Trump Administration Cuts DHS Grants Meant to Prevent Political Violence
n Franklin, New Hampshire, a desk sits empty — space earmarked for an assistant principal, a role the district never hired after Washington withdrew its support.
The vacancy traces back to a single letter. Last summer, the Department of Homeland Security canceled a $486,386 prevention grant that had been covering the salaries of three counselors — jobs the district had never been able to fund on its own. When the dollars disappeared, Franklin faced a blunt equation: cut the counselors, or shoulder their salaries with local money.
The choice came with a price. The counselors stayed. The assistant principal never arrived.
These counselors were not bureaucratic extras.
They embodied a fragile experiment in prevention — federally funded staff who lived in the space between social work and public safety. They checked in on isolated students, trained teachers to spot when withdrawal was edging toward risk, and called police when a threat crossed the line from worry to danger. “We’re not going to let the federal government dictate whether we have these jobs or not,” Superintendent Dan LeGallo told a local paper, underscoring the strain of absorbing costs that Washington once covered.
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