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
3. Review
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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