Supplemental appropriation of $750,000 for additional attorneys dedicated to juvenile matters in New Jersey.
The bill provides a supplemental appropriation of $750,000 for Fiscal Year 2024 to the Office of the Public Defender’s Trial Services to Indigents program. This funding will support eight additional attorneys focused on juvenile post-dispositional work and caseload reduction, particularly in Essex and Atlantic counties. The rise in youth custodial sentences and the length of stay has increased the juvenile caseloads for the Office of the Public Defender.
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