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Solving Missing Persons Cases

Date Published
May 24, 2010

National Missing and Unidentified Persons System has helped agencies solve cases and allowed families to find resolution.

NIJ FY 10 ORE Evaluation of the Attorney General's Children Exposed to Violence Demonstration Program: Phase I

Closing Date
NIJ is seeking proposals for the first phase of an evaluation of the demonstration component of the Attorney General's Children Exposed to Violence (CEV) Initiative. The Phase I evaluation involves an effort to accomplish initial developmental and evaluation activities over an 18-month period. Activities include assessing relevant data for program evaluation in eight program sites; coordinating with the CEV technical assistance provider on data collection...

NIJ FY 10 Criminal Justice Electronic Crime Technology Center of Excellence

Closing Date
NIJ seeks proposals for the operation of the Criminal Justice Electronic Crime Technology Center of Excellence, a component of the National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center System. The Center conducts testing, evaluation, technology assistance programs and other services with regard to tools and technologies intended for use by law enforcement and other criminal justice agencies to combat electronic crime.

NIJ FY 10 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing

Closing Date
The goal of the Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing solicitation is threefold: (1) to assist eligible entities in performing DNA analysis on unidentified human remains and/or reference samples to support the efforts of states and units of local government to identify missing persons and (2) to enter the resulting DNA profiles into the FBI's National DNA Index System using the Combined DNA Index...

NIJ FY 10 Solving Cold Cases with DNA

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NIJ seeks proposals for funding for states and units of local government to identify, review and investigate violent crime cold cases that have the potential to be solved using DNA analysis, and to locate and analyze biological evidence associated with these cases. Experience has shown that cold case programs can solve a substantial number of violent crime cold cases, including homicides and sexual assaults. Advances...