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Board approves submission of indigent defense grant application with request to MIDC to consider delivery‑model change
Summary
The board approved submitting a Michigan Indigent Defense Commission (MIDC) grant application covering fiscal year 2025–2026 and added an amendment asking county administration to request consideration of a switch to a public defender delivery model.
Mary Gantos, managing attorney for Monroe County Indigent Defense, asked the board to approve submission of a MIDC grant application for fiscal year 2025–2026. The cover letter included program cost, state and local match amounts: a total program cost of $3,880,997.03 with a county local match of $217,053.37, and scheduling of the county's match between 2025 and 2026 budget years.
During discussion a commissioner moved to make…
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