The Justice Department has asked agency officials who oversee grants for ideas on clearing homeless encampments and increasing involuntary hospitalization of the mentally ill, according to an email obtained by The Washington Post.

The report comes a day after Reuters said the DOJ was terminating $811 million in grants, including some impacting victim service programs ranging from trauma centers and sign language interpretation for domestic violence victims to police training, according to internal documents and two sources.

After Reuters highlighted some of the cuts on Thursday, though, a Justice Department official said that seven of the victim services grants were being restored.

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