OKLAHOMA CITY – Department of Justice grants to the Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office and the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center hit over $2.9 million.
The Office of the Attorney General will receive $2,398,302 as part of the National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative. This focuses on testing sexual assault kits that have not been submitted to a forensic laboratory and collecting DNA samples from qualifying individuals who should have a sample in the Combined DNA Index System.
The OU Health Sciences Center will receive an additional $517,592 toward the work of its affiliate, the
National Center on the Sexual Behavior of Youth. These funds will support community-based interventions for youth with problematic or illegal sexual behaviors.
The Department of Justice has awarded more than $376 million in grant funding to enhance state, local, and tribal law enforcement operations.
“Public safety is a team effort in our state,” said U.S. Attorney Timothy J. Downing. “I’m proud that the Department of Justice can support law enforcement and crime prevention by assisting our teammates in state government, who are often best positioned to respond to threats to public safety.”