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Hennepin County Attorney details justice initiatives and requests 4.9% budget increase; highlights victim services, ERPO coordination and youth programs
Summary
County Attorney Mary Moriarty outlined a 2026 operating budget increase of 4.9% driven by personnel costs, and described expanded victim services, coordination for extreme risk protection orders (ERPOs), a "be-at-school" truancy intervention pilot, restorative-practices expansion and a wage-theft unit.
Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty presented the office—s portion of the law, safety and justice budget and described an expanded mix of prosecution, civil services and community-facing programs that, she said, serve residents and county departments.
The budget and the office: Moriarty told the board the office employs more than 500 staff and received more than 10,000 criminal-case referrals this year. The proposed 2026 operating budget shows a 4.9% increase driven primarily by salary and benefit costs; Moriarty said the office will use vacancy-holding, network-storage reductions and curtailed contract and travel spending to help meet budget targets.
Victim support and trauma-informed response: Moriarty highlighted the county attorney—s victim-witness and domestic-abuse teams, noting those staff provided trauma-informed support after…
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