Crime Victims Compensation Online Form

The Crime Victims Compensation Program (Program) provides financial reimbursement to victims of violent crime who meet certain eligibility requirements.

A “victim” is defined by statute as one of the following:

• Person killed or injured in Illinois
  
  
• Parent, spouse or child of a person killed or injured in Illinois
  
  
• Person killed or injured while attempting to aid a victim
  
  
• Person killed or injured in Illinois while assisting law enforcement
  
  
• Personal witness to a crime
  
  
• Person called as a witness by the prosecution to establish a nexus
  
  
• An Illinois resident injured in a country without a Compensation Program
  
  
• For the purpose of receiving counseling expenses only, person under the age of 18 who is the brother, sister, half-brother, half-sister of a person killed or injured in Illinois

Reimbursement is available for the following types of crime-related expenses:

Please note: this program cannot by law reimburse you for “pain and suffering” or stolen or damaged property.

APPLICATION WINDOW

Please note: Applications submitted outside the prescribed eligibility window may be accepted if the Attorney General determines that the applicant had good cause for a delay.