Any other available resources would have to pay before any payment by the Crime Victims' Compensation program. The staff at Crime Victims' Compensation will work with victims and claimants to make sure all available resources, including the Fund, work in best interests of victims. If, as a part of a criminal sentence, the court orders an offender to make restitution to the victim for an expense which Crime Victims' Compensation has already paid, the victim may be required to reimburse the Fund. If the victim or claimant recovers money as a settlement in a civil suit against the offender or a third party, the victim or claimant may have to reimburse the Fund for expenses already paid by the Fund. How to Apply Every law enforcement agency in Texas is required to provide victims of crime with information about the Crime Victims' Compensation program and an application.
Applications are also available from prosecutors' offices.
Their victim assistance coordinators are required to provide assistance to victims who ask for help filling out the form. Hospitals and medical centers may also have applications. Or you may download and fill out the Online Application and mail it in. This process involves verifying all the information presented in the application. Witnesses to the crime, law enforcement officers and prosecutors involved in investigating and prosecuting the crime, physicians, counselors, hospitals, and employers may be contacted for additional information.