{"id":2284103,"date":"2024-06-26T16:11:01","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T20:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/millions-of-dollars-set-aside-for-crime-prevention-go-unclaimed-in-kansas-city-after-deadliest-year-on-record-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-06-26T16:14:37","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T20:14:37","slug":"millions-of-dollars-set-aside-for-crime-prevention-go-unclaimed-in-kansas-city-after-deadliest-year-on-record-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/millions-of-dollars-set-aside-for-crime-prevention-go-unclaimed-in-kansas-city-after-deadliest-year-on-record-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Millions of dollars set aside for crime prevention go unclaimed in Kansas City after deadliest year on record &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">42<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmillions-of-dollars-set-aside-for-crime-prevention-go-unclaimed-in-kansas-city-after-deadliest-year-on-record-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2284103&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In Kansas City, Missouri, \u200ba\u2064 substantial amount of money earmarked for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/guns-save-lives-armed-citizen-takes-out-suspect-during-robbery-attempt\/\" title=\"Armed citizen stops robbery, saves lives.\">crime\u200b prevention<\/a>\u2063 has remained unspent. The City\u2063 Council\u200b had\u200b allocated $30 million to be used over five years for violence prevention and intervention efforts. However, despite these funds and the aim to reduce crime, a significant portion, \u200btotaling\u2062 over $7.5 million, remains unclaimed. At the same time, certain\u2062 crimes in Kansas City have escalated to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">record highs<\/a> in 2023.\u2062 So far, only $755,000 has been utilized for the program. The lack of spending \u2063and the continuing high crime rates have raised concerns about the effectiveness of \u200bthe initiative.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Millions of dollars the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kansas-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kansas City<\/a>, Missouri, City Council set aside for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/after-a-surge-in-violent-crime-progressives-win-big-in-pennsylvanias-largest-cities\/\" title=\"After A Surge In Violent Crime, Progressives Win Big In Pennsylvania\u2019s Largest Cities\">crime prevention measures<\/a> last year have gone untouched.<\/p>\n<p>A year ago, the city created a violence prevention and intervention program, but much of the money dedicated to it has gone untouched, according to documents reviewed by local outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kmbc.com\/article\/millions-budgeted-for-crime-prevention-in-kansas-city-missouri-unclaimed\/61413399\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>KMBC News<\/a>. At the same time, certain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/crime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>crimes<\/a> in Kansas City <a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumlocalnews.com\/mo\/st-louis\/news\/2024\/01\/02\/kansas-city-record-murders-2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>reached record highs<\/a> in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The city council approved $30 million to be spent over five years on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-reverses-course-on-defund-the-police-says-covid-money-should-be-spent-on-hiring-more-cops\/\" title=\"Biden Reverses Course on Defund the Police, Says COVID Money Should Be Spent on Hiring More Cops\">crime prevention programs<\/a>. The goal was to reduce crime by funding community-based organizations.<\/p>\n<p>So far $755,000 has been given to the program, while over $7.5 million remains unclaimed.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>People fish in a park as they get some fresh air on Thursday, March 26, 2020, in Kansas City, Missouri. (AP Photo\/Charlie Riedel)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m glad they haven\u2019t spent all of it because the crime rate doesn\u2019t seem to be affected by the spending,\u201d Kansas City criminal defense attorney Henry Service told the outlet. \u201cBut I\u2019m not sure what they\u2019re spending it on because any crime prevention programs generally show the receivable of at least a reduction in crime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2023, there were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kansascity.com\/news\/local\/crime\/article283570858.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>more deaths<\/a> by homicide in Kansas City than any year prior. Previously, 2020 had been the deadliest year, with 182 killings, but there were 184 last year. <\/p>\n<p>For the first year of the new crime prevention program, $3.6 million was allocated to six community groups, which included $900,000 for the KC Metropolitan Crime Commission. However, only $159,000 of that has reportedly been disbursed.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Commission President Rick Armstrong told KMBC that the commission can ask for the money once a quarter after it completes tasks and documents them.<\/p>\n<p>Two programs that were slated to get money from the crime prevention program have not received any of the funds.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Community Capital Fund was budgeted $600,000 in fiscal 2024 in hopes of strengthening neighborhood health, but the group has not claimed any of it so far. Design Ranch, a youth violence prevention hotline and marketing program, was allotted $75,000 but also has not claimed any money.<\/p>\n<p>Some programs, such as KC Common Good, which gives children summertime opportunities, have used some of their allocated funds but not all. They were given $550,000 for 2024, but $366,750 remains unclaimed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>City officials confirmed Armstrong\u2019s statement and said payments are only made once the city receives an invoice for the work done. They said some of the delay could be because these organizations have contracts with the city for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the understandings that we had was the city, of course, wants to vet who they\u2019re providing money to and what programs are really programs that follow best practice and have a history that demonstrates that this is what we say we\u2019re going to do,\u201d Armstrong said. \u201cWe\u2019ll be able to carry that out.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year, the Kansas City, Missouri, City Council allocated millions for crime prevention, yet much of it remains unspent. Documents reviewed by KMBC News reveal that the funds earmarked for a newly established violence prevention and intervention program have largely been untouched<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2284104,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/kansas-city-skyline.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[32147,32899,32897,32898,32076],"class_list":["post-2284103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-crime-prevention","tag-deadliest-year","tag-kansas-city","tag-unclaimed-funds","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/kansas-city-skyline.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2284103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2284103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2284103\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2284104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2284103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2284103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2284103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}