Office of Public Defense

Last Updated: 07/16/2026

Budgeted Operating Expenditures

Dollars in Thousands

Does Not Include Higher Education Tuition and Fee Accounts)

Fiscal Year 2026 through July 2026

Office of Public Defense	Fiscal Year 2026 Actual	Fiscal Year Total Estimate	Fiscal Year to Date Actual	Balance
Staffing
Total Full Time Equivalent Staff Years	68	72	68	4
Statewide Totals	68	72	68	4
Programs
Administration	5,933	6,294	5,933	360
Appellate Indigent Defense	14,668	15,395	14,668	726
Dependency and Termination	34,551	33,690	34,551	(861)
Trial Court Indigent Defense	20,616	22,156	20,616	1,539
Grants and Contracted Services	107	300	107	193
Civil Commitments	11,740	13,036	11,740	1,295
Total Programs	87,617	90,870	87,617	3,254
Objects of Expenditures
Salaries and Wages	7,729	7,905	7,729	176
Employee Benefits	2,136	2,213	2,136	77
Professional Service Contracts	1,364	519	1,364	(845)
Goods and Other Services	4,939	6,123	4,939	1,183
Travel	970	881	970	(89)
Capital Outlays	71	133	71	62
Grants, Benefits & Client Services	79,228	83,973	79,228	4,744
Interagency Reimbursements	(8,821)	(10,876)	(8,821)	(2,055)
Intra-Agency Reimbursements
Total Objects of Expenditures	87,617	90,870	87,617	3,254
Source of Funds
General Fund Private/Local	5	5	5
General Fund State	79,542	80,837	79,542	1,295
Other Funds State	8,070	10,028	8,070	1,958
Total Source of Funds	87,617	90,870	87,617	3,254