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Online brochure

Help for Crime Victims is found in our online brochure. It provides an overview of the available services through the Crime Victims Compensation program.

Crime Victims' Compensation forms

This comprehensive set of Crime Victims Compensation forms & publications includes the application for benefits and the Medical Certification of Time Loss.

Benefits for families of homicide victims

Homicide Victim's Family Benefits may be available to assist you for the loss of your loved one. This section explains the Crime Victims Compensation program (CVC) and what benefits can be provided to family members of homicide victims. Some assistance may be available to help meet expenses incurred as a result of a homicide.

Learn more About Crime Victim's Compensation.

Policies & procedures

Crime Victims Compensation Program Policy Manual (263 KB PDF / 1 min).

Related resources

Other web sites

Crime Victim Compensation Directory (www.ojp.usdoj.gov)
Office for Victims of Crime (OVC), U.S. Department of Justice

Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) (www.ojp.usdoj.gov)
U.S. Department of Justice

National Criminal Justice Reference Service (www.ncjrs.org)
Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice

King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office (www.metrokc.gov)

Crime Victims Programs & Services (www.ocva.wa.gov)
Washington State Department of Community, Trade & Economic Development

Victim Information, Opportunities for Victim Involvement (www.srb.wa.gov)
Washington State Indeterminate Sentence Review Board

Other state crime victim compensation web sites (nacvcb.org)
National Association of Crime Victim Compensation Boards (NACVCB)

Victim/Witness Notification Program (www.dshs.wa.gov)
The Victim Witness Notification Program of the Department of Social and Health Services is a confidential program that assists victims and witnesses of sexual assault or violent crimes track the location of the person who victimized them.

Victim Services Program (www.doc.wa.gov)
The Department of Corrections' Victim Services Program started in 1983, making it the oldest corrections-based victims program in the United States. The program serves as an advocate for victims and witnesses, and provides direct services by notifying enrolled victims and witnesses when offenders convicted of violent, sex, felony harassment, and serious drug crimes move through the prison system.

Washington Coalition of Crime Victim Advocates (www.wccva.org)
Established in 1984, this group of individuals, agencies, and organizations work to improve services for victims of crime and to strengthen victims' rights in Washington State by offering services to individuals and organizations advocating on behalf of crime victims in Washington State.

The Washington Violence Against Women Network (WAVAWNet) (www.wavawnet.org)

Burial and funeral

Funeral directors are required to give customers a price list of goods and services. For consumer concerns regarding burial and funeral expenses we have included a link to some web sites that may be of interest.

• You can order a copy of the pamphlet "A Guide to Dealing with Death: Understanding the Problems and Processes Surrounding a Death" by visiting the web site of the Washington State Office of the Attorney General (www.atg.wa.gov) or by calling them at 1‑800‑551‑4636.
• Another resource is the Funeral and Cemetery Licensing Unit (www.dol.wa.gov) at the Washington State Department of Licensing; you may call at 360‑586‑4905.
• Federal Trade Commission - Funerals: Consumer Rights Under the Funeral Rule (www.ftc.gov).

Grief and loss

There are a number of books available on grief and loss for adults and children. We have listed only a few and our list is by no means exhaustive. However, the first book listed below specifically addresses the concerns of survivors and victims of traumatic loss such as homicide.

• What To Do When the Police Leave: A Guide to the First Days of Traumatic Loss, Second Edition, by Bill Jenkins. WBJ Press: Richmond, VA 1999.
• A Journey Through Grief, by Alla Renee Bozarth. Hazelden: Center City, MN 1990.
• When Good-Bye is Forever: Learning to Live Again After the Loss of a Child, by John Bramblett. Ballentine: New York, 1991.
• When Bad Things Happen to Good People, by Harold S. Kushner. Avon: New York, 1983.
• A Grief Observed, by C.S. Lewis. Bantam: New York, 1983.
• No Time For Goodbyes, Forth Edition, by Janice Harris Lord. Pathfinder: Ventura, CA 1991.
• Don’t Take My Grief Away From Me: How to Walk Through Grief and Learn to Live Again, by Doug Manning. In-Sight Books: Oklahoma City, OK 1999. Also reprinted by HarperCollins as Don’t Take My Grief Away.
• How to Go On Living When Someone You Love Dies, by Therese A. Rando. Bantam: New York, 1988.

Helping children and teens understand

• When Dinosaurs Die: A Guide to Understanding Death, by Laurie K. Brown and Marc Brown. Little, Brown and Co.: Boston, 1996. (Elementary and middle school ages).
• The Fall of Freddie the Leaf: A Story of Life for All Ages, Leo Buscaglia, Ph.D. Slack: Thorofare, NJ 1982. (Elementary and middle school ages).
• Talking About Death: A Dialogue Between Parent and Child, by Earl A. Grollman. Beacon Press: Boston, 1991.
• Help for the Hard Times: Getting Through Loss, by Earl Hipp. Hazelden: Center City, MN 1995 (For teens).