Pallone Fights to Unlock $10 Million in Aid Trump Administration Is Withholding from NJ Survivors of Violence

U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-6) and 32 Democratic members of Congress today called on the Trump Administration to immediately release nearly $10 million in federal funding for New Jersey programs that support survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse, and human trafficking. In a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice, Pallone and House Democrats warned that states cannot finalize budgets or distribute funds to service providers until the agency releases the Fiscal Year 2025 allocation tables for the Crime Victims Fund (CVF).

New Jersey was allocated $9,996,000 through the CVF in Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24), helping to fund vital programs like emergency shelter, counseling, legal assistance, and court advocacy. But with the FY25 program year already underway, none of…