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A resolution approving an application for a DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program Grant from the U. S. Department of Justice to the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department Forensic Biology Unit, to outsource sexual assault kits to private vendors for forensic case sample analysis to reduce the backlog associated with DNA analysis.
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WHEREAS, the U. S. Department of Justice is accepting applications for a DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program Grant with an award of $250,000.00 and no cash match required; and,
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Government is eligible to participate in this grant program; and,
WHEREAS, it is to the benefit of the citizens of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County that this grant application be approved and submitted.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:
Section 1. That the Metropolitan Government’s grant application for a DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program Grant, with an award of $250,000.00, a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein, is hereby approved, and the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department is authorized to submit said application to the United States Department of Justice.
Section 2. That this resolution shall take effect from and after its adoption, the welfare of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County requiring it.
Agenda Analysis
Analysis
This resolution approves an application for a DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department. The application requests a grant of $250,000, with no local cash match. If awarded, the grant would be used to outsource sexual assault kits to private vendors for forensic case sample analysis.