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Strengthening the Medical Examiner System in North Carolina (NIJ-2018-13745)

Award Information

Awardee
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
Award #
2018-DU-BX-0158
Funding Category
Competitive Discretionary
Location

RALEIGH, NC

Congressional District
2
Status
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
Total funding (to date)
$700,000
Original Solicitation
FY 2018 Strengthening the Medical Examiner-Coroner System Program

Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2018, $700,000)

The North Carolina Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (NC OCME) will add three (3) full-time medicolegal death investigators (MDIs) and one (1) full-time MDI supervisor in order to adequately respond to death investigations throughout the state. Expected outcomes include: an increase the number of American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators (ABMDI)-certified MDIs; the development and implementations of standardized reports; the establishment of policies and procedures; improvement turnaround times (TATs) in autopsy cases and case reviews; increased reviews of all undetermined death cases; and application for NAME accreditation.

CA/NCF

Date Created: September 25, 2018