Report No. 2009-136
November 2009
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Our office conducted an audit of the Crime Victims' Compensation Program.

Missouri state law authorizes the Crime Victims' Compensation Program (the Program) to assist victims who suffer actual bodily harm as a direct result of a crime. The Program, adopted in 1981, had been located within the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Division of Workers' Compensation and the Department of Public Safety (DPS). By Executive Order 07-07, the Program is now located entirely within the DPS effective August 28, 2007. The program consists of the Crime Victims' Compensation Fund, the Services to Victims Fund, and the State Forensic Laboratory Fund.

The Crime Victims' Compensation Fund was established to determine and award compensation to, or on behalf of, victims of crimes. The fund will pay a crime victim's actual losses for medical bills, lost earnings or support, and other miscellaneous expenses up to a maximum of $25,000, which are not reimbursed by any other means. The Services to Victims Fund provides funding to local service providers, law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, and other public and private non-profit organizations to assist crime victims in Missouri. The State Forensic Laboratory Fund provides financial assistance to defray expenses of crime laboratories.

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