenders/arrestees; produce necessary protocols and policies to improve collaboration among laboratories, police, prosecutors, and victim service providers; provide resources to address the sexual assault investigations and prosecutions that result from evidence and CODIS hits produced by tested SAKs; optimize victim notification protocols and services as well as address the lack of criminal justice resources for other violent cold case crimes. Performance Measure 1: Total number of kits inventoried; and, Performance Measure 2: Total number of kits tested to completion.
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.
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More than 45,000 SAKs inventoried by 32 SAKI sites (represents 26 states) Over 12,000 SAKs sent for DNA testing Nearly 1,000 DNA hits in CODIS Identification/apprehension of numerous violent offenders/increased public safety.
To date, 64,508 SAKs inventoried; 47,216 SAKs sent for testing; 46,907 SAKs tested to completion; 14,913 Profiles uploaded to CODIS; 7,060 CODIS hits; 6,137 Investigations; 961 Cases charged. Identification/apprehension of numerous violent offenders/increased public safety.
Through the National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI), the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) has worked with 54 jurisdictions across 35 states to date to identify over 200,000 unsubmitted sexual assault kits and to test more than 47,000 of these. See https://sakitta.org/ for details.
Through the National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI), the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) has worked with 54 jurisdictions across 35 states to date to identify over 200,000 unsubmitted sexual assault kits and to test more than 47,000 of these.
Please visit https://bja.ojp.gov/program/sexual-assault-kit-initiative-saki/overview for information.
Note: Cumulative performance metrics are updated quarterly based on state and local level reports. Program Statistics as of August 1, 2023: 199,467 kits inventoried 92,944 kits sent for testing 85,707 kits tested to completion 35,061 DNA profiles uploaded to CODIS 16,468 CODIS hits 2,388 CODIS hits to serial sex offenders 8,758 CODIS hits to serial violent offenders 25,071 investigations 2,580 cases charged 1,644 convictions
Note: Cumulative performance metrics are updated quarterly based on state and local level reports. Program Statistics as of July 2024: 245,184 kits inventoried; 101,100 kits sent for testing; 19,035 CODIS hits; 2,830 CODIS hits to serial sex offenders; 10,176 CODIS hits to serial violent offenders.
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.
