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STALKING VICTIM COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS IN NEW JERSEY
Crime victims compensation programs in New Jersey 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 stalking victim will have most likely have to bear the burden of the financial costs associated with the stalking 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 or VOCA that allows them to offer financial help to stalking 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 Jersey, a victim of stalking can apply to receive money from the crime victims' compensation fund by filing an application with the NJ Victim of Crime Compensation Office of Victim Services (VCCO), formerly referred to as the Victims of Crime Compensation Board (VCCB).
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 Under New Jersey State law, an innocent victim may be entitled to compensation for the following, up to a total award of $25,000:
- Medical, dental and mental health counseling bills and expenses
- Domestic Services for child care, day and after school care costs
- Burial/funeral costs and expenses
- Lost income, loss of wages or lost support
- Catastrophic Benefits for home/vehicle modifications and rehabilitative services only
- Transportation costs to funeral and medical treatment
- Crime Scene clean-up
- Reimbursement for stolen cash
- Relocation expenses and
- Attorney fees
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STALKING VICTIM HELP AND ASSISTANCE IN NEW JERSEY
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 stalking victim or claimant. This is why it can be extremely beneficial to work with a stalking victim advocate or stalking victim attorney who specializes in criminal injury compensation and who can advise you of your stalking 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
- 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.)
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STALKING VICTIM SERVICES IN NEW JERSEY
The crime victim services are performed by devoted crime victim advocates who will be working with you and assisting you with getting stalking 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.
STALKING VICTIM ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AND CENTERS IN NEW JERSEY
These are some of the Victim Assistance Programs (VAP) throughout your state that offer programs to that may help the stalking victim or assist you if you need additional support services.
Family Service Associationmay
The Safe House
Warren County Legal Services
End DWI, Inc.
Deirdre O'Brien Child Advocacy Center
Women Aware, Inc.
Burlington County Prosecutor's Office (SANE) Program
Center for Family Services
Hudson SPEAKS
180 Turning Lives Around
Office for Violence Prevention & Victim Assistance (VPVA)
Union County Rape Crisis Center
Domestic Abuse Crisis Center
The Bridge, Inc.
Center for Family Services, Inc.
Women's Crisis Services of Hunterdon County
Hunterdon Hospice
Family Service Bureau of Newark
Domestic Abuse Services, Inc.
Babyland Family Services, Inc.
C.A.R.A.
SAFE in Hunterdon
Morris CARES
Salem County Women’s Services
Domestic Abuse & Sexual Assault Crisis Center (DASACC)
Office of Victim Women Advocacy
Robin's Nest, Inc.
Family & Social Services Federation
Shelter Our Sisters
Women's Center of Monmouth
Middlesex County Public Health Dept.
The Women’s Center
healing SPACE
Services Empower+ng Rights of Victims (SERV)
Womanspace
St. Francis Counseling Service
Sexual Assault Support Services (SASS), Zufall Health Center
Batterer's Intervention Program
Passaic County Women’s Center
Resource center for Women & Their Families
Cumberland County Guidance Center
CONTACT of Burlington County, Inc.
Jersey Battered Women's Service, Inc.
Rutgers University Sexual Assault Services and Crime Victim Assistance
CONTACT of Burlington County
SAVE of Essex County
Middlesex County Center for Empowerment
Domestic Abuse & Sexual Assault Intervention Services (DASI)
New Jersey Coalition to End Domestic Violence
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