DNA Backlog Reduction Funding Awards, 2011

The goal of NIJ's DNA Backlog Reduction Program[1] is to assist eligible States and units of local government to process, record, screen, and analyze forensic DNA and/or DNA database samples and to increase the capacity of public forensic DNA and DNA database laboratories to process more DNA samples. The table below shows the fiscal year 2011 awards made under this program. 

See also the abstracts for 2011 awards (pdf, 104 pages).

State Awardee Award Number Award Amount
Alaska Alaska Department of Public Safety 2011-DN-BX-K418 $314,852
Alabama Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences 2011-DN-BX-K423 $1,489,966
Arkansas Arkansas State Crime Laboratory 2011-DN-BX-K420 $1,030,056
Arizona Arizona Criminal Justice Commission 2011-DN-BX-K429 $862,102
Arizona Arizona Department of Public Safety 2011-DN-BX-K411 $966,685
California California Department of Justice 2011-DN-BX-K466 $4,128,334
California City And County of San Francisco 2011-DN-BX-K437 $388,669
California City of Los Angeles 2011-DN-BX-K450 $1,570,465
California City of Oakland 2011-DN-BX-K484 $443,201
California City of San Diego 2011-DN-BX-K442 $386,972
California Contra Costa County 2011-DN-BX-K448 $264,767
California County of Alameda, California 2011-DN-BX-K441 $286,820
California County of Kern 2011-DN-BX-K440 $319,182
California County of San Bernardino 2011-DN-BX-K474 $654,937
California County of San Mateo 2011-DN-BX-K472 $213,288
California County of Santa Clara 2011-DN-BX-K465 $327,077
California County of Ventura 2011-DN-BX-K443 $131,862
California Fresno County Sheriff Department 2011-DN-BX-K451 $306,263
California Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department 2011-DN-BX-K482 $1,200,000
California Orange County Sheriff Coroner Department 2011-DN-BX-K444 $484,711
California Sacramento County 2011-DN-BX-K436 $586,429
California San Diego County 2011-DN-BX-K477 $309,000
Colorado City and County of Denver 2011-DN-BX-K492 $213,569
Colorado Colorado Department of Public Safety 2011-DN-BX-K503 $960,004
District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department 2011-DN-BX-K431 $483,515
Delaware Delaware Health and Social Services 2011-DN-BX-K426 $387,580
Florida Broward Sheriff’s Office 2011-DN-BX-K486 $571,367
Florida Florida Department of Law Enforcement 2011-DN-BX-K461 $4,834,486
Florida Miami Dade County 2011-DN-BX-K454 $1,190,348
Florida Palm Beach County of 2011-DN-BX-K447 $482,941
Florida Pinellas County 2011-DN-BX-K487 $414,921
Florida St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office 2011-DN-BX-K476 $94,500
Georgia Georgia Bureau of Investigation 2011-DN-BX-K414 $2,756,031
Hawaii City and County of Honolulu 2011-DN-BX-K416 $263,212
Iowa Iowa Department of Public Safety 2011-DN-BX-K490 $461,560
Idaho Idaho State Police 2011-DN-BX-K509 $261,474
Illinois DuPage County Sheriff's Office 2011-DN-BX-K517 $349,561
Illinois Illinois State Police 2011-DN-BX-K498 $3,600,275
Illinois Northeastern Illinois Regional Crime Laboratory 2011-DN-BX-K495 $349,561
Indiana Indiana State Police 2011-DN-BX-K500 $959,314
Indiana Indianapolis-Marion County Forensic Services Agency 2011-DN-BX-K516 $512,906
Kansas Johnson County Kansas 2011-DN-BX-K493 $156,000
Kansas Kansas Bureau of Investigation 2011-DN-BX-K508 $604,552
Kentucky Commonwealth of Kentucky 2011-DN-BX-K480 $718,511
Lousiana Louisiana State Police 2011-DN-BX-K428 $1,793,272
Massassachusetts City of Boston 2011-DN-BX-K424 $371,006
Massassachusetts Massachusetts State Police 2011-DN-BX-K434 $1,534,319
Maryland Anne Arundel County MD 2011-DN-BX-K435 $184,709
Maryland City of Baltimore 2011-DN-BX-K463 $669,143
Maryland Maryland State Police 2011-DN-BX-K452 $758,796
Maryland Montgomery County 2011-DN-BX-K478 $140,798
Maryland Prince George's County 2011-DN-BX-K456 $369,620
Maine Maine State Police 2011-DN-BX-K433 $200,000
Michigan State of Michigan 2011-DN-BX-K518 $3,308,790
Minnesota Hennepin County, Minnesota 2011-DN-BX-K494 $130,787
Minnesota Minnesota Department of Public Safety 2011-DN-BX-K506 $758,263
