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Commission members hear state budget developments that cut proposed victim-witness funding
Summary
Erin Welsh and others told the commission that the Joint Finance Committee removed earlier proposals for additional victim-witness funding and a 60% reimbursement floor from the governor's budget, potentially leaving local victim-witness programs with uncertain funding.
Erin Welsh, who serves as deputy director in the Office of Crime Victim Services at the Wisconsin Department of Justice and as Dane County supervisor for District 7, briefed the commission on recent state budget activity affecting victim services.
"Joint Finance met... Included in there, very unfortunately, was additional funding and or a change in structure of funding for victim witness services throughout the state. It had been…
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