Community Groups, Not Police, Will Likely Get $20M From Criminal Justice Grants – WBEZ (Chicago)

Blaire Lewis, who was on the committee and is manager of Advocate Trauma Recovery Center, said the federal funding has a much better chance of making a big impact with these smaller organizations which do work like intervene in street conflicts, provide services to the men closest to gun violence, support survivors of domestic violence, assist people who have been raped and provide counseling to trauma survivors. “I know for a fact that it would have a major impact to be able to say, ‘oh, you need cleaning supplies … here's some cleaning supplies.’”