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Crime victim services director outlines compensation, restitution and looming federal grant cuts
Summary
The Vermont Center for Crime Victim Services briefed the Judiciary Committee on direct assistance programs for victims — including a $10,000 cap for compensation and a $5,000 restitution advance — and warned that special fund and federal VOCA grant revenues are declining.
Jennifer Pullman, executive director of the Vermont Center for Crime Victim Services, told the Judiciary Committee Friday that the center administers victim compensation, restitution and a grants program for victim services and that several of the center’s funding streams are under pressure.
Pullman described the victim compensation program as providing up to $10,000 of support upon a finding of probable cause; the program can reimburse or directly pay for medical care, mental-health counseling, emergency housing and other crime‑related costs. She described the restitution program as providing up to $5,000 to satisfy a court restitution judgment on behalf of a victim while the state…
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