The following benefits are available to victims:
- A maximum award of up to $15,000 is available to pay for the following expenses if they are not paid by other sources
- The victim's unreimbursed medical expenses
- The victim's unreimbursed wage loss based on 2/3 of the wages up to a maximum of $600 per week
- Mental health counseling
- Counseling expenses up to $2,500 for eligible family members of homicide victims
- Funeral/burial expenses up to $3,500
- Moving expenses up to $1,000
- Crime scene clean-up expenses
- Other reasonable and necessary expenses incurred as a result of the crime, such as prescriptions, mileage to doctors, eyeglasses
Emergency Awards
An emergency award of up to $2,000 can be awarded a victim if the claim appears to meet the qualifications and the victim will suffer undue financial hardship.
Benefits Not Available
The following benefits are not available:
- Attorney fees
- Pain and suffering
- Property loss