- Grants for crime victims won’t come with immigration conditions … for now: “a group of 17 domestic violence organizations, which includes the Boston-based Jane Doe Inc., obtained a preliminary stay against the DOJ in August after they sued over the department’s attempt to place conditions on awards through the Violence Against Women Act. Among the conditions, the department said “gender ideology” and “illegal DEI” were outside the scope of the grants.”
- Advocates worry funding cut could limit services for domestic violence survivors: “So many programs use the funding in different creative ways,” said Nithya Badrinath, JDI’s Policy Director. “It can range from survivors not having access to hotel vouchers if they’re fleeing an emergency situation, or immigrant survivors not just being able to get services and culturally specific programming or services that are accessible in other languages.”
- Why risks are mounting for survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence: “[O]rganizations that provide meaningful, live-affirming services are forced to make impossible choices based on swirling uncertainty around funding – all of which empowers abusers and puts survivors at even greater risk,” writes Hema Sarang-Sieminski, JDI’s Executive Director, in a recent MassLive op-ed.
- Bar crisis hikes risks for survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence: “Bar advocates and public defenders deserve to be paid a fair wage. Defendants have the right to representation and a speedy trial. Survivors deserve safety and the ability to navigate the court system with dignity. These ideas are not in conflict,” writes JDI’s Executive Director Hema Sarang-Sieminski in a recent Dorchester Reporter op-ed
