New grants were just released for victim compensation but they are smaller than the previous award season.The Department of ...

(CNN) — Here is a look at the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (VCF) and the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010. From 2001 to 2003, the September 11th Victim Compensation ...

Washington, D.C. — The Center for American Progress and Common Justice have partnered to launch the “State Victim Compensation Statute Rubric,” a comprehensive review and evaluation of crime victim ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — They chanted "survivors can't wait, New York state must compensate," on Jefferson Avenue on Wednesday morning. Crime victims and survivors want the governor of New York to sign the ...

Nearly 25,000 victims of Bernie Madoff’s historic Ponzi scheme will receive a total of close to $160 million in government-seized compensation funds—the Justice Department’s ninth such payout to ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - More than $545,000 was awarded to victims of crime from the Crime Victims Compensation Board during the second quarter. Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach said the Board awarded ...

Since 2021, the Legislature has considered legislation to remove barriers to victim compensation for survivors of crime. A new report highlighting racial disparities in victim compensation packages ...