# How has the disgraced, CONVICTED FELON, former but once again President Trump pissed you off today? (Part 2)

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> [@How has the disgraced, CONVICTED FELON, former but once again President Trump pissed you off today? (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/10015):
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> My guess would be that they are worried that you might have some DEI type comments on your site that could get them in trouble if they were seen as endorsing it. The powers that be taking great efforts to completely memory hole the merest mention of transgenderism of diversity. If you were funded by a OJP grant and your website said you provided legal assistance to racial minorities the persons who gave you that grant could be on the chopping block.

That was my take as well. I mean, yes, some of our funding is rife with requirements to serve marginalized populations. As it should be. If we’re doing work in those communities, we should make sure we know how to serve those communities.

So I was working on a renewal grant from Office on Violence Against Women. We had plans to meet this week to discuss this renewal application which is currently supporting our staff. This is their website now:

> ## Fiscal Year 2025 Open Notices of Funding Opportunities
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> At this time, OVW has withdrawn notices of funding opportunities, and you should not finalize any applications started under them. Please continue to check back on the [OVW website](https://www.justice.gov/ovw/) to stay up-to-date on current and future open funding opportunities.

They totally rescinded the NOFO. All NOFOs. (In direct violation of a court order, I might add.)

Our contract for this program is up in September, so we just flat-out don’t have any funding options for this program now.

The one silver lining is the state governor DID appropriate $50m to help offset VOCA cuts. This is a separate issue, but the difference to our agency is like 20% of the budget. Now we just have to see if it survives Congress.

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