US Justice Department cancels about 400 grants for police, crime victims | World News
The US Justice Department has finalised its plans to cancel about 400 grants that funded programs for mental healthcare for police officers, support programs for victims of crime and sexual assault among others, Reuters reported citing an internal memo.
On Tuesday, Office of Justice Programs, which is the Justice Department’s largest grant-making arm, terminated at least 365 grants, two people in know of the matter said.
As per the Justice Department’s website, the Office of Justice Programs offered $4.4 billion worth of grants in the financial year that ended in October 2023. The exact dollar value of the 365 grants canceled the department is yet to be determined but records indicate that it runs into tens of millions of dollars.
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The department has reportedly sent notices to the affected grantees and offered a 30-day window to appeal against the decision to cancel the grants being provided the Justice Department.
US Attorney General Pam Bondi said that the decision to cancel grants was in line with President Donald Trump’s adminration’s policies.
Bondi, in a statement to Reuters said, “Grants for programs that do not align with the adminration’s priorities were rescinded but this Department of Justice will continue to ensure that services for victims are not impacted and any recipient will have the ability to appeal and restore any grant if direct impact on victims can be thoroughly established.”
Some of the programs which have been targeted the Justice Department include: support for crime victims, including transgender victims, state-run hate crime reporting, hotlines used crime victims, grants which have earlier been given to organizations working with immigrants to fight human trafficking have also been discontinued.
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