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CSFA State Fiscal Year 2026-2027
CSFA Number:
71.002
State Project Title:
Statewide Criminal Analysis Laboratory System
Agency:
Department of Law Enforcement
Program:
71600000 Investigations and Forensic Science Program
Budget Entity:
71600100 Provide Crime Lab Services
Specific Appropriation:
CH 2026-232 GAA 1316
Appropriation Category:
050011 - Aid to Local Governments, Criminal Investigations
Related CFDA Code:
                        
Authorization:
Sections 943.32 and 943.35, Florida Statutes
Objectives:
To provide partial funding to locally-operated laboratories included in the statewide criminal analysis laboratory system.
Types Of Assistance:
Grants
Applicant Type:
Local Government
Restrictions:
Funding is specifically restricted to the following laboratories: Broward County Sheriff's Crime Laboratory; Miami-Dade Sheriff's Crime Laboratory; Indian River Crime Laboratory; Palm Beach County Crime Laboratory; and Pinellas County Forensic Laboratory.  

Funding is not to exceed 75 percent of the actual operating cost of the laboratory and is based only on that portion of the current year's actual operating budget, as approved by the county commission or public unit authorized to grant fiscal appropriations, which is from local contributions.  The funds provided are to be applied toward the current year's actual operating budget to arrive at an authorized percentage of state funding for the fiscal year. 

The following functions are not to be considered laboratory operations for the purpose of appropriated state funds: identification photography; identification of fingerprints, other than latent; polygraph; electronic surveillance; and medical examiners.
Procedures:
Pre-Application Notice:
N/A
Application Procedures:
Each laboratory is to submit to the Department, on or before October 15 of each year, "Workload Data Form", expenditure report and Form FCLC-1, "Local Crime Laboratory Budget Request", revised 8-2015, containing the following: actual expenditures of the immediate prior fiscal year; approved operating budget for the fiscal year in progress; and projected estimated budgets for the next two fiscal years.
Award Procedures:
Budget requests will be reviewed by the Department for compliance with Section 943.35(2), Florida Statutes.  
Deadlines:
10/1/2026 - 9/30/2027
Other:
N/A
Information Contact:
GAAII 
Office of Criminal Justice Grants
P.O. Box 1489
Tallahassee, FL  32302-1489
Phone: (850) 617-1250
OCJGSFA@fdle.state.fl.us
Web Address:

Associated Subjects: Criminal Justice

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