The Department of Justice (DOJ) has recently canceled grants for victim services and other efforts, according to recent termination notices.
The DOJ said on April 24 it was restoring seven of the grants it had cut for victim services.
Grants were being terminated because they “no longer effectuate the program goals or agency priorities,” according to a notice viewed by The Epoch Times.
“The Department has changed its priorities with respect to discretionary grant funding to focus on, among other things, more directly supporting certain law enforcement operations, combatting violent crime, protecting American children, and supporting American victims of trafficking and sexual assault, and better coordinating law enforcement efforts at all levels of government. These awards demonstrate that they no longer effectuate Department priorities,” the notice, from the DOJ’s Office of Justice Programs, stated….