Who gets the "free" $2,000,000??!!-----Critics say anti-violence program pays criminals

Lawmaker requests $2 million from taxpayers for program in budget earmark
News Story - Jamie A. Hope

Rep. Emily Dievendorf, D-Lansing, requested $2 million in taxpayer funding for a nonprofit program that has drawn criticism in other states for reportedly working with violent offenders while not cooperating with police investigations...
Dievendorf’s request states that Lansing saw a 19% decrease in shooting incidents — and a 52% decrease in fatal shootings — in the two years after the program launched in 2022. 

• The request offered no evidence that the program contributed to those declines...

Critics have said Advance Peace pays criminals not to commit crimes, according to a 2021 ABC News report about the program’s operation in Fresno, California....