2019 MIDC Annual Impact Report

Mid-Michigan
$11,098,976.28 in state funding
distributed for 23 compliance plans
Isabella County established a PD office as a
county department and handles all cases
except conflict and multi-defendant cases. The
office is housed in a building owned by the
county in a medical complex and offers full
public transportation availability for clients;
An 8-county alliance has established a
creative approach to management of lowpopulation
systems with limited access to
attorneys. These counties (Clare, Gladwin,
Mecosta, Osceola, Mason, Lake, Newaygo
and Oceana) have joined together to hire the
same firm to manage each of their plans;
Some systems, such as Ogemaw and Iosco,
continued their flat fee contracts, with added
compensation for Standard 4. These systems
are both exploring system change to hourly in
the coming year. Some with previous hourly
arrangements, such as Huron, Tuscola, Sanilac
and Clare/Gladwin, increased their rates and
fully implemented attorney training to
improve the quality of services;
Nearly all the systems in mid-Michigan have
implemented programs with independence
from the judiciary. No system in mid-
Michigan remains fully controlled by the
judiciary as of the end of the calendar year.
Saginaw County purchased a large law office building
nearly adjacent to the courthouse and updated it to meet
the needs of the new non-profit agency defender office.
MIDC 2019 Impact Report – page 30