DHS to offer $110M to faith-based organizations for security upgrades after Minnesota shooting
Source: The Hill
08/30/25 10:28 AM ET
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Friday announced it will allot $110 million to more than 600 faith-based organizations and nonprofits for security improvements. DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s announcement follows a deadly shooting at a Catholic school in Minnesota that killed two and injured 18 others. Police say the 23-year-old shooter “expressed hate towards almost every group imaginable.”
“In the face of violent criminals and radical organizations intent on hurting American communities, the Trump Administration is helping houses of worship, schools and community centers to harden their defenses against attacks and protect themselves,” Noem wrote in a post online.
The funds would be administered through the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) existing nonprofit security grant program, which doles out cash for “physical security enhancements and activities to nonprofit organizations that are at high risk of terrorist attack,” according to its website.
The money could be used for cameras, gates, lighting, training programs for staff and warning and alert systems, Noem said.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5477680-kristi-noem-dhs-church-security-minnesota-shooting/
The Barbaric Brutal Bill encouraged the loons to cancel funds for just this purpose, which Bondi happily did -
Attorney General Pam Bondi said the cuts eliminated “millions of dollars in wasteful grants."
Updated April 23, 2025
The Justice Department has abruptly canceled hundreds of grants to community organizations and local governments, including funding for gun-violence prevention programs and crime-victim advocacy — cuts Attorney General Pam Bondi defended Wednesday as the elimination of millions of dollars in “wasteful” spending.
The canceled awards were identified through a review process that determined they did not align with the Trump administration’s priorities, Maureen Henneberg, acting head of the Office of Justice Programs, told staff in an email obtained by The Washington Post.
The grants sent millions of dollars to organizations across the country, including some that support intervention programs for nonviolent youth offenders; mental health resources for local police; efforts to avert opioid-related deaths and hate crimes against Arab, Jewish and Asian Americans; and a confidential hotline run by the National Center for Victims of Crime to inform crime victims about their rights.
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By Audrey Ash, Curt Devine
PUBLISHED Aug 30, 2025, 4:00 AM ET
The month before a shooter opened fire on children gathered in a Minnesota church this week, the Trump administration cut funding in the state for efforts to identify potential mass shooters and head off their violence.
The grants were ended as part of $18.5 million in cuts to a Homeland Security program that the Trump administration decried as partisan and unsuccessful — but which some experts and lawmakers say bolsters work to spot early warning signs of mass shooters like Robin Westman, who died of self-inflicted wounds after killing two children and wounding 18 others at a Catholic Mass on Wednesday.
“The capacity to combat domestic terrorism is eroding,” said Jacob Ware, a research fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. “It seems like the eye has been taken off the ball in terms of domestic terrorism prevention in this country – that terrorism is not that major a concern.”
Even Westman—in journal writings—questioned not being identified as a potential threat by authorities.
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So now you rob Peter to pay Paul, where Peter's money is supposed to be for "natural disasters".
Waste. Fraud. Abuse.
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