In the wake of devastating cuts to Community Violence Intervention funding, the Community-Based Public Safety Collective rallied its philanthropic allies and delivered $850,000 directly to front-line organizations across the country.

In recent months, the Department of Justice “cancelled hundreds of grants to community organizations and local governments,” which included funding for programs authorized under the bipartisan Safer Communities Act.

The Community Based Public Safety Collective is heartbroken to share the news that we, too, were impacted by the Trump Administration’s...