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OVSJG seeks $77.09M for FY27; director defends grant portfolio as committee presses on ATJ cuts
Summary
Director Jennifer Porter presented a FY2027 OVSJG request of $77.09M (about $60.4M local), explaining allocations for victim services, justice grants and access to justice while committee members pressed the administration on how and why proposed ATJ and victim‑service cuts were chosen.
Director Jennifer L. Porter presented the Office of Victim Services and Justice Grants' FY2027 proposal and described how the office distributes funds across three core portfolios: victim services, justice grants (reentry), and access to justice. The mayor's proposed FY2027 OVSJG budget is $77,090,845 in total, including approximately $60,400,000 in local funds and 41.7 FTEs; the administration proposes roughly $43M for victim services, $9.8M for justice grants and about $4.4M for access to justice in the proposed plan.
Porter said the proposed reductions reflect the administration's attempt to maintain core services amid constrained city revenues. She told the committee OVSJG funds are overwhelmingly grant dollars (over 95% goes to community organizations) and emphasized the agency's work managing 13 federal grants and 117 awards while trying to preserve capacity and build grant‑management systems. Committee members repeatedly pressed OVSJG to explain why the Access to Justice line faced a steep reduction and asked for grantee lists, spend data, wait‑list measures and other operational details; Porter agreed to follow up with the requested data and to investigate reports that certain returning citizens had been turned away by some providers.
