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At its May 3 meeting, the Hays County Commissioners Court submitted a grant application for $1,085,325 to the Texas Indigent Defense Commission, Improvement Grant Program for the Hays County Holistic Public Defense Office and Managed Assigned Counsel Program, generating the request for a Public Defender’s Office. A renewal grant application was also authorized for submission to the Texas Indigent Defense Commission for the Indigent Defense Coordinator grant project in the amount of $77,292, for which the county will provide a cash match of up to 60%. The Commissioners Court proclaimed Ma...

Monday, May 3, 2021 The Hays County Commissioners will vote on the long-awaited resolution directing the grant application for holistic public defense to be submitted. If approved, the application would be submitted to the Texas Indigent Defense Commission (TIDC) for the Hays County Holistic Public Defense Office and Managed Assigned Counsel Program in the amount of $1,085,325. This grant is intended to fund the first year of the proposed Holistic Public Defender Office and Managed Assigned Counsel Program.  From the grant application, the program calls for, “Sound hiring and state-of-the-...

Thursday, April 29, 2021 A Pretrial Services Office and Public Defender is close to becoming a reality in Hays County with a recent recommendation that the commissioners apply for funding.  The Hays County Criminal Justice Coordinating Commission voted in its meeting Wednesday to recommend that the commissioners court submit an application for grant funding from the Texas Indigent Defense Commission for the proposed department and programs.  The proposal comes from Neighborhood Defender Services (NDS), a pioneer in holistic defense in the United States, and outlines a plan for a holistic Pu...

Public meetings for the week of March 8 AGN Media 9 a.m.: Potter County Commissioners' Courtroom located at 500 S. Fillmore, Room 106 Amarillo Hear a presentation by the Neighborhood Defender Service, Inc. on a proposal to operate a Public Defender Office/Managed Assigned Counsel Program on behalf of Potter and Armstrong counties; hear an update from Emily Koller on the neighborhood plan; review county election boundaries as required by Texas Election Code Section 42.031 and take any necessary action; review and recognize Constable Precinct 2's updated and corrected Racial Profiling Report...