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Trump Cuts $800 M DOJ Violence Grants, Threatening Homicide Decline

5/31/2026

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In April 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration cut more than $800 million in DOJ grants for community violence-intervention programs.
Advocates say the cuts risk reversing a pandemic-era homicide decline, noting researchers linked a 25 % murder drop to such interventions.
The cuts ended funding for Baltimore’s LifeBridge Health and Los Angeles’s Urban Peace Institute, while a Minneapolis lawsuit and fraud case involving We Push for Peace raise oversight concerns.

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In April 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration cut more than $800 million in DOJ grants for community violence-intervention programs.
Advocates say the cuts risk reversing a pandemic-era homicide decline, noting researchers linked a 25 % murder drop to such interventions.
The cuts ended funding for Baltimore’s LifeBridge Health and Los Angeles’s Urban Peace Institute, while a Minneapolis lawsuit and fraud case involving We Push for Peace raise oversight concerns.