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Have you or a loved one been the

victim of a violent crime?

To Begin Your Application

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Or Call our Support Specialists at (888) 988-0736​

CRIME VICTIM COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS IN TEXAS

Crime victims compensation programs in Texas and throughout the United States provide important and needed help and financial assistance to victims of crime.

As a result of being a victim of crime, the crime victim will have most likely have to bear the burden of the financial costs associated with the crime in addition to recovering from the physical injuries and overcoming post traumatic stress.

The good news is that help is available!

Being a victim of violence or abuse places a tremendous amount of the stress on the victims and their families. They should not have to be concerned with worrying about paying the bills associated with their medical services, counseling services, lost income or funeral and burial expenses where a loved died as a result of being a victim.

Luckily, each state has a crime victim compensation program and a number of them receive funds under the Victim of Crime Act (VOCA) that allows them to offer financial help to crime victims and their families.

In addition to the government funds, the crime victims compensation fund in most states obtain this money almost exclusively from the penalties, fees and fines assessed the perpetrators and criminals who were found guilty of the crime. This provides the states with the resources to also fund programs that provide crime victim assistance and services in your area.

In Texas, a victim of crime can apply to the Texas Attorney General's Office to receive money from the Compensation to Victims of Crime Fund by filing an application with the Crime Victims' Compenation Program (CVC) and receive assistance from the Crime Victim Services Division (CVSD).

If you or a member of your family was a victim of rape, domestic violence, murder or homicide, child abuse, harassment, intimate partner violence or violence against women, assault, arson, sexual assault, stalking, domestic abuse, elder abuse, gang violence or if someone has violated your order of protection (OOP) or protection from abuse order (PFA), we can help you submit an application to see how much help you qualify for.

Under Texas State law, an innocent victim may be entitled to compensation for the following:

  • Medical, dental and mental health counseling bills and expenses
  • Child care costs
  • Replacement costs for clothing, bedding, or property seized as evidence or rendered unusable as a result of the investigation
  • Burial and funeral costs and expenses
  • Loss of earnings or loss of support
  • Transportation and costs and expenses
  • Crime Scene clean-up
  • Catastrophic Injury expenses
  • Relocation expenses and costs
  • Attorney fees

To Begin Your Application

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Or Call our Support Specialists at (888) 988-0736​

CRIME VICTIM HELP AND ASSISTANCE IN TEXAS

You should know, while the victim of crime compensation programs for all states are different and are administered under each state's own laws, the application process can be sometimes be lengthily and requiring extensive follow up by the crime victim or claimant. This is why it can be extremely beneficial to work with a crime victim advocate or crime victim attorney who specializes in criminal injury compensation and who can advise you of your crime victim's rights.

However, all states have similar basic requirements to assess eligibility for financial help and assistance for the victim. In general, a victim is required to do the following:

  • Timely notify and file a report with the police, troopers, sheriff or child protective services, family court or other criminal justice authority or agency responsible for the enforcement of the law
  • Cooperate with law enforcement, the district attorney (DA) and prosecutors in the investigation and prosecution of the claim
  • Submit and file a crime victim compensation application within the allowed time period (exceptions may apply)
  • Have an un-reimbursed expense or loss not being paid for by insurance or another government benefit program (crime victim compensation assistance programs are payers of last resort)
  • That you are not responsible for are engaging in some improper act that contributed to the crime
  • The location, arrest or conviction of the criminal or perpetrator is not a requirement (a prime example is being injured as a result of being a victim of hit and run.) 

To Begin Your Application

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Or Call our Support Specialists at (888) 988-0736​

CRIME VICTIM SERVICES IN TEXAS

The crime victim services are performed by devoted crime victim advocates who will be working with you and assisting you with getting crime victim support services that you need as well as helping you recover the maximum amount of money and obtain compensation from the Office of Victim Services, the Victims Compensation Assistance Program, the Victims of Crime Compensation Office or Office of the Attorney General in the state where you either live or where the crime happened. 

Each and every professional that will be helping you is dedicated to both your financial recovery and your physical and mental recovery too.

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CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AND CENTERS IN TEXAS

These are some of the Victim Assistance Programs (VAP) throughout your state that offer programs that may help the crime victim or assist you if you need additional support services.

Anderson County Criminal District Attorney's Office

81st Judicial District Attorney's Office

Court Appointed Special Advocates of Bastrop County

Lone Star Legal Aid

Child Advocates San Antonio

Family Violence Prevention Services, Inc., DBA Battered Women's Shelter of Bexar County

Northeast Texas CASA, Inc.

Voices for Children, Inc.

Burnet County Sheriff's Office

Highland Lakes Family Crisis Center, Inc.

Victim Center

Friendship of Women, Inc.

