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Center for American Progress
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Hope After Harm: An Evaluation of State Victim Compensation Statutes americanprogress.org Aug 20, 2025 39 facts
claimThe Center for American Progress (CAP) and Common Justice partnered with Youth Alive!, an organization that supports survivors and works to break cycles of violence, to review focus group transcripts for the purpose of weighting their scoring rubric.
procedureIn the evaluation of state victim compensation statutes conducted by the Center for American Progress, states receive 2 points if their statute or regulations require at least one survivor to be included in the application review process or in an advisory capacity to the review board.
claimThe Center for American Progress analysis concludes that no state's statute provides a perfect model for victim compensation based on their evaluation rubric.
perspectiveThe Center for American Progress (CAP) and Common Justice acknowledge and commend the work of community-based organizations, legislators, and survivors in advocating for state statutes that promote equity, accessibility, and healing for victims.
measurementKentucky and Utah received the highest weighted scores for 'awareness and accessibility' in the Center for American Progress evaluation, both achieving perfect scores of 7.5 points.
measurementMaryland was the highest-scoring state in the Center for American Progress evaluation of victim compensation statutes, receiving 46.9 points, which is 81.9 percent of the total possible points.
claimThe scoring rubric developed by the Center for American Progress (CAP) and Common Justice consists of four central themes: awareness and accessibility, adequate compensation, experience with the process, and eligibility barriers.
measurementNew York and Pennsylvania were the only states to score in the top five for three categories in the Center for American Progress evaluation of victim compensation statutes.
accountThe Center for American Progress (CAP) and Common Justice hosted two informational webinars in March 2025 for state victim compensation agencies to discuss the analysis process.
procedureIn the evaluation of state victim compensation statutes conducted by the Center for American Progress, states receive 1 point if their statute or regulations require at least one person with direct experience supporting survivors to be included in the application review process or in an advisory capacity.
procedureThe Center for American Progress (CAP) and Common Justice mapped the final ranking of each scoring rubric theme to the rubric as a multiplier for each subcategory within that theme.
measurementTwelve states received 0 points for 'experience with the process' in the Center for American Progress evaluation of victim compensation statutes.
procedureThe Center for American Progress (CAP) and Common Justice researchers weighted the four themes of their scoring rubric based on insights from focus group participants to ground the grading in the lived experiences of survivors and the work of victim advocates and providers.
measurementAcross all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and Washington, D.C., the median weighted cumulative score for victim compensation programs was 26.56 out of a possible 57.25 points in the Center for American Progress evaluation.
procedureReviewers for the Center for American Progress (CAP) and Common Justice analyzed focus group transcripts to determine how the four central themes of their scoring rubric presented in the lived experience of survivors and the work of advocates and providers.
measurementSeven states—Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, Texas, and Vermont—scored in the top five among states for 2 of the 4 categories evaluated by the Center for American Progress.
measurementMaryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Vermont all received perfect scores of 6 points for 'experience with the process' in the Center for American Progress evaluation.
claimThe Center for American Progress (CAP) and Common Justice designed the State Victim Compensation Statute Rubric to fill knowledge gaps and catalyze state-level policy changes that improve access, equity, and transparency in the administration of victim compensation awards.
claimThe criminal legal system in the United States disproportionately focuses resources on punishing perpetrators of violence rather than addressing the immediate and long-term needs of survivors, according to the Center for American Progress.
claimStates may receive partial points in the Center for American Progress (CAP) and Common Justice scoring rubric by including exceptions to policies that exclude survivors from accessing compensation.
claimThe Center for American Progress (CAP) and Common Justice recommend five legislative and administrative actions for states to support survivors of violence: raising awareness and outreach about victim compensation programs (especially in Black and brown communities), making application processes less arduous and more trauma-informed, reducing law enforcement's role in determining eligibility and award amounts, moving away from reimbursement-based models, and increasing compensation for burial expenses.
claimThe Center for American Progress (CAP) and Common Justice acknowledge that victim service advocates and experts provided expertise and insights that shaped the report "Hope After Harm: An Evaluation of State Victim Compensation Statutes" and its accompanying scorecard framework.
procedureTo develop the State Victim Compensation Statute Rubric, researchers from the Center for American Progress (CAP) and Common Justice conducted an inductive qualitative document analysis of victim compensation statutes, regulations, and relevant public documents in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico.
referenceThe report titled 'Hope After Harm: An Evaluation of State Victim Compensation Statutes' is a joint effort of the Center for American Progress (CAP) and Common Justice that provides an in-depth examination of victim compensation law in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico.
procedureThe Center for American Progress (CAP) and Common Justice determined the final ranking of their four scoring rubric themes by asking reviewers to independently rank them, then co-reviewing, discussing, and averaging those rankings.
