The Justice Department on Tuesday canceled hundreds of grants to community organizations and local governments, including funding for gun-violence prevention programs, crime-victim advocacy and efforts to combat opioid addiction, according to an email obtained by The Washington Post.
Maureen Henneberg, the acting head of the Office of Justice Programs, which oversees the Justice Department grant program, told staff in the email that the canceled awards were identified through a weeks-long review process and did not align with the current administration's priorities.
The grants provided millions of dollars to organizations across the country, including some that support intervention programs for nonviolent youth offenders; programs to avert opioid-related deaths; programs aimed at identifying community-based approaches to preventing hate crimes against Arab, Asian and Jewish Americans; and a confidential hotline run by the National Center for Victims of Crime (NCVC) to inform crime victims about their rights.
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