Cass County District Attorney's Office

Court Appointed Special Advocates of Collin County, Inc.

Comal County Family Violence Shelter, Inc.

Coryell County Attorney's Office

Dallas Area Rape Crisis Center

Dallas County District Attorney's Office

The Counseling Place

Children's Advocacy Center for Denton County, Inc.

100th Judicial District Attorney's Office

Odessa Rape Crisis Center

El Paso County Sheriff's Office

Cross Timbers Family Services

Fort Bend County Child Advocates, Inc.

Gonzales Regional Children's Advocacy Center, Inc.

Grayson County Childrens' Advocacy Center

Women's Center of East Texas, Inc.

Hardin County

Child Advocates, Incorporated

FamilyTime Crisis and Counseling Center

Northwest Assistance Ministries

University of Houston Law Foundation

The Henderson County Help Center, Inc.

Hill County Attorney's Office

Paluxy River Children's Advocacy Center, Inc.

Hunt County Rape Crisis Center, Inc.

Family Services of Southeast Texas, Inc.

79th Judicial District Attorney's Office

Healing Hearts Ministry, Inc.

CASA for Kids, Inc.

Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) for the Highland Lakes Area

Children's Advocacy Center of the South Plains, Texas, Inc.

Matagorda County Women's Crisis Center, Inc.

City of Bellmead Police Department

CASA of West Texas

Midland County District Attorney's Office

Montgomery County Women's Center

Safe Place, Inc.

Nacogdoches County Attorney's Office

Court Appointed Special Advocates of Nueces County, Inc.

Women's Shelter of South Texas

Court Appointed Special Advocates - Hope for Children, Inc.

Family Support Services of Amarillo

Arrow Child & Family Ministries of Texas

Gateway Family Services, Inc.

East Texas Crisis Center, Inc.

Oficina Legal del Pueblo Unido, Inc.

Texas Department of Public Safety

Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, Inc.

Community Enrichment Center, Inc.

The Women's Center of Tarrant County, Inc.

City of Mount Pleasant Police Department

The Institute of Cognitive Development, Inc.

Austin Children's Shelter

Family Eldercare, Inc.

Mothers Against Drunk Driving North Texas Region

Travis County District Attorney's Office

Golden Crescent Court Appointed Special Advocates, Inc.

Victoria County Criminal District Attorney's Office

Webb County District Attorney's Office

Webb County Sheriff's Office

Wise County Domestic Violence Task Force

Angelina Alliance for Children, Inc.

CASA of South Texas OVAG

The Children's Advocacy Center Serving Bastrop, Lee, and Fayette Counties

Alamo Area Rape Crisis Center

ChildSafe

Bowie County District Attorney's Office

Brazoria County Alliance for Children, Inc.

Women's Center of Brazoria County, Inc.

Family Crisis Center of the Big Bend, Inc.

Highland Lakes Family Crisis Center, Inc.

Cameron County Children Advocacy Centers, Inc.

Friendship of Women, Inc..

Bridgehaven Children's Advocacy Center

Hope's Door

Abigail's Arms Cooke County Family Crisis Center

Brighter Tomorrows, Inc.

Dallas CASA

Trauma Support Services of North Texas

Court Appointed Special Advocates of Denton County, Inc.

Eastland County Crisis Center, Inc.

CASA of El Paso, Inc.

Sexual Trauma and Assault Response Services, Inc.

Fannin County Family Crisis Center, Inc.

CASA of the High Plains, Inc.

Grayson County District Attorney's Office

Guadalupe Valley Family Violence Shelter, Inc.

AVDA

City of Houston Police Department

Houston Area Women's Center, Inc.

The Bridge Over Troubled Waters, Inc.

City of San Marcos Police Department

Children's Advocacy Center of Hidalgo County

Rio Grande Valley Empowerment Zone Corporation

Lake Country CASA OVAG Hopkins

Women In Need, Inc.

Rape and Suicide Crisis of Southeast Texas, Inc.

CASA of Johnson County, Inc.

Kaufman County Children's Connection, Inc.

Lamar County and District Attorney's Office

Lubbock Rape Crisis Center

Women's Protective Services of Lubbock, Inc.

Family Shelter of McCulloch County, Inc.

Family Abuse Center

Midland County Sheriff's Office

City of Mission Police Department

Montgomery County Children's Advocacy Center, Inc.

Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Deep East Texas

Family Counseling Service of Corpus Christi, Texas, Incorporated

Ochiltree County Attorney's Office

Freedom House

Polk County Criminal District Attorney's Office

Roberts County Attorney's Office

Shelby County Children's Advocacy Center, Inc.

Children's Advocacy Centers of Texas, Inc.

Texas Advocacy Project, Inc.

Alliance for Children, Inc.

