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Have you or a loved one been the

victim of a violent crime?

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

DOMESTIC ABUSE VICTIM COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS IN NEW YORK

Crime victims compensation programs in New York 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 domestic abuse, the crime victim will have most likely have to bear the burden of the financial costs associated with the domestic abuse 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 one has 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 domestic abuse 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 New York State, a victim of domestic abuse can apply to receive money from the crime victims' compensation fund by filing an application with the NYS Office of Victim Services (OVS), formerly referred to as the NY Crime Victims Board (CVB).

If you or a member of your family was a victim of rape, domestic violence, murder or homicide, child abuse, harassment, intimate partner or violence against women, assault, arson, sexual assault, stalking,domestic abuse, elder abuse, gang violence 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. 

  • Medical, dental and counseling bills and expenses
  • Loss or damage of essential personal property (up to $5,000)
  • Burial/funeral costs and expenses (up to $6,000)
  • Lost income, loss of wages or lost support including those of parents if a child victim is hospitalized (up to $30,000)
  • Transportation costs and expenses (necessary court appearances for prosecution)
  • Occupational / vocational rehabilitation
  • Use of shelters by domestic violence victims and their children
  • Crime Scene clean-up (up to $2,500)
  • Good Samaritan property losses (up to $5,000)
  • Moving expenses (up to $2,500)
  • Attorney fees (up to $1,000)

To Begin Your Application

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

DOMESTIC ABUSE VICTIM HELP AND ASSISTANCE IN NEW YORK

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 domestic abuse victim or claimant. This is why it can be extremely beneficial to work with a domestic abuse victim advocate or domestic abuse victim attorney who specializes in criminal injury compensation and who can advise you of your domestic abuse 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​

DOMESTIC ABUSE VICTIM SERVICES IN NEW YORK

The crime victim services are performed by devoted crime victim advocates who will be working with you and assisting you with getting domestic abuse 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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DOMESTIC ABUSE VICTIM ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AND CENTERS IN NEW YORK

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

A New Hope Center Inc.

Advocacy Center Of Tompkins County

Behavioral Health Services North

Bronx County District Attorney

Catholic Charities Of Fulton & Montgomery Counties

Catholic Charities Of Schoharie County

Cattaraugus Community Action Inc.

Cayuga Counseling Services Inc.

Center For Safety & Change, Inc.

Child And Adolescent Treatment Services

Community Agency For Senior Citizens, Inc.

County Of Genesee

Crime Victims Assistance Center, Inc.

Delaware Opportunities Inc.

East Harlem Neighborhood Based Alliance Corporation

Equinox, Inc.

Family Counseling Service Of The Finger Lakes, Inc.

Fulton County District Attorney

Greenwich House Inc.

Herkimer County District Attorney

In Our Own Voices, Inc.

Kings County District Attorney's Office

Lewis County Opportunities, Inc.

McMahon/Ryan Child Advocacy Site, Inc.

Mental Health Association Of Columbia-Greene Counties, Inc.

Nassau County

New York County District Attorney's Office

North Brooklyn Coalition Against Family Violence, Inc.

NYC Department For The Aging

NYC Health & Hospital Corporation: Jacobi

NYS Department of Corrections and Community Supervision

NYS Sheriffs Association Institute, Inc.

Orange County Probation

Oswego County Opportunities Inc.

Parents For Megan's Law, Inc.

Planned Parenthood Of The Southern Finger Lakes, Inc.

Putnam/Northern Westchester Women's Resource Center

Retreat Inc.

Safe Horizon Inc.

Schuyler County

St. Lawrence Valley Renewal House For Victims Of Family Violence, Inc.

Steuben Church People Against Poverty, Inc

The Children’s Aid Society

The New York And Presbyterian Hospital

Unity House Of Troy Inc.

Vera Institute Of Justice, Inc.

Violence Intervention Program Inc.

Westchester Community Opportunity Program, Inc.

YWCA Of Schenectady

Adirondack Health Institute Inc.

Alternatives For Battered Women Inc.

Brighter Tomorrows Inc.

Brooklyn Chinese American Assoc.

Catholic Charities Of Fulton & Montgomery Counties

Catholic Charities Of The Diocese Of Albany

Cattaraugus Community Action Inc.

Cayuga County District Attorney

Center For The Elimination Of Violence In The Family Inc.

Child And Family Services Of Erie County

Connect, Inc.

County Of Monroe

Crime Victims Support Services Of The North Bronx, Inc.

Delaware Opportunities Inc.

EAC, Inc.

Erie County District Attorney

Family Counseling Service Of The Finger Lakes, Inc.

Fund for the City of New York

Greenwich House Inc.

Hopes Door Inc.

Institute For The Puerto Rican/Hispanic Elderly, Inc.

Korean American Family Service Center Inc.

Liberty Resources, Inc.

Mechanicville Area Community Services Center Inc.

Mothers Against Drunk Driving

Neighborhood Self Help By Older Persons Project, Inc.

New York Legal Assistance Group Inc.

Northeast Health Foundation, Inc.

NYC Gay & Lesbian Anti Violence Project

NYC Health & Hospital Corporation: Lincoln

NYS Division Of State Police State Of New York

Onondaga County District Attorney's Office

Orange County Safe Homes Project, Inc.

Pace University

Planned Parenthood Mohawk Hudson, Inc.

Putnam/Northern Westchester Women's Resource Center

Richmond County District Attorney

Sanctuary For Families, Inc.

