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Domestic Violence/Crime Victim Services Program


The ChaRosa Foundation offers free counseling to victims of domestic violence and criminal acts, including children who have witnessed family violence, a crime, or who have been victims of a crime themselves. We also assist clients in filing for financial compensation from the New York State Crime Victims Board.

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Victims, as well as their dependents and extended family members, may be eligible to receive financial compensation for loss of property, personal injury, burial costs, medical bills, and other costs not covered by insurance or benefit programs.

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Free individual and family counseling, counseling resolution training, and advocacy are available for youth ages 14-21 who are involved in, or at risk of becoming involved in, domestic violence situations. Services include: crisis and long-term counseling to help victims or affected family members. We intervene on behalf of clients to obtain benefits, referrals to shelters, medical, and other support services available in the community.

The ChaRosa Foundation provides:
All services are free!

A) You may be eligible for compensation benefits if:
  1. You are the victim of a crime who has sustained personal injury;
  2. You are a victim of unlawful imprisonment in the first degree (limited to loss of earnings and couseling expenses);
  3. You are an elderly (60 or older) or disabled victim of a crime, who has suffered a loss or damage to articles of essential personal property (limited to repair or replacement of essential personal property to a maximum of $100, transportation expenses incurred for necessary court appearances in connection with the prosecution of the crime, and counseling commenced within a year);
  4. You are the surviving spouse, parent, child, or dependent for your principal support, of a victim who dies as a result of a crime;
  5. You are the person who has paid, or incurred the burial expenses of, an innocent victim who dies as a direct result of a crime (limited to burial expenses only); or
  6. You are a child victim (under 18) of, or witness to, a crime, or the child's parent, guardian, or sibling.
If you are eligible but under the age of 18, or incompetent, the claim application may be filed on your behalf by a relative, guardian, conservator, committee or attorney.
B) Compensation may be awarded if:
  1. The victim was an innocent victim of a crime;
  2. The crime was reported to a criminal justice agency within one week, or justification for the delay can be shown. For crimes involving sexual assault, or certain family offenses, the criminal justice agency report need only be made within a reasonable time, considering the cricumstances;
  3. The claim for compensation benefits is filed within one year of the discovery of the crime, or justification for the delay can be shown.

To support this program, please go to the ChaRosa Foundation Dollar Program page:

http://charosafoundationonthego.org/donate.html


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PO Box 120346 • Jamaica, New York  11412-0346 • (718) 723-1400