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The Office for Victims of Crime, established by the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) of 1984, administers the Crime Victims Fund. The fund is financed by fines paid by convicted federal offenders. As of September 2013, the Fund balance had reached almost $9 billion.
In Texas, 228 people were murdered in that time, and 215 of the victims were killed in shootings. That is 7.9% of all victims of mass killings in the United States. Show comments
Between October 1, 2019, and September 30, 2020, the National Center for Victims of Crime was awarded one $1,337,875 in federal grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to fund the National Crime Victims Helpline. [40] [47] It was also awarded a $714,844 grant from the District of Columbia to fund the DC Victim Hotline. [48]
The United States Crime Victims Fund, administered by the Office for Victims of Crime, is used to recompense victims of offenses against U.S. law. [1] [2] [3] The fund was established as part of the 1984 Victims of Crimes Act.
The VOCA Fund was established under the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 and is the primary financial source for victim services in Ohio and the 49 other states, five U.S. territories and the District ...
The Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) is a part of the Office of Justice Programs, within the U.S. Department of Justice. The OVC's mission is to provide aid and promote justice for crime victims. The office was created in 1988 in an amendment to the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) of 1984 .
Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, formerly Texas Rural Legal Aid (TRLA), is a nonprofit agency that specializes in providing free civil legal services to the poor in a 68-county service area. It also operates a migrant farmworker legal assistance program in six southern states and a public defender program in southern rural counties of Texas.
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