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Advisory council warns federal grant pause threatens community-violence intervention funding
Summary
Members of the Providence Pathways and Gun Violence Advisory Council described uncertainty after a federal pause on some grant-making and discussed local and state options to sustain community-violence-intervention (CVI) programs, including a proposal to pursue local taxes on guns and ammunition and to broaden philanthropic partnerships.
Providence — Members of the Pathways and Gun Violence Advisory Council spent much of their monthly meeting discussing the potential impact of a federal pause on grant funding and possible local steps to sustain violence-intervention programs.
Council members and staff said a federal budget office action, described in the meeting as a near-term pause tied to an executive branch directive restricting certain language in grants, has created uncertainty for programs that rely on competitive federal awards. Council members described worry about competitive grants tied to diversity, equity and inclusion language and said some locally important programs could be vulnerable if the pause is enforced selectively.
The council’s discussion placed particular emphasis on competitive grants…
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