Federal budget cuts could gut rural drug efforts
By Steve Bauer
Sunday February 3, 2008
A two-thirds cut in federal funding for a drug enforcement program could wipe out rural task force groups in Danville and Mattoon.
In December, Congress approved cuts of 67 percent for a program included under the Omnibus Appropriations Bill for the federal fiscal year beginning in October. The Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program cut was $350 million or 67 percent nationwide, said Lori Levin, director of the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority.
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