Legal Aid of NorthWest Texas

City of Abilene Police Department (Child Advocacy Center)

Shelter Agencies for Families in East Texas, Inc.

Tom Green County Attorney's Office

American Gateways

Center for Child Protection

Mothers Against Drunk Driving South Texas Region

Mothers Against Drunk Driving West Texas Region

Travis County Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Survival Center

Victoria County Sheriff's Office

Focusing Families

Children's Advocacy Center of Laredo-Webb County

Northeast Texas Child Advocacy Center, Inc.

Women's Shelter of East Texas, Inc.

Bastrop County Women's Shelter, Inc.

Families in Crisis, Incorporated

Alamo Area Rape Crisis Center

Family Service Association of San Antonio, Inc.

Domestic Violence Prevention, Incorporated

Brazoria County District Attorney's Office

Brazos County Rape Crisis Center, Inc.

Family Crisis Center of the Big Bend, Inc.

Caldwell County Sheriff's Office

Cameron County District Attorney's Office

The Family Crisis Center, Inc.

Crisis Center of Anderson & Cherokee Counties

Rape Crisis Center of Collin County, Inc.

Cooke County Attorney's Office

Catholic Charities of Dallas, Inc.

Dallas Children's Advocacy Center

Dallas County Hospital District

The Family Place

Denton County Friends of the Family, Inc.

City of Odessa Police Department

Center Against Family Violence, Inc.

West Texas Community Supervision and Corrections Department

Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office

Resource and Crisis Center of Galveston County, Texas, Inc.

Grayson County Women's Crisis Line, Inc.

25th Judicial District Attorney's Office

Bay Area Turning Point, Inc.

Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston

Katy Christian Ministries

The Children's Assessment Center Foundation

Hays County Women's Center, Inc.

City of McAllen Police Department

Women Together (Foundation), Inc.

Hood County Sheriff's Office

Houston County Attorney's Office

Hutchinson County Crisis Center, Inc.

City of Hidalgo Police Department

Johnson County Children's Advocacy Center

Hill Country CASA

Leon County District Attorney's Office

Children's Connections, Inc.

Lubbock Victim Assistance Services, Inc.

City of Bay City Police Department

Advocacy Center for Crime Victims and Children

38th Judicial District Attorney's Office

Midland Rape Crisis Center

City of Missouri City Police Department

Montgomery County Women's Center SAPCS-State Montgomery

Navarro County Children's Advocacy Center, Inc.

Nueces County Children's Advocacy Center

Panhandle Crisis Center, Inc.

287th Judicial District Attorney's Office

Amarillo Area Court Appointed Special Advocates, Inc.

Rusk County Children's Advocacy Center, Inc.

CASA for Kids of East Texas, Inc.

Mothers Against Drunk Driving

Texas Association Against Sexual Assault, Inc.

CASA of Tarrant County, Inc.

SafeHaven of Tarrant County

Noah Project, Inc.

Concho Valley Rape Crisis Center

Tom Green County District Attorney's Office

Ascend Center for Learning

Court Appointed Special Advocates of Travis County

Mothers Against Drunk Driving Southeast Texas Region

SAHELI

Bluebonnet Children's Center

Hope of South Texas, Inc.

SAAFE House

Prairie View A&M University

Serving Children and Adults in Need, Inc.

First Step of Wichita Falls, Inc.

Child Advocates CASA of Red River

Women's Shelter of East Texas, Inc.

Bastrop County Women's Shelter, Inc.

Families in Crisis, Incorporated

Catholic Charities, Archdiocese of San Antonio, Inc.

Domestic Violence Prevention, Incorporated

City of Pearland Police Department

Brazos County Rape Crisis Center, Inc.

Scotty's House Brazos Valley Child Advocacy Center, Inc.

Court Appointed Special Advocates in the Heart of Texas

Child Welfare Alliance of Calhoun County, Inc. DBA: The Harbor Children's Alliance and

CASA of Cameron and Willacy Counties, Inc.

The Family Crisis Center, Inc.

Children's Advocacy Center of Collin County, Inc.

CASA of Central Texas, Inc.

Court Appointed Special Advocates of North Texas, Inc.

City of Irving Police Department

Mosaic Family Services, Inc.

Deaf Smith County Criminal District Attorney's Office

Wintergarden Women's Shelter, Inc.

Ector County District Attorney's Office

Diocesan Migrant and Refugee Services, Inc.

CASA for the Cross Timbers Area, Inc. CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate)

Fort Bend County Women's Center, Inc.

Tralee Crisis Center for Women, Inc.

East Texas Child Advocates, Inc.

Crisis Center of the Plains

Boat People SOS-Houston, Inc.

