Michigan nonprofits lost a combined $4.5 million in remaining grant funding from recent cuts to Department of Justice

Community violence intervention programs aimed at curbing gun violence through one-on-one outreach hardest hit in Michigan

Other cuts include technical support to substance abuse programs, hate crime prevention and arts programs for kids in the justice system

Nonprofits working to combat gun violence in Detroit and Lansing with on-the-ground community outreach abruptly lost a combined $3 million in federal funding last month — a decision advocates say could jeopardize progress and cost lives in vulnerable communities.

The grant terminations were part of nationwide cuts to the Department of Justice under President Donald Trump, whose administration is moving to rapidly s

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