The crime must be reported to law enforcement within 72 hours, or show good cause why it wasn't reported. Benefits may be awarded whether or not the offender was apprehended or prosecuted. Benefits will be reduced or denied to the extent the victim contributed to his or her own injuries or death. WAGE LOSS Payments are made for lost wages if the victim was employed at the time the crime occurred and loses one work week or more as a result of the crime. Wage loss is paid from the date the loss began.
Benefits continue until the victim returns to work or is released by a physician.
Amounts paid for wage loss are paid bi-weekly and may not be paid in a lump sum for future losses. The surviving spouse or dependent may apply for the deceased victim's expenses. Wage loss benefits are available until the spouse remarries or the other dependents lose their dependent status. Mental health counseling benefits can be awarded to the parent, spouse, childe, brother or sister of a victim who is killed as a direct result of the crime. Counseling must be related to the events of the crime.