Help for Victims of Crime

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Help for Victims of Crime

• Washington State
• Crime Victims Compensation Program
• [phone]

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VISION

• Creating the HOPE of a better tomorrow for
  crime victims through our ACTIONS today.

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Mission

• We work to reduce the financial
• impact of violent crime for
• eligible victims and their
• families in collaboration with
• the victim assistant communities.

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Compensation

• Medical Bills (150,000 maximum)
• Temporary Wage Loss (15,000 maximum)
• Permanent Partial Disability Awards (30,000
  maximum. (Inc. Time Loss and Voc Rehab)
• Limited Permanent Total Disability Pension
  (40,000 maximum)
• Vocational rehabilitation (5,000 maximum)
• Funeral bills (6,730.82 FY06)

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Eligibility Requirements

• Must occur in Washington
• Must be a gross misdemeanor or felony
• Reported within 1 year to law enforcement
• Application received by CVC within 2 years (up to
  5 years with good cause) after reporting to law
  enforcement
• Applicant must provide reasonable cooperation
  with law enforcement to apprehend and convict the
  offender

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Eligibility Requirements

• Vehicular crimes must be vehicular assault with a
  conviction, vehicular homicide, failure to secure
  a load in the 1st degree, or DUI
• Injury cannot be as a result of consent,
  provocation or incitement (exception homicides)
• Victim cannot be in the commission of a felony
  crime
• Victim cannot be incarcerated including any state
  facility such as state hospitals

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Secondary Payer

• The Crime Victim Compensation Program is the
  payer of last resort
• We pay secondary to all private and public
  benefits
• Victims must use providers covered under their
  primary coverage
• We pay secondary to Workers Compensation if the
  incident happened on the job

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Bill Payment Section

• CVC covers payment for all rape exams in the
  state (3567 in fiscal year 2006)
• Providers must be registered with CVC to receive
  payment
• Victims must use primary insurance providers
• CVC receives around 4100 bills per month
• CVC processes 96 within 50 days of receipt
• 50 of bills suspend due to eligibility issues
  (i.e., collateral, police reports)

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Protests and Appeals

• Claimant has 90 days to protest order and notice
• Appeals go to the Board of Industrial Insurance
  Appeals
• Superior Court
• Court of Appeals
• Washington Supreme Court

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2006 Statistics Caseload
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2006 Fiscal Year Statistics
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2006 Statistics - Age
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2006 Statistics - Gender
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2006 Statistics Age/Gender