This program funds initiatives to enhance reporting, transportation, forensic processing, and identification of missing persons and unidentified human remains cases, including migrant cases as authorized by law. It supports accredited forensic and toxicology laboratories, medical examiner offices, and government entities to increase public safety through improved identification efforts.
Eligible applicants include state, county, city, township, and special district governments; public and state-controlled higher education institutions; various nonprofits; local government units; accredited publicly funded forensic, toxicology, and crime laboratories; and medical examiner offices.
