Article ‘It Sounds Really Dire Because It Is Really Dire’
Article ‘It Sounds Really Dire Because It Is Really Dire’
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https://archive.ph/ZWXHK
Quote:Since President Trump took office, the group’s federal grants have been briefly frozen, then unfrozen. Then the release of new grant applications was delayed for three months without explanation. “No one seems to know the answers to what’s going to happen and if money is actually going to come through,” she told me.
Much of the federal infrastructure that supports domestic violence programs is damaged or gone. The director of the Office of Family Violence and Prevention Services was placed on administrative leave this spring. One domestic violence advocate told me her organization has gone through four points of contact at the Department of Justice since February.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/opinion/domestic-violence-funding.html
https://archive.ph/ZWXHK
Quote:Since President Trump took office, the group’s federal grants have been briefly frozen, then unfrozen. Then the release of new grant applications was delayed for three months without explanation. “No one seems to know the answers to what’s going to happen and if money is actually going to come through,” she told me.
Much of the federal infrastructure that supports domestic violence programs is damaged or gone. The director of the Office of Family Violence and Prevention Services was placed on administrative leave this spring. One domestic violence advocate told me her organization has gone through four points of contact at the Department of Justice since February.