Legislation to reform Ohio’s victim compensation program has passed the Ohio House of Representatives with amendments added at the request of Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost. The reforms in Senate ...

Grief is not a one-size-all scenario. Although it's a part of life, it's very much like a fingerprint. We all have one, but it's unique to us. We can't use our fingerprints to replace someone else's - ...

The Center for American Progress, along with 47 organizations, submitted a comment letter advocating on behalf of victims to the U.S. Office for Victims of Crime on the agency’s proposal to replace ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa's Attorney General Brenna Bird released a report Friday, May 31, after a year-and-a-half-long audit into the state's victim services. The victim assistance program helps take ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A national crime victims advocacy group is traveling to cities across the nation to make sure crime victims get the support they need and let them know money could be available to ...

The Office of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced changes Monday to the agency’s Crime Victim Compensation Division ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — New Mexico has a long history of dealing with radiation exposure – from uranium mines to the Trinity Site. Now a last-minute push is underway to continue a federal radiation victim ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — There’s a surcharge paid by criminal offenders in South Dakota that helps pay for the expenses of the victims of the crime. The program is called the victims’ compensation ...

(The Center Square) - Victims’ services providers daily see the toll that violent crime takes on the survivors who walk through their doors. In Lancaster, they joined the Pennsylvania Commission on ...

Michigan’s Crime Victim Compensation program is now more widely available to crime victims and their family members. The maximum award limit has been increased from $25,000 to $45,000 and has expanded ...