The grant award provides funds from the crime victims fund to enhance state victim compensation payments to eligible crime victims

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime awarded $192,000 to the Hawaii Department of Public Safety Crime Victim Compensation Commission through the Crime Victim Compensation formula grant program (CFDA 16.576) from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2025. The grant provides funding to enhance state victim compensation payments to eligible crime victims in Hawaii through the state's Crime Victim Compensation Commission. Specifically, the funding will supplement the Commission's efforts to financially assist federal and state victims of crime in Hawaii for costs resulting from criminal acts, such as medical expenses, lost wages, and funeral costs, in accordance with the federal Victims of Crime Act. The award aims to promote victim cooperation and participation in the criminal justice system by helping to offset financial losses suffered as a direct result of criminal acts.

Victims of crime act (voca) compensation funds provide financial assistance to federal and state victims of crime. NC/NCF