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City officials say federal grant pause halted gun‑violence contracts; council urged to approve extensions
Summary
Chief Johnson Kinsey told the council a federal pause on DOJ grants in April 2025 forced the city to stop payments and hiring for its violence‑reduction contractors; staff asked the council to extend and increase several contracts so services can resume and described a multi‑stage vetting process for contractors and staff.
Chief Johnson Kinsey, director of the Mayor’s Office to Reduce Gun Violence, told the council the city paused payments and hiring for its community violence‑reduction contractors after a federal hold on Department of Justice grants in April 2025 left the city uncertain it could be reimbursed.
“We paused services because we could not be sure we would be reimbursed by the federal government,” Kinsey said, describing a yearlong interruption in contract activity and explaining the city continued planning work but could not legally pay providers while reimbursement was uncertain.
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