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County to accept Title IV‑E child‑representation funding; criminal court attorney‑fee budget moves to CLS
Summary
The Commissioners Court accepted $600,000 in Title IV‑E funding for child and parental representation and approved a no‑cost transfer of criminal court attorney‑fee budget and one FTE into Community & Legal Services.
Travis County on Sept. 3 approved actions to expand legal representation for children and parents and to realign existing attorney‑fee budgets.
County staff said a Title IV‑E funding entitlement from the state will bring an estimated $1,200,000 annually to the county for child and parental representation; the auditor agreed to certify half of that amount now, allowing the county to budget $600,000 in the coming year. County…
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