WA ST ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE 6/14/2021

o4\$Y CF"ctAIWA * y, s # 4SH113d Bob Ferguson ATTORNEY GENERAL OF WASHINGTON Financial Services Division PO Box 40107 • Olympia, WA 98504-0107 • (360) 586-3003 April 23, 2021 RE: SAKI 2017-AK-BX-0016 Grant—Refrigeration Units To All Washington Law Enforcement Agencies: The Attorney General's Office would like to thank you for your commitment to public safety and for partnering with the AGO in its efforts to address the accumulation of unsubmitted sexual assault kits and provide answers to survivors and their families. The AGO received permission to utilize a portion of its National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative grant to help law enforcement agencies purchase refrigeration units. You are receiving this letter and the attached form because your agency expressed interest in receiving grant funds to purchase refrigeration units to help with storage of DNA samples. Currently, funding for this grant ends September 30, 2021. While we are asking our federal partner to extend this grant an additional year due to COVID-19, it is unknown if our request will be granted. Please fill out the attached form and check one or both—if you can purchase and receive the refrigeration unit by September 30, 2021 and/or December 31, 2021. You will be notified if you have been approved as a subrecipient and what the grant amount is. At that time, a training will be scheduled on what is required as a subrecipient and an agreement executed. Please note this is a cost reimbursement grant and funds will not be awarded in advance. We look forward to our continued partnership on this important project. If you have any questions, please email FISGrants@atg.wa.gov. Sincerely, John Hillman, Division Chief, Criminal Justice cc: Katherine Hemann, AAG, SAKI Site Coordinator Cherie Norris, Grants and Contracts Coordinator Lead