States provide compensation to families of homicide victims to pay the medical bills and funeral or burial expenses, crime scene clean up, and to pay for counseling and loss of income. The amount that is paid can be between $10,000 to $100,000.
Compensation can be paid even when no one is arrested or convicted for the crime.
To apply, you must file a claim form in the state where the crime occurred. You can find information about your state program, here:
- Alabama Crime Victims Compensation Commission
- Alaska Violent Crime Compensation Board
- Arizona Criminal Justice Commission
- Arkansas Crime Victims Reparations Board
- California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board
- Colorado Division of Public Safety
- Connecticut Office of Victim Services
- Delaware Violent Crimes Compensation Board
- District of Columbia Crime Victims Compensation Program
- Florida Division of Victim Services and Criminal Justice Programs
- Georgia Crime Victims Compensation Program
- Hawaii Crime Victim Compensation Commission
- Idaho Industrial Commission
- Illinois Crime Victim Compensation Bureau
- Indiana Violent Crime Victim Compensation Fund
- Iowa Crime Victim Assistance Division
- Kansas Crime Victims Compensation Board
- Kentucky Crime Victims Compensation Board
- Louisiana Crime Victims Reparations Board
- Maine Victims’ Compensation Program
- Maryland Criminal Injuries Compensation Board
- Massachusetts Victim Compensation and Assistance Division
- Minnesota Crime Victim Reparations Board
- Michigan Crime Victim Services Commission
- Mississippi Crime Victim Compensation Division
- Missouri Crime Victims’ Compensation Program
- Montana Crime Victims Unit Board of Crime Control
- Nebraska Crime Victim Reparations Program
- Nevada Victims of Crime Program
- New Hampshire Victims’ Assistance Commission
- New Jersey Victims of Crime Compensation Board
- New Mexico Crime Victims Reparations Commission
- New York Office of Victim Services
- North Carolina Crime Victims Compensation Division
- North Dakota Crime Victims Compensation Program
- Ohio Office of the Attorney General Crime Victim Services
- Oklahoma Crime Victims Compensation Board
- Oregon Crime Victims Assistance Section
- Pennsylvania Victims Compensation Assistance Program
- Puerto Rico Office of Compensation for Crime Victims
- Rhode Island Crime Victim Compensation Program
- South Carolina Office of Victim Assistance
- South Dakota Crime Victims’ Compensation Program
- Tennessee Criminal Injuries Compensation Program
- Texas Crime Victims Compensation Division
- Utah Office of Crime Victim Reparations
- Vermont Center for Crime Victim Services
- Virginia Criminal Injuries Compensation Board
- Virgin Islands Criminal Victims Compensation Commission
- Washington State Crime Victim Compensation Program
- West Virginia Court of Claims
- Wisconsin Office of Crime Victim Services
- Wyoming Division of Victim Services
