Texas Indigent Defense Commission

Funding

TIDC funds public defense in each of Texas's 254 counties. TIDC funding comes in 4 forms:

Improvement Grants
Formula Grants
Innocence Projects
Extraordinary Grants

Funding Types

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Improvement Grants

TIDC funds improvements to indigent defense systems, including new public defender offices.

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Formula Grants

TIDC reimburses Texas counties for a portion of their indigent defense expenditures.

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Innocence Projects

TIDC funds 6 innocence projects, each attached to a Texas law school.

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Extraordinary Grants

This program is designed to provide assistance to counties that incur extraordinary indigent defense expenses that cause the county a significant financial hardship.

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Grant Reporting

If you've received a TIDC grant, you can file your grant reports here.

Have Questions?

TIDC's Grant Team can help.

Director of Grant Funding

Edwin Colfax

Budget and Accounting Analyst

Sharon Whitfield

Grants Specialist

Doriana Torres

Grants Specialist

Eric Schneider

Fiscal Analyst

Debra Stewart