Other Related Grant Funding

Through the following programs, the partner agencies of the President's DNA Initiative offer funding to agencies and organizations to assist in areas other than the use of forensic DNA.

Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program

This program provides funding to crime laboratories and medical examiners' offices to improve the quality, timeliness, and credibility of forensic science or medical examiner services. Forensic laboratories operated by States and those operated by units of local government are eligible. For more information, visit the Office of Justice Programs' National Institute of Justice Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program Web page.

Crime Victims Fund

The Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) administers the Crime Victims Fund (established under the 1984 Victims of Crime Act) to help victims and victim service providers with program funding in accordance with OVC's Program Plan for the fiscal year.

Byrne Formula Grant Program

The Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance (Byrne Formula Grant Program).is a partnership among Federal, State, and local governments to create safer communities. BJA is authorized to award grants to States for use by States and units of local government to improve the functioning of the criminal justice system—with emphasis on violent crime and serious offenders—and enforce State and local laws that establish offenses similar to those in the Federal Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802(6) et seq.). See also other funding programs from BJA.

Funding From the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS)

The COPS Office distributes funding through a wide range of programs, both as grants and cooperative agreements. The funding section of the COPS Web site outlines these funding programs, including those through which additional funding may be available again, such as hiring, technology, and school safety grants. Special Projects often focus on implementing community policing strategies to solve specific crime, disorder, and quality of life issues, such as reducing methamphetamine use and production, increasing seat belt usage, and implementing the 311 nonemergency telephone system.

Violence Against Women Act Grants Programs

The Office on Violence Against Women administers the Department of Justice's formula and discretionary grant programs authorized by the Violence Against Women Act of 1994. The program assists the Nation's criminal justice system in responding to the needs and concerns of women who have been, or potentially could be, victimized by violence. Grant programs emphasize enhanced delivery of services to women victimized by violence; strengthen outreach efforts to minorities and disabled women; and provide Indian tribal governments with funds to develop and strengthen the tribal justice system's response to violent crimes committed against Native American women through a discretionary grant program. In addition, the Office provides technical assistance to State and tribal government officials in planning innovative and effective criminal justice responses to violent crimes committed against women.