The Justice Department has outlined plans to start the consolidation of three key grant components in September, as part of a reorganization effort that has raised concern from advocates and drawn the attention of at least one senator.
The department held a stakeholder briefing Thursday morning where they outlined a rough timeline for consolidating the offices — the Office on Violence Against Women, the Office of Justice Programs and Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, according to four participants on the call.
The Trump administration, in a fiscal 2027 budget document, said the department plans to consolidate the three grant components into a new single component named the Bureau of Justice Grants.
At Thursday’s meeting, stakeholders were shown a slide that showed June would be for stakeholder briefings, and June and July would be used to “account for stakeholder feedback,” according to call participants and pictures of the presentation obtained by CQ Roll Call.
For July and August, the slide said: “Seek OMB approval then notify Congress.” And in September, “begin executing consolidation.”
