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Warren County wins $750,000 ILS award to expand Article 10 defense; committee approves salary increase for specialist attorney
Summary
The committee accepted a $750,000 Indigent Legal Services grant over three years to fund specialized Article 10 family court representation, approved adding the award to the county budget, and voted to raise an assistant public defender's base salary to $117,024 using grant funds.
Warren County’s Criminal Justice, Public Safety and Emergency Services Committee on June 23 approved the county’s acceptance of a $750,000 grant from the state’s Indigent Legal Services (ILS) program to fund improvements in representation for Family Court Article 10 proceedings and authorized a salary increase for a nonunion assistant public defender position funded by the grant.
Public Defender Greg (first name used in meeting) told the committee the award — $750,000 over three years — was approved in December after an application drafted by First Assistant Public Defender Aaron Coleman. “For an individual county to access these funds, a grant application had to be submitted specifying what the county applicant intends to do with these funds,” he said.
The county intends to use…
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