| Item Title: | PDO - FY2019 TIDC Formula Grant App |
| Submitted By: | Jaime E. Gandara, Chief Public Defender, Public Defender's Office (915) 546-8185 |
| Subject: | Approve and authorize the Public Defender’s office to submit the Texas Indigent Defense Commission (TICD) 2019 Formula Grant Program application. Further, approve and authorize the County Judge to sign the Resolution as a requirement of Indigent Defense Grant program. There is no County match required. |
| Background: | The Texas Indigent Defense Commission (TIDC) awards grants to Counties reimbursing a portion of the Counties' indigent defense costs under a formula basis which considers both the County's population and indigent defense expenditures during the prior fiscal year. El Paso County is automatically eligible to apply to receive a formula grant under the program. |
| Fiscal Impact: | There is no grant match required. TIDC's 2019 formula grant program awards funds based on the County's population and indigent defense expenditures in FY 2018. For the FY 2018 grant program, El Paso County was awarded $619.756.50. The final amount of El Paso County's FY 2019 award will be determined at TIDC's December 2018 meeting. |
| Recommendation: | Approve and authorize the Public Defender’s office to submit the Texas Indigent Defense Commission (TICD) 2019 Formula Grant Program application. Further, approve and authorize the County Judge to sign the Resolution as a requirement of Indigent Defense Grant program. There is no County match required. |
| Prior Action: | The Court has approved submission of grant applications to the TIDC formal grant program on an annual basis since it was established. The FY 2017 application was approved by the Court on November 14, 2016, and the FY 2018 grant award notification was presented to the Court on October 30, 2017. |
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