The U.S. Justice Department has stripped millions of dollars in grants to Massachusetts nonprofits that work to reduce violence and support victims, according to internal records first reported by the Washington Post.

The Chelsea-based nonprofit Roca, which for decades has worked to reduce violence and recidivism, is among the organizations affected. Dwight Robson, Roca’s executive vice president of operations, said the DOJ rescinded $6 million in grants to the nonprofit, which had yet to spend $4 million of that amount.

“We were obviously very disappointed to receive three termination letters from the Department of Justice for grants that support our efforts to prevent violence and enhance public safety in Boston, Springfield, Hartford and Baltimore,” said Robson.

Roca worked with more than 1,300 young people last year in Massachusetts alone. Robson added that their work, which engages both with youth and police, “dramatically” reduces rates of homicide and recidivism.

“For those engaged in our program for two-plus years, 91% had no new arrests and 97% had no new incarcerations,” he said.

In the termination letters sent out this week, the DOJ offered organizations a 30-day window to appeal. Robson suggested Roca will do so. “But beyond that, the only way to recover it is to seek other sources of funding,” he said. The Department of Justice was one of Roca’s biggest funders, according to the nonprofit’s 2024 data.

Nationwide, the DOJ’s Office of Justice Programs canceled at least 365 grants because they reportedly did not align with Trump administration priorities.

On the social media platform X, Attorney General Pam Bondi ridiculed some of the now-canceled funding initiatives, including a grant to support incarcerated transgender individuals.

GBH News reached out to 10 organizations in Massachusetts facing potential funding losses based on the allocation of previous federal grants. Only one, Roca, chose to address the crisis publicly.

The Boston-based Community Resources for Justice was the hardest hit, with $37 million in federal grants being cut. According to the group’s website, it provides “reentry services, domestic violence treatment and education, mentoring programs, and intensive outpatient programs.”

UTEC, a Lowell-based group that combats gang violence by training young people in woodworking, mattress repair and food preparation, confirmed that it too had been stripped of some of its federal funding.

GBH News identified a couple of prominent Boston-area organizations that were spared from the DOJ’s cuts, even though they conduct similar work in crime prevention and victim assistance. An executive director at one of those groups told GBH News that it was trying to stay under the radar and could not comment on this latest Trump administration action for fear that its funding would be slashed.

Robson of Roca said the letter they received “simply suggests that the work of the grant is no longer aligned with the policy objectives of the department.”

“I really can’t understand it,” he said. “I think we’re aligned from the standpoint of wanting to reduce violence, support young people, help them transform their lives so that they can get an education, get a job, become, you know, productive members of society and support themselves and their families. Fewer incarcerations, no new arrests, reduced rates of homicide, and millions saved in costs that otherwise would be incurred for incarceration.”