What's Covered

The Victim Compensation Program (VCP) may help pay for expenses related to a crime such as:

• Medical and dental treatment
• Mental health services
• Income loss
• Funeral and burial expenses
• Loss of support, for dependents when a victim is killed or disabled because of a crime
• Job retraining
• Home or vehicle modifications
• Home security
• Relocation
• Insurance co-payments
• Crime scene cleanup
• Medically necessary equipment such as a wheelchair
• Childcare services, when a caregiver is killed or disabled because of a crime

Expenses that cannot be paid by the VCP:

• Any expense not related to the crime
• Any expenses paid by insurance or another source of reimbursement or coverage
• Expenses for lost, stolen or damaged property (except medically necessary items due to a qualifying crime)
• Damages for pain and suffering

The VCP can only reimburse crime-related expenses that are not covered by other sources. There are limits on how much can be paid for each loss. The program cannot pay any expense for a person who is on felony probation, on parole, in jail or in prison (a person who is not a felon can be reimbursed for funeral and crime-scene cleanup expenses even though the victim was a felon).