Chapter 10.101 RCW Public Defense Improvement Funds

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Chapter 10.101.050 RCW: Indigent Defense Services establishes a state-funded grant program to improve public defense services in cities and counties. Grant funds are to be used to make appreciable, demonstrable improvements in the delivery of public defense services. Each year, OPD distributes more than one million dollars to cities for making and/or sustaining improvements to public defense. Cities may apply for these grant funds under a competitive program described in Chapter 10.101 RCW. Each county that applies for Chapter 10.101 RCW funds receives a pro-rata share of available state funding, based on the formula and other criteria in RCW 10.101.070.


10.101 Grant Funds

OPD is now accepting county and city RCW 10.101 funds applications.
 

1. Apply

🎥 10.101 Application Video Guide

2026 County Application Last revised: 07/16/2025

2026 - 2027 City Application Last revised: 06/25/2025

 

2. Submit 

🕘Due Date: July 25, 2025​​

 MFT.wa.gov ►   

MFT Submission Instructions

 

3. Review

Permitted Uses of State Funds

City Application Evaluation Factors

 

4. Disbursement

Increase in RCW 10.101 Funds Statement

County Funding Disbursement Estimate for 2026
 


County Recipients
 

How is the amount determined?
The amounts for each county may differ from prior year funding amounts primarily due to a county's increase or decrease in felony filings. Felony filings are a significant factor in the funding distribution formula established in RCW 10.101.070.

County Funds Distribution:

Calendar Year 2025

Adams - $26,125

Asotin - $31,561

Benton - $184,809

Chelan - $78,881

Clallam - $61,823

Clark - $441,803

Columbia - $15,170

Cowlitz - $135,056

Douglas - $39,080

Ferry - $14,924

Franklin - $84,474

Garfield - $10,488

Grant - $87,946

Grays Harbor - $76,592

Island - $54,677

Jefferson - $32,471

King - $1,219,718

Kitsap - $177,170

Kittitas - $51,315

Klickitat - $21,894

Lewis - $111,691

Lincoln - $17,145

Mason - $61,303

Okanogan - $48,601

Pacific - $26,271

Pend Oreille - $20,591

Pierce - $638,449

San Juan - $17,575

Skagit - $127,772

Skamania - $17,447

Snohomish - $451,616

Spokane - $554,996

Stevens - $54,212

Thurston - $240,234

Wahkiakum - $12,579

Walla Walla - $60,784

Whatcom - $213,104

Whitman - $41,306

Yakima - $260,021 

Calendar Year 2024

Adams - $30,704

Asotin - $30,299

Benton - $184,425

Chelan - $81,079

Clallam - $69,748

Clark - $439,905

Columbia - $15,133

Cowlitz - $160,182

Douglas - $40,188

Ferry - $14,192

Franklin - $93,790

Garfield - $10,768

Grant - $92,818

Grays Harbor - $78,337

Island - $56,740

Jefferson - $29,406

King - $1,232,875

Kitsap - $196,751

Kittitas - $52,170

Klickitat - $22,403

Lewis - $103,435

Lincoln - $19,204

Mason - $62,656

Okanogan - $48,919

Pacific - $26,856

Pend Oreille - $21,111

Pierce - $640,504

San Juan - $18,557

Skagit - $129,604

Skamania - $18,404

Snohomish - $436,528

Spokane - $486,164

Stevens - $47,147

Thurston - $216,629

Wahkiakum - $12,216

Walla Walla - $63,687

Whatcom - $213,905

Whitman - $42,353

Yakima - $281,884

Calendar Year 2023

Adams - $27,28

Asotin - $28,114

Benton - $188,894

Chelan - $77,326

Clallam - $67,671

Clark - $394,068

Columbia - $12,366

Cowlitz - $154,932

Douglas - $38,162

Ferry - $14,582

Franklin - $82,562

Garfield - $11,171

Grant - $92,111

Grays Harbor - $77,689

Island - $54,996

Jefferson - $32,375

King - $1,223,358

Kitsap - $186,106

Kittitas - $50,597

Klickitat - $22,499

Lewis - $103,722

Lincoln - $18,412

Mason - $64,058

Okanogan - $48,532

Pacific - $28,879

Pend Oreille - $18,880

Pierce - $691,483

San Juan - $17,087

Skagit - $127,668

Skamania - $17,087

Snohomish - $429,925

Spokane - $550,552

Stevens - $48,757

Thurston - $219,247

Wahkiakum - $12,200

Walla Walla - $62,860

Whatcom - $200,639

Whitman - $39,672

Yakima - $284,493

City Recipients
 

What can cities use grant funds for?
Providing counsel at first appearance, adding attorneys to reduce caseloads, increasing attorney compensation, paying for professional investigator and expert services, providing interpreters for attorney-client meetings, and integrating social services to public defense representation.

City Funds Distribution:

Calendar Years 2024 and 2025

Aberdeen - $59,000

Asotin - $2,000

Battle Ground - $14,000

Bremerton - $17,000

Burien - $10,000

Chehalis - $17,500

Cheney - $15,000

College Place - $4,000

Covington - $3,000

East Wenatchee - $20,000

Everett - $45,000

Fife - $22,500

Granger - $8,000

Hoquiam - $22,500

Kelso - $55,000

Lacey - $8,000

Lake Stevens/Arlington - $18,000

Lakewood - $34,000

Longview - $70,000

Medical Lake - $2,000

Monroe - $11,000

Olympia - $74,000

Pasco - $50,275

Port Orchard - $12,000

Shelton - $39,000

Spokane - $93,000

Spokane Valley - $19,500

Sunnyside - $66,000

Tacoma - $47,000

Tukwila - $37,500

Union Gap - $16,500

Vancouver - $30,000

Yakima - $86,000

Calendar Years 2022 and 2023

Aberdeen - $59,000

Airway Heights - $13,000

Asotin - $2,000

Battle Ground - $12,000

Bremerton - $17,000

Burien - $8,000

Chehalis - $14,500

Cheney - $15,000

East Wenatchee - $18,000

Everett - $45,000

Fife - $22,500

Granger - $7,000

Hoquiam - $21,000

Kelso - $55,000

Kent - $25,250

Lacey - $8,000

Lake Stevens/Arlington - $18,000

Lakewood - $34,000

Longview - $70,000

Medical Lake - $2,000

Monroe - $11,000

Olympia - $65,000

Pasco - $40,000

Port Orchard - $12,000

Shelton - $34,000

Spokane - $93,000

Spokane Valley - $19,500

Sunnyside - $66,000

Tacoma - $47,000

Toppenish - $16,000

Tukwila - $37,500

Union Gap - $20,000

Yakima - $86,000


 Policies and Standards

Supreme Court Order: Public Defense Caseload Standards Last revised: 06/09/2025

Attorney Time Reporting Policy

Attorney Training Policy