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Public defenders, case managers and clients urge county to preserve pretrial case‑management funding
Summary
Multiple public commenters, including case managers and a Metropolitan Public Defender director, urged the board to continue funding a case-manager/peer navigator program that helps pretrial clients secure housing, treatment and court compliance.
Several speakers during the March 15 public-comment period urged Multnomah County to preserve funding for case managers assigned through the Metropolitan Public Defender’s Partners for Justice program and related peer navigator services.
Caitlin Hoofnagle, a case manager with Metropolitan Public Defender, described her work connecting clients to housing, treatment and court necessities and read a written testimony from a…
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