DETROIT (Michigan News Source) – The city of Detroit is expecting to spend $7.2 million on representing indigent people in 2025-26.

Detroit is receiving a $6.1 million grant from the Michigan Indigent Defense Commission which requires a $1.1 million match from the city. The money is used to represent people without the resources to hire an attorney who appear in 36th District Court.

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The city council is set to accept the grant at its July 15 meeting.

Statewide, the Michigan Indigent Defense Commission has increased its grant spending from $86.7 million grants approved in FY 2019 to $295.2 million in FY 2025.

The state legislature created The Michigan Indigent Defense Commission in 2013; in addition, it is funded by the state Legislature.