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Public Defender Association reports caseload decline, outlines staffing and funding goals
Summary
Utah County Public Defender Association told commissioners that trials set for trial fell from roughly 110 to about 60, contends social workers and interns reduced costs and improved services, and reported a cost-per-case estimate of $1,262 while noting IDC matching funds and a $234,000 budget exceedance offset by COVID credits.
Representatives of the Utah County Public Defender Association briefed the commission during a work session on March 2 about last year’s performance, finances and goals for 2022.
Benjamin Young, financial manager for the Public Defender Association, said the organization is a 501(c)(3) that receives the bulk of its revenue from the Utah County budget supplemented by Indigent Defense Commission (IDC) matching funds. He reported a cost-per-case…
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