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Committee approves forwarding $150,000 Crank Start Foundation grant to expand Public Defender pretrial unit
Summary
The Budget & Finance Committee forwarded to the full Board a retroactive accept-and-expend request allowing the Public Defender—s office to use a $150,000 grant to expand a half-time attorney position in the Pretrial Release Unit (PRU) to full-time, boosting capacity to meet arraignment and pretrial needs.
The Budget & Finance Committee voted to forward to the full Board a retroactive authorization for the Public Defender—s Office to accept and expend a $150,000 grant from the Crank Start Foundation to expand capacity in the Pretrial Release Unit (PRU).
Lisonbee McCost, chief of staff for the Public Defender,…
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