Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Indigent Defense Commission seeks ongoing grant funding and appellate resources; members discuss forensic social-worker pilot
Summary
Matt Maraza of the Indigent Defense Commission described a request to make $700,000 in grant support ongoing and asked for $1.1M ongoing for appellate defense staffing to address a growing backlog; lawmakers and the commission discussed a Weber County forensic social-worker pilot that reduces jail days and whether funding belongs in criminal-justice or HHS budgets.
Matt Maraza, Executive Director of the Indigent Defense Commission (IDC), told the subcommittee the IDC was created to standardize and strengthen indigent defense across counties. He described three main program areas: a network of managing defenders, expanded training (about 1,300 attendees last year) and a grant program that distributed roughly $7.4M to…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
