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Congress Poised To Dedicate $41 Million To Help End Backlog of Rape Kits
“It’s a huge deal,” said Sarah Tofte, vice president of policy and advocacy for the Joyful Heart Foundation, which is pushing for ending the rape kit backlog.
Spending Bill Includes $41 Million to Help Rape Victims
Lawmakers have allocated $41 million to help rape victims as part of the $1.1 trillion spending plan approved by Congress Thursday night.
San Francisco Police Make Progress on Backlog of Untested Rape Kits
The San Francisco Police Department announced this week that it has cleared a backlog of sexual assault kits dating back more than 10 years.
Money to Address Rape Kit Backlog in Congressional Spending Bill
Advocates praised the inclusion of $41 million to handle thousands of untested rape kits.
National Rape Kit Backlog Gets a $35 Million Boost
The massive national backlog of rape kits is being targeted by Manhattan’s district attorney, Cyrus Vance Jr. According to Vance, there is a backlog of “hundreds of thousands of rape kits” across the country in police warehouses.
SPD Leaves most Rape Kit Evidence on the Shelf
The Seattle Police Department's records show that in a little over a decade, 1,641 rape kits were booked into evidence. But only 365 of kits were tested, just 22% of the total.
Rape Kit Contribution Should Spur Congressional Action
Under the program announced in New York, $35 million in civil forfeiture assets will be made available to localities and states across the country to test some 70,000 rape kits, which are a collection of physical evidence painstakingly taken from victims of sexual assault.
Accountability is the First Step
Today, The Accountability Project, an initiative of our ENDTHEBACKLOG program, released our first findings about the extent of the backlog in four cities—Las Vegas, Milwaukee, Seattle and Tulsa.
Senate Delay Threatens Funding for Thousands of Untested Rape
It’s a problem of unknown magnitude — recent estimates place the numbersomewhere around 100,000 — but the consequences of the nationwide rape kit testing backlog are clear and appalling.
