Tuesday, July 13, 2021 Hays County Commissioner Lon Shell provided an update regarding Hays County’s multi-year grant application submitted to the Texas Indigent Defense Commission to fund its public defender services effort. Shell said during Tuesday’s commissioners court meeting that TIDC is in the process of providing funding but Hays County has not yet been awarded funding. “We are still working to find the necessary support from our judiciary to be able to have a shot,” Shell said. “I can’t promise that the funds are going to be there this fiscal year. There are still funds that can be allocated. And as I think the court remembers, we did have a focus on mental health with our programs, which there was additional funding provided by the legislature to TIDC for use for those types of programs.”