Overview

• The Justice Department terminated 69 of 145 community violence intervention grants awarded under the 2022 Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, eliminating $158 million in funding
• The cuts formed part of a broader rollback that axed 365 DOJ grants worth $811 million and left thousands more applications under review
• Grassroots organizations from New York and Chicago to Memphis and Selma have laid off staff and tapped emergency city and nonprofit support to continue operations
• Eighteen law enforcement associations and police chiefs have urged Attorney General Pam Bondi to reinstate the CVI grants after documenting significant reductions in violence and homicides
• Community violence intervention programs, launched in 2022 to channel federal funds directly to local groups, played a role in driving shootings down from their pandemic-era peak and now face uncertainty