Missouri Board of Police Commissioners 2011-DN-BX-K491 $487,635
Missouri Missouri State Highway Patrol 2011-DN-BX-K505 $790,074
Missouri Saint Charles County 2011-DN-BX-K504 $100,000
Missouri St. Louis County 2011-DN-BX-K489 $187,969
Missouri St. Louis Metropolitan Police Dept 2011-DN-BX-K512 $441,533
Mississippi Mississippi Department of Public Safety 2011-DN-BX-K430 $559,464
Montana Montana Department of Justice 2011-DN-BX-K501 $200,000
North Carolina City of Charlotte 2011-DN-BX-K507 $365,831
North Carolina NC Department of Justice 2011-DN-BX-K497 $2,129,891
North Dakota North Dakota 2011-DN-BX-K511 $200,000
Nebraska Nebraska State Patrol 2011-DN-BX-K496 $353,073
New Hampshire New Hampshire Dept. of Safety 2011-DN-BX-K413 $200,000
New Jersey County of Union 2011-DN-BX-K470 $90,000
New Jersey New Jersey Department of Law And Public Safety 2011-DN-BX-K462 $1,741,523
New Mexixo New Mexico Department of Public Safety 2011-DN-BX-K464 $808,675
Nevada Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department 2011-DN-BX-K439 $839,498
Nevada Washoe County Sheriff's Office 2011-DN-BX-K460 $342,000
New York City of New York, Office of Chief Medical Examiner 2011-DN-BX-K469 $1,500,000
New York County of Erie 2011-DN-BX-K479 $597,722
New York County of Suffolk 2011-DN-BX-K458 $264,319
New York County of Westchester 2011-DN-BX-K473 $267,323
New York Monroe County 2011-DN-BX-K485 $315,381
New York Nassau County 2011-DN-BX-K471 $258,312
New York New York State Police 2011-DN-BX-K453 $1,542,876
New York Onondaga, County of 2011-DN-BX-K467 $180,218
Ohio City of Columbus 2011-DN-BX-K468 $272,315
Ohio City of Mansfield 2011-DN-BX-K446 $237,476
Ohio Cuyahoga County Office of Medical Examiner 2011-DN-BX-K445 $123,718
Ohio Hamilton County 2011-DN-BX-K475 $164,543
Ohio Montgomery County 2011-DN-BX-K483 $298,563
Ohio Stark, County of 2011-DN-BX-K438 $130,000
Ohio State of Ohio Office of The Attorney General 2011-DN-BX-K481 $1,511,159
Oklahoma City of Oklahoma City 2011-DN-BX-K405 $306,000
Oklahoma City Of Tulsa 2011-DN-BX-K403 $254,549
Oklahoma Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation 2011-DN-BX-K417 $654,135
Oregon Oregon State Police 2011-DN-BX-K499 $737,848
Pennsylvania Allegheny County Pennsylvania 2011-DN-BX-K419 $341,929
Pennsylvania City of Philadelphia 2011-DN-BX-K425 $1,146,517
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania State Police 2011-DN-BX-K410 $1,662,908
Peurto Rico Instituto de Ciencias Forenses 2011-DN-BX-K488 $678,552
Rhode Island Health, Rhode Island Department of 2011-DN-BX-K457 $209,355
South Carolina Richland County Government 2011-DN-BX-K404 $195,000
South Carolina South Carolina Law Enforcement Division 2011-DN-BX-K432 $1,815,233
South Dakota South Dakota Office of The Attorney General 2011-DN-BX-K510 $200,000
Tennessee Tennessee Bureau of Investigations 2011-DN-BX-K459 $2,346,924
Texas City of Austin 2011-DN-BX-K409 $240,532
Texas City of Houston Police Department 2011-DN-BX-K427 $1,532,118
Texas County of Bexar 2011-DN-BX-K412 $335,751
Texas Dallas County 2011-DN-BX-K415 $849,881
Texas Harris County 2011-DN-BX-K422 $690,850
Texas State of Texas 2011-DN-BX-K407 $3,304,246
Texas Tarrant County 2011-DN-BX-K406 $314,879
Texas University of North Texas Health Science Center At Fort Worth 2011-DN-BX-K408 $654,539
Utah Utah Department of Public Safety 2011-DN-BX-K455 $417,873
Virginia Virginia Department of Forensic Science 2011-DN-BX-K421 $1,447,358
Vermont Vermont Department of Public Safety 2011-DN-BX-K515 $200,000
Washington Washington State Patrol 2011-DN-BX-K513 $1,548,332
Wisconsin Wisconsin Department of Justice 2011-DN-BX-K514 $1,036,095
West Virgina West Virginia State Police 2011-DN-BX-K449 $373,262
Wyoming' Wyoming Office of the Attorney General 2011-DN-BX-K502 $200,000
    TOTAL FUNDING $88,707,086

[1] In 2011, NIJ combined the Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction and Convicted Offender/Arrestee Programs into the DNA Backlog Reduction Program. View awards made under those programs:

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