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County lab seeks grant to replace NIBIN hardware as ATF phases out maintenance
Summary
Renee Ho said the lab receives roughly $1 million a year in fluctuating federal and state grants and has applied for a new $300,000, five-year grant to replace NIBIN equipment that ATF will stop maintaining in 2027.
Renee Ho told the committee the lab relies on a mix of federal and state grants that together account for roughly $1,000,000 annually, and that the department recently applied for a targeted NIBIN grant. "We applied for a new grant this year that was newly released... It is a $300,000 grant for the NIBIN program," Ho said.
Ho explained the NIBIN program historically included vendor maintenance through the ATF, but the laboratory community has been notified that ATF will deprecate equipment-maintenance support beginning in 2027. The five-year $300,000 award would help local labs acquire and maintain replacement hardware and service agreements once ATF steps back from equipment upkeep.
Ho also listed longstanding grant sources: the federal capacity enhancement/backlog reduction programs, the states aid-to-localities grant, and the Coverdell forensic-improvement award; she said award amounts fluctuate year to year.
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