Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Wednesday said he is proposing an additional $8.3 million over two years to help address caseload and staffing concerns for the state Public Defender Agency and Office of Public Advocacy.
Budget amendments outlined by Dunleavy in a news conference Wednesday also include funding for positions to help address a backlog in applications for food stamp benefits and to prepare for Medicaid eligibility determinations.
In December, Dunleavy released his budget plan for the upcoming fiscal year, and his administration has also made supplemental spending requests for the current year. Lawmakers use the governor’s budget proposal as a starting point as they craft a state spending plan. His proposed amendments include spending requests for the current year and for the fiscal year that will begin July 1.
Samantha Cherot, the state public defender, last month asked the judges overseeing the Nome and Bethel judicial districts to direct Superior Court judges there to not assign new cases to the agency for certain felonies that include the most serious and complex crimes. She said the agency has long struggled to recruit and retain qualified attorneys and that recent resignations had left the agency without enough experienced attorneys in those regions to handle new, complicated cases.
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