Sexual Assault Kit Testing Grant Program (SAKT)
This grant program is currently accepting applications. Please download the most recent Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) on this page to guide you, and contact the program manager with any questions. You must be a registered user of the Grants Management System to apply.
Online submission deadline:
April 30, 2024 at 11:59pm
Overview
Description
The Sexual Assault Kit Testing Grant Program will provide up to $3,500,000 in grant funding to the Maryland State Police and local law enforcement agencies to pay for the testing of sexual assault evidence collection kits (SAKs) by forensic laboratories.
Requests that support in-house personnel and supplies for testing or the outsourcing of testing should be based on the current number of eligible, untested kits plus the annual average number of kits collected by the applicant agency. Applicants with an in-house forensic laboratory may request additional funds to purchase or upgrade equipment required to complete the testing of kits.
Important note: funding is limited to the testing of sexual assault kits collected since May 1, 2018.
History
The Rape Kit Testing Grant Fund was signed into law by Governor Hogan in 2019. For additional information on establishment of the SAKT program, see:
http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/chapters_noln/Ch_508_hb1268T.pdf.
Categories funded
Eligible to apply
Documents
Notices of Funding Availability (NOFA)
Dates
Projected NOFA Release Month
Projected Application Month
Contacts
Program Manager
Funding Chief
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