Garland, Gupta attend violence interrupters conference in St. Louis - The Washington Post

In 2022, Congress approved the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, which included new gun restrictions and $250 million over five years to be distributed by the Justice Department to community intervention programs. Congress also allocated $50 million to the Justice Department to support such programs in each of the last two budget cycles, when Democrats controlled the House. It is unclear if that funding will continue now that Republicans have a narrow majority...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/02/16/justice-violence-interrupters-garland/