Focus group participants across states reported that survivors must submit substantial amounts of paperwork and documentation to determine eligibility and qualified expenses for victim compensation, and that the process can take weeks to months, which can be exhausting and retraumatizing.

Authors

• Person: Not available Organization: Center for American Progress
  Hope After Harm: An Evaluation of State Victim Compensation Statutes

Sources

• Hope After Harm: An Evaluation of State Victim Compensation Statutes www.americanprogress.org Center for American Progress via serper

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• victim compensation concept