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Office of the Child Advocate seeks two investigators; LBC did not recommend enhancement
Summary
The newly independent Office of the Child Advocate requested two additional investigator positions to handle an expanded caseload created by Senate Bill 115; the Legislative Budget Committee did not include those positions in its recommendation, though the governor’s proposal did.
Amanda (Legislative Research) and Carrie Leonard, acting Child Advocate, told the Committee on Social Services Budget that the Office of the Child Advocate is now an independent state agency, funded with State General Fund dollars after Senate Bill 115 established the office by statute and expanded its jurisdiction to include children who received services from the Department of Corrections within the last five years.
Leonard said the office carried forward approximately $130,000 from its prior…
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