measurementIdaho received the lowest score in the Center for American Progress evaluation of victim compensation statutes, receiving 14.8 points, which is 25.9 percent of the total possible points.
claimThe Center for American Progress (CAP) and Common Justice acknowledge the contributions of Heather Warnken and Gabriel Garcia to the report "Hope After Harm: An Evaluation of State Victim Compensation Statutes" and its accompanying scorecard framework.
accountThe Center for American Progress (CAP) and Common Justice conducted outreach to all state victim compensation administering agencies between January 2025 and May 2025, utilizing the National Association of Crime Victim Compensation Board’s contact list to vet information used in their analysis.
claimStates with policies that directly exclude survivors from accessing compensation or that have historically led to statistical discrimination receive 0 points in the scoring rubric subcategories used by the Center for American Progress (CAP) and Common Justice.
procedureStates that do not require the inclusion of survivors or advocates in the application review process or advisory capacity receive 0 points in the Center for American Progress evaluation of state victim compensation statutes.
measurementAlaska received the highest weighted score for 'adequate compensation' in the Center for American Progress evaluation, receiving 12 out of a possible 14 points.
accountA team of Yale Law School student interns collected initial information on state victim compensation laws in the fall of 2023, followed by a review and update process by researchers at the Center for American Progress (CAP) and Common Justice in July and August 2024.
procedureThe Center for American Progress (CAP) and Common Justice created the State Victim Compensation Statute Rubric to help survivors, advocates, and lawmakers assess the strengths and limitations of state victim compensation statutes.
claimStates that waive or extend the application deadline for victim compensation if an applicant shows 'good cause' or meets other conditions, such as being under the age of 18 at the time of the victimization, receive partial points in the Center for American Progress (CAP) and Common Justice scoring rubric.
claimThe Center for American Progress (CAP) and Common Justice have published individual scoring breakdowns for each state included in the evaluation of victim compensation statutes, in addition to the main report.
procedureResearchers at the Center for American Progress (CAP) and Common Justice designed a scoring rubric to evaluate and weight state victim compensation statutes between June 2024 and December 2024.
measurementOnly 22 of the 52 state and territory victim compensation programs evaluated by the Center for American Progress received equal to or more than half of the total possible points.
measurementIn the Center for American Progress evaluation of victim compensation statutes, the weighted median scores for the four categories were: 5.63 out of 7.5 for 'awareness and accessibility', 7 out of 14 for 'adequate compensation', 12.69 out of 29.75 for 'eligibility barriers', and 3 out of 6 for 'experience with the process'.
measurementOregon received the highest weighted score for 'eligibility barriers' in the Center for American Progress evaluation, receiving a perfect score of 29.75 points.
How the Pentagon Started Taking U.F.O.s Seriously | The New Yorker newyorker.com Apr 30, 2021 5 facts
quoteJohn Podesta described the attendees of the 2011 Center for American Progress presentation as "serious people from the national-security arena who wanted answers to these unexplained phenomena," rather than people attending a "‘Star Wars’-memorabilia convention."
accountJohn Podesta stated that the attendees at the 2011 U.F.O. presentation at the Center for American Progress were serious national-security professionals seeking answers to unexplained phenomena, rather than enthusiasts.
accountIn June 2011, John Podesta invited Leslie Kean to give a confidential presentation at the Center for American Progress, a think tank Podesta founded.
accountIn June 2011, John Podesta invited Leslie Kean to give a confidential presentation at the Center for American Progress, a think tank he founded.
claimDuring a June 2011 presentation at the Center for American Progress, Leslie Kean advised officials that the challenge regarding U.A.P. (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena) was to undo fifty years of reinforcing the topic as folklore and pseudoscience.
How the Government Subsidizes Wealth Inequality americanprogress.org Jun 25, 2014 2 facts
claimHarry Stein serves as the Associate Director for Fiscal Policy at the Center for American Progress.
perspectiveThe Center for American Progress proposed a tax reform plan that would tax dividends as ordinary income and tax capital gains at a top rate of 28 percent, including the ACA surtax.
Firsthand Perspectives Exploring the Mental-Financial Health ... finhealthnetwork.org Apr 10, 2024 1 fact
referenceThe report by Nicole Rapfogel (2022) from The Center for American Progress addresses the problem of behavioral health care affordability.
Greater than 99% consensus on human caused climate change in ... iopscience.iop.org Oct 19, 2021 1 fact
measurementAccording to the Center for American Progress, 139 elected officials in the 117th U.S. Congress, including 109 representatives and 30 senators, refused to acknowledge the scientific evidence of human-caused climate change.