福尔顿县寻求75万美元的州拨款, 以聘请另外两名家庭法院公诉律师. Fulton County seeks $750k state grant to hire two more family court public defenders.

福尔顿县正在寻求75万美元的州拨款, 以使其家庭法院法律人员从一半增加到三名全职公众辩护人. Fulton County is seeking a $750,000 state grant to double its family court legal staff from one-and-a-half to three full-time public defenders. 这三年期的资金旨在处理目前超过容量的大约1000个案件. The three-year funding aims to address a caseload of about 1,000 cases that currently exceeds capacity. 县官员表示这些职位是临时的, 并有助于缓解全州律师短缺问题. County officials say the positions would be temporary and help alleviate a statewide shortage of attorneys.