Welcome to the Texas Indigent Defense Commission.
TIDC funds, oversees, and improves public defense throughout the State of Texas. Here, you can research funding opportunities, explore data, report data, request a public defender planning study, and much more.
Latest News
- Press Release: Texas Indigent Defense Commission Approves Legislative Appropriations Request and Awards More Than $40.5 Million in Grant Funding as Texas Marks 25th Anniversary of the Fair Defense Act
- Full Board Meeting: August 21st, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. Live on YouTube
- FY2027 Improvement Grant Request for Applications (RFA)
- FY2026 - 2027 Temporary or One-Time Assistance for Existing Indigent Defense Programs Serving Rural Texas Supplemental Request for Applications
- FY2025 Indigent Defense Expenditure Report (IDER) Manual
Trainings & Publications
- FY27 Improvement Grant Application Training Recording - July 2, 2026
- 2025-2027 Texas Fair Defense Laws
- County Stakeholder's Manual: A Guide for New Grant Recipients
- FY2025 Reporting Trainings:
- Adult Criminal-Juvenile Indigent Defense (ID) Plan Training
- Family Protection Representation (FPR) Indigent Defense (ID) Plan Training
- Family Protection Representation (FPR) Indigent Defense Expenditure Report (IDER) Training
- Adult Criminal-Juvenile Indigent Defense Expenditure Report (IDER) Training & Adult Criminal-Juvenile IDER Training Slide Deck
- 2026 TIDC Indigent Defense Workshop Recordings
- Defending Liberty: Challenges and Solutions for Protecting the Right to Counsel in Texas Recording | Highlights