For the second year in a row, the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency is looking at a large funding boost and expanded role. The nearly 40-percent increase is included in the new budget bill for Fiscal Year 2023-24 that’s awaiting final approval. Nearly eight-million dollars would be used on a new criminal justice program overseen by the PCCD. It’s the first time that funding would be set aside to pay for legal counsel for indigent defendants.