Crime Victims Fund

The federal Crime Victims Fund is used to recompense victims of offenses against U.S. law.^[1][2] The fund was established as part of the 1984 Victims of Crimes Act. The special assessment on convicted persons is paid into this fund, as well as certain other criminal fines and penalties, and forfeited bail bonds. As of September 2013, the unspent balance of the fund was almost $9 billion. The federal Crime Victims Fund is used to recompense victims of offenses against U.S. law. Each state is entitled to disperse funds for a multitude of different reasons such as but not limited to compensation for pain and suffering, property replacement, money for loss of wages, property restoration and or cleaning of the crime scene. Office of Victim Services (OVS)^[3] is here to help victims in a number of ways as a family member, or friend cope with victimization from a crime. OVS can point you to other service providers who may also be able to assist you.The national crime scene cleanup association (NCSCA) performs all clean crime scene cleaning for this fund at no charge to the victim or family.^[4]

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