WASHINGTON (NewsNation Now) — A new law will bring more money for programs benefiting victims of sexual assault, child abuse, drunk driving and other crimes. President Joe Biden signed into law ...

GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY, Mich. (WPBN/WGTU) -- It's been more than a week since the mass stabbing incident at the Walmart in Garfield Township. Those who were there that day are now eligible for ...

Help for Crime Victims - New laws are in effect, aimed at improving the state's troubled Crime Victims Compensation Fund. The changes come after our investigative reports uncovered months-long delays ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — New laws aimed at improving Texas’ troubled Crime Victims’ Compensation Fund — sparked by a series of KXAN investigations — are now officially in effect. For nearly three years, KXAN ...

Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Justice abandoned its plans to condition crime victim compensation funds on states’ compliance with federal immigration enforcement after attorneys general ...

A coalition of attorneys general from 20 states, including Illinois, and Washington, D.C., is asking a federal judge to stop the U.S. Department of Justice from withholding federal funds earmarked for ...

The DOJ has opened a victim compensation fund tied to $200M in forfeited Backpage assets. Victims whose trafficking was facilitated via Backpage.com between 2004 and 2018 may be eligible. Petitions ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — Payouts from the Oklahoma Crime Victims Compensation Fund increased by about 36 percent this year and cleared the $5 million mark. The total payout for 2008 was just more than $5 ...

The three major funds set up for victims of the Jan. 8 shooting have joined forces to create the Tucson Together fund. Leaders of the fund, which will be administered by the Community Foundation for ...