ADL request 100 million for US LAW INFORCEMENT AGENCIES HOLY SHIT ADL requests $100 million for grants to State, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies to conduct educational outreach and training on hate crimes and to investigate and prosecute hate crimes, as authorized by section 4704 of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act (Public Law 111--84). ADL also requests $30 million for grants to support community-based approaches to preventing hate crimes through conflict resolution and community empowerment and education, which was included in the FY 2023 House appropriations bill. While Congress ultimately appropriated $5 million of this funding in FY 2022, that amount falls far short of the need. ADL supports the President’s FY 2023 budget request for an additional $5.8 million for the Civil Rights Division to increase capacity to enforce civil rights statutes and address hate and bias in in the areas of education, employment, housing, policing, public accommodations, and access to federally funded programs and urges the inclusion of this funding in the FY 2024 request.
