Crime Victim's Compensation is a financial assistance program that helps eligible victims of crime with certain expenses related to the crime. Money for this program comes from court costs paid by criminals and deposited by each Texas county into the Crime Victims' Compensation Fund.

The Crime Victims' Compensation Division is "the payer of last resort" after primary sources of payment such as health insurance, Medicaid, Medicare, auto insurance or Texas Workers' Compensation.

If the court orders the offender to pay restitution to the victim for an expense that Crime Victims' Compensation has already paid, the victim may be required to reimburse the Fund. If the victim or claimant recovers money through the settlement of a civil suit against the offender or a third party, he or she may also have to reimburse the Fund.

More information on Victim Assistance:

To be eligible a person must:
Who may qualify?
Who is not eligible?
What Crimes are covered?
What type of financial assistance is available?
How do I apply?
What are my rights to appeal when benefits have been reduced or denied?

Application is available in PDF format in English / en Espanol.

If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader, you can get it here.