Seneca County Mental Health Department S

St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center

Suffolk County District Attorney's Office

The New York Center For Children

The Salvation Army

Victim Resource Center Of The Finger Lakes Inc.

Warren County District Attorney's Office

Westchester County District Attorney's Office

YWCA Of The Mohawk Valley

Advocacy Center Of Tompkins County

Barrier Free Living Inc.

Bronx Independent Living Services Inc.

CAMBA Inc.

Catholic Charities Of Saratoga, Warren, And Washington Counties

Catholic Charities Of The Diocese Of Rochester

Cattaraugus Community Action Inc.

Cayuga Seneca Community Action Agency Inc

Chances And Changes, Inc.

City Of Elmira

County Of Albany

County Of Monroe

Crown Heights Jewish Community Council Inc.

Domestic Violence And Rape Crisis Services Of Saratoga County

Edwin Gould Services For Children And Families

Erie County Probation Department

Family Services Inc.

Good Shepherd Services

HANAC Inc.

Icahn School Of Medicine Of Mount Sinai

International Institute Of Buffalo, Inc.

Legal Aid Society Of Rochester NY

Livingston County

Mental Health Association In Orange County Inc.

Mount Sinai Hospital

New York Asian Women’s Center Inc.

Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center

Northwest Buffalo Community Center Inc.

NYC Health & Hospital Corporation: Bellevue

NYC Health & Hospital Corporation: Metropolitan

NYS Justice Center For The Protection Of People With Special Needs

Ontario County

Orleans County

Parents For Megan's Law, Inc.

Planned Parenthood Of Central And Western NY Inc.

Polish Community Center Of Buffalo, Inc.

Queens County District Attorney

Rochester Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Children

Saratoga Center For The Family

SOS Shelter, Inc.

St. Regis Mohawk Tribe

Suicide Prevention & Crisis Services Inc.

The Kingsbridge Heights Community Center Inc.

The Safe Center LI Inc.

Urban Justice Center

Victims Assistance Center Of Jefferson County

Washington County District Attorney's Office

Wyoming County Wyoming County

YWCA Of The Mohawk Valley

Advocacy Center Of Tompkins County

Beth Israel Medical Center

BronxWorks Inc.

Catholic Charities Of Chenango County

Child Advocacy Center

Catskill Regional Medical Center

Cattaraugus Community Action Inc.

Center For Safety & Change, Inc.

Chautauqua County

City Of Rochester, New York

Community Action Of Greene County Inc.

County Of Genesee

Crime Victims Assistance Center, Inc.

Day One New York, Inc.

Dominican Women's Development Center

Empire Justice Center

Family Counseling Center Of Fulton County, Inc.

Friends Of The Chautauqua County Child Advocacy Program

Grace Smith House, Inc.

Help Social Services Corporation

Icahn School Of Medicine Of Mount Sinai

Jamaica Service Program For Older Adults, Inc. (JSPOA)

Legal Services NYC

LSNY Bronx Corporation (Legal Services NYC – Bronx)

Mental Health Association Of Columbia-Greene Counties, Inc.

My Sisters Place, Inc.

New York Asian Women’s Center Inc.

Niagara, County

NYC Alliance Against Sexual Assault

NYC Health & Hospital Corporation: Harlem

NYC Health & Hospital Corporation: NCB

NYS Office For The Prevention Of Domestic Violence

Opportunities For Otsego, Inc.

Oswego County Opportunities Inc.

Parents For Megan's Law, Inc.

Planned Parenthood Of North Country New York Inc.

Putnam County Department Of Social Services

Queens Legal Services Corporation Rensselaer County

Safe Harbors Of The Finger Lakes Inc.

Schenectady County District Attorney

Southern Tier Health Care System Inc.

Start Children's Center, Inc.

The Arab-American Family Support Center

Ulster County

Vera House Inc.

Victims Information Bureau Of Suffolk Inc.

Wayne County

YWCA Of Cortland

YWCA Of Niagara, Inc.

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AREAS WE SERVE FOR VICTIMS OF CRIME IN NEW YORK

New York City

Bronx

Albany

White Plains

Freeport

North Tonawanda

Port Chester

Lindenhurst

Rockville Centre

Kiryas Joel

Mineola

Massapequa Park

Beacon

Westbury

Haverstraw

Fredonia

Mount Kisko

Lancaster

Manhattan

Buffalo

New Rochelle

Hempstead

Valley Stream

Spring Valley

Newburgh

Watertown

Kingston

Plattsburgh

Amsterdam

Cohoes

Batavia

Endicott

Fulton

Corning

Dobbs Ferry

Watervliet

Brooklyn

Rochester

Mount Vernon

Niagara Falls

Rome

Jamestown

Middletown

Glen Cove

Peekskill

Lynbrook

Oswego

Floral Park

Kenmore

Geneva

Patchogue

Lake Grove

Suffern

West Haverstraw

Queens

Yonkers

Schenectady

Troy

Long Beach

Ithaca

Auburn

Saratoga Springs

Garden City

Cortland

Lackawanna

Rye

Depew

Dunkirk

Oneida

Ogdensburg

Woodbury

Staten Island

Syracuse

Utica

Binghamton

Poughkeepsie

Elmira

Harrison

Ossining

Lockport

Mamaroneck

Scarsdale

Gloversville

Johnson City

Babylon

Tarrytown

Massena

Canandaigua


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