City of La Porte Police Department

Montrose Counseling Center, Inc

The Parris Foundation

The Tahirih Justice Center

Court Appointed Special Advocates of Trinity Valley, Inc.

City of Pharr Police Department

Women Together (Foundation), Inc.

Mission Granbury, Inc.

Rape Crisis Services of Big Spring

Court Appointed Special Advocates of Southeast Texas, Inc.

Johnson County Family Crisis Center

Hill Country Crisis Council, Inc.

Limestone County District Attorney's Office

CASA of the South Plains, Inc.

The Legal Aid Society of Lubbock County, Texas

Matagorda County Women's Crisis Center, Inc.

City of Waco Police Department

City of Midland Police Department

Safe Place of the Permian Basin

City of Patton Village Police Department

Navarro County District Attorney's Office

Children Advocacy Centers of West Texas, Inc.

Nueces County MHMR Community Center

Permian Basin Community Supervision and Corrections Department

The Bridge

San Saba County Attorney's Office

Children's Advocacy Center of Smith County, Inc.

National Domestic Violence Hotline

Texas Department of Criminal Justice

City of Fort Worth Police Department

Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney's Office

Regional Crime Victim Crisis Center

The Children's Advocacy Center of Tom Green County, Inc.

Tom Green County Sheriff's Office

Austin Child Guidance Center

Mothers Against Drunk Driving East Texas Region

Mothers Against Drunk Driving State/Central Texas Region

The Christi Center, Inc.

Children's Advocacy Center of Van Zandt County, Inc.

Mid-Coast Family Services, Inc.

Family Ties, Family Resource Services

CASA for Kids of South Central Texas

Casa de Misericordia

Williamson County Crisis Center

AREAS WE SERVE FOR VICTIMS OF CRIME IN TEXAS

Houston

Arlington

Lubbock

Brownsville

Killeen

Frisco

Round Rock

San Angelo

Edinburg

Missouri City

Victoria

Port Arthur

Bedford

San Marcos

Huntsville

Burleson

Weslaco

Nacogdoches

Rosenberg

Big Spring

Eagle Pass

Seguin

Balch Springs

Denison

Saginaw

Dickinson

Belton

Stafford

Bellaire

Gainesville

Brenham

Cibolo

Seagoville

Jacksonville

Hewitt

Addison

Athens

Santa Fe

El Campo

Clute

Azle

Tomball

Boerne

San Antonio

El Paso

Garland

Pasadena

Waco

Denton

Richardson

Pearland

Mission

Temple

New Braunfels

Euless

Pflugerville

Haltom City

Duncanville

Texarkana

Del Rio

Copperas Cove

Waxahachie

Lake Jackson

Kingsville

Paris

Marshall

Kerrville

Brownwood

Orange

Converse

Bay City

Mineral Wells

Terrell

Mercedes

Taylor

West University Place

La Marque

Levelland

Port Neches

Lockhart

Freeport

Robstown

Snyder

Sweetwater

Vidor

Webster

Dallas

Corpus Christi

Irving

Mesquite

Carrollton

Midland

Tyler

Allen

Bryan

Harlingen

Mansfield

Cedar Park

Grapevine

Wylie

Sherman

Lancaster

Lufkin

Socorro

Cleburne

Harker Heights

Little Elm

San Benito

Watauga

Plainview

Alice

Universal City

Midlothian

Nederland

Horizon City

Donna

Mount Pleasant

Humble

Hutto

Katy

Canyon

Kilgore

Forest Hill

Seabrook

Lakeway

Hidalgo

Galena Park

Jacinto City

Leon Valley

Austin

Plano

Amarillo

McKinney

Beaumont

Wichita Falls

Lewisville

League City

Baytown

Flower Mound

Conroe

Galveston

Texas City

Keller

Rockwall

The Colony

San Juan

Deer Park

Farmers Branch

Southlake

Greenville

Alvin

University Park

Benbrook

Angleton

Ennis

Pampa

Stephenville

Groves

Gatesville

Sulphur Springs

Portland

Dumas

Rio Grande City

Borger

Beeville

Alton

Lumberton

Raymondville

Andrews

Burkburnett

Fredericksburg

Bonham

Fort Worth

Laredo

Grand Prairie

McAllen

Abilene

Odessa

College Station

Longview

Pharr

North Richland Hills

Rowlett

Georgetown

Cedar Hill

Coppell

Hurs

Friendswood

La Porte

Schertz

Kyle

Leander

Weatherford

Corsicana

Colleyville

Corinth

Palestine

Alamo

Murphy

South Houston

White Settlement

Uvalde

Hereford

Highland Village

Forney

Henderson

Live Oak

Crowley

Port Lavaca

Richmond

Glenn Heights

Vernon

Red Oak

Robinson

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