TIDC safeguards liberty by ensuring that Texas and its 254 counties provide the right to counsel guaranteed by the United States and Texas Constitutions. 

TIDC's work takes three main forms: funding, oversight, and improvement.

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Funding

TIDC funds public defense in each of Texas’s 254 counties. TIDC also funds 6 innocence projects.

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Oversight

TIDC monitors indigent defense in all 254 counties through data collection and in-person audits.

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Improvement

TIDC improves indigent defense through system building, training, mentoring, model forms, and publications.

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Annual Reports

Annual Report FY2021
Annual Report FY2021
Annual Report FY2020
Annual Report FY2020
Annual Report FY2019
Annual Report FY2019
Annual Report FY2018
Annual Report FY2018
Annual Report FY2017
Annual Report FY2017
Expenditure Report FY2017
Expenditure Report FY2017
Annual Report FY2016
Annual Report FY2016
Expenditure Report FY2016
Expenditure Report FY2016
Annual and Expenditure Report FY2015
Annual and Expenditure Report FY2015
Annual and Expenditure Report FY2014
Annual and Expenditure Report FY2014
Annual and Expenditure Report FY2013
Annual and Expenditure Report FY2013
Annual and Expenditure Report FY2012
Annual and Expenditure Report FY2012
Annual and Expenditure Report FY2011
Annual and Expenditure Report FY2011
Annual and Expenditure Report FY2010
Annual and Expenditure Report FY2010
Annual and Expenditure Report FY2009
Annual and Expenditure Report FY2009
Annual and Expenditure Report FY2008
Annual and Expenditure Report FY2008
Annual and Expenditure Report FY2007
Annual and Expenditure Report FY2007
Annual and Expenditure Report FY2006
Annual and Expenditure Report FY2006
Annual and Expenditure Report FY2005
Annual and Expenditure Report FY2005
Annual and Expenditure Report FY2004
Annual and Expenditure Report FY2004
Annual Report FY2003
Annual Report FY2003
Annual Expenditure Report FY2003
Annual Expenditure Report FY2003
Annual Report FY2002
Annual Report FY2002

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