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Anti-Domestic Violence Groups Are Suing over the Trump Administration’s Grant Requirements
- On June 16, 2025, the Rhode Island organization leading statewide efforts to combat domestic violence joined with 16 similar groups from other states to file a federal lawsuit in Rhode Island, challenging the Trump administration’s restrictive conditions placed on grant funding.
- The lawsuit challenges new federal grant rules that bar promoting 'gender ideology,' diversity programs, and prioritizing undocumented immigrants, which coalitions say contradict the Violence Against Women Act and federal anti-discrimination laws.
- These restrictions come amid broader federal actions, including funding freezes, firing of CDC violence prevention staff, and abrupt grant cancellations, which advocates warn destabilize services and threaten victim safety nationwide.
- For more than 20 years, Rhode Island’s RICADV has been supported by OVW grants that enable crucial services; Lucy Rios emphasized that losing this financial support would jeopardize key initiatives that protect the safety of Rhode Islanders.
- The lawsuit implies these imposed grant conditions could jeopardize domestic violence services across multiple states and signal an increased politicization of funding meant to protect vulnerable people.
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