Reports

Annual Report

Fiscal Year 2023- Annual Report

Parents Representation Program

1999 Cost of Defense and Children’s Representation in Dependency and Termination Cases [PDF]
2012 -Evaluation of the impact of enhanced parental legal representation on the timing of permanency outcomes for children in foster care
2011-Follow Up to Parents Representation Program Case Resolution Study [PDF]

Personal Restraint Petition Representation

As directed by the Washington Legislature, the Office of Public Defense reports on its implementation of SB 5046. This report identifies systemic barriers and recommends reforms to improve access to justice through the personal restraint petition (PRP) process.

SB 5046 implementation report [PDF]

Public Defense Improvement Program

Status Report on Public Defense in Washington State

The Status Report discusses recent trends in criminal public defense services, highlights annual accomplishments of OPD's Defense Improvement Program, and lists counties' cities' statistics relating to public defense services.

Criteria and Standards for Determining and Verifying Indigency

2014 Determining and Verifying Indigency for Public Defense [PDF]