Crime Victim's Compensation

The Crime Victims' Compensation program is available to assist victims of violent crime with expenses associated with the crime. In order to receive financial assistance from the fund, victims must complete an application for benefits. The fund is able to pay for a variety of expenses including:

• Medical Bills
• Counseling
• Loss of earnings or support
• Loss of wages due to participation in, or attendance at, the investigation, prosecutorial and judicial process and travel
• Child or dependent care
• Funeral and burial expense
• Crime Scene clean up
• Counseling
• Replacement cost for clothing, bedding or property seized as evidence or rendered unusable as the result of the investigation
• Reasonable attorney fees for assistance in filing the application and in obtaining benefits, if the claim is approved
• Reasonable travel expenses incurred in participation in or attendance at the investigation, prosecution, judicial and post adjudication process

The amount of compensation available for crimes that occur after September 1, 1997, is $50,000. Crimes that occurred before that date have a $25,000 maximum.