US EditionAnti-Domestic Violence Groups Are Suing over the Trump Administration’s Grant Requirements
- On Monday, 17 state coalitions led by Rhode Island filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s restrictions on DOJ grants under VAWA.
- The restrictions originated from executive orders on limiting 'gender ideology' and DEI programs, conflicting with VAWA’s congressional mandate since 1994.
- The administration canceled hundreds of grants, including $500,000 to FORGE, and fired nearly all CDC violence prevention staff, disrupting support programs nationwide.
- Coalition leaders warn the funding cut would be 'catastrophic' and that the new grant conditions put providers in impossible legal and ethical positions.
- Without relief, the lawsuit suggests critical domestic violence services could collapse, harming survivors and reversing decades of progress under VAWA.
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Domestic violence nonprofits sue over Trump administration’s anti-DEI funding rules
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Anti-domestic violence groups are suing over the Trump administration’s grant requirements
By GEOFF MULVIHILL, Associated Press Seventeen statewide anti-domestic and sexual violence coalitions are suing President Donald Trump’s administration over requirements in grant applications that they don’t promote “gender ideology” or run diversity, equity and inclusion programs or prioritize people in the country illegally. The groups say the requirements, which Trump ushered in with executive orders, put them in “an impossible position.” If …
Anti-domestic violence groups are suing over the Trump administration's grant requirements
A coalition of anti-domestic violence and sexual assault groups is suing President Donald Trump's administration over anti-DEI requirements for grants. The groups say that asking them to certify that they won't promote “gender ideology” or operate DEI programs could be…
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