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Advocates press JFC to fund restorative justice, indigent civil legal services and to move fee revenue to General Fund
Summary
Nonjudicial agency leaders and community advocates urged the Joint Finance Committee to fund restorative justice (VOMP) programs, increase indigent civil legal services, and eliminate or replace court security fees with General Fund support; OPG and OCA also sought staff and contractual adjustments.
Nonjudicial agencies that operate under the judiciary umbrella made direct appeals to the Joint Finance Committee and received public comment from community groups pressing for sustained funding.
Alexandra McFassel, public guardian, requested a $9,000 conversion to a web‑based financial case management system, one additional guardian case manager FTE for Newcastle County and conversion of a casual seasonal monitoring position to a permanent FTE to expand routine monitoring capacity. Tanya Cawley, Delaware’s Child Advocate, requested…
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