Our mission is to continuously address, improve, sustain and enhance public safety in the State of Arizona through the coordination, cohesiveness and effectiveness of the Criminal Justice System.
Victim Services
The Arizona Criminal Justice Commission's (ACJC) Crime Victim Services area oversees and administers two key programs: the Crime Victim Compensation and the Crime Victim Assistance programs. The Crime Victim Assistance program provides grants to private non-profit or government agencies that deliver direct services to crime victims. The Crime Victim Compensation program is administered through ACJC but resides locally in each of Arizona's 15 county attorney's offices.
The Crime Victim Assistance program is a competitive grant established to help fund projects providing effective services to crime victims in Arizona. Grant proposals are considered from public agencies, tribal agencies, and private non-profit organizations. Grant applications must be completed and submitted through the ACJC Grant Management System. The following are important dates associated with the annual grant award process:
| January | ACJC approves total available funding and sets funding priorities |
| End of January | Annual grant orientation meeting for interested applicants |
| 1st Week of February | Six week application period opens |
| Mid-March | Application period closes |
| April | Funding recommendations approved by ACJC Victims Committee |
| May | ACJC approves grant funding recommendations |
| June | Grant agreements sent to funded agencies |
| July 1 | Funded grant period begins |
| June 30 | Funded grant period ends |
Useful links:
ACJC GMS
The victim compensation program provides financial assistance to victims of crime or others who may have experienced a financial loss as a direct result of a crime. The program covers expenses of physical harm, mental distress, and economic loss directly resulting from victimization. Eligibility to receive benefits from the program does not require the apprehension or conviction of an offender, and the compensation program is always the payer of last resort. All other sources of economic recovery must be exhausted before compensation benefits can be paid.
While ACJC is responsible for administering the program at the state level, claims are processed at the county level. Each county program has a compensation coordinator, who is responsible for investigating claims and collect supporting documentation. This begins with a completed application, police reports, and any bills or invoices that victims or claimants are requesting be paid by the program.
After the background work is completed, the county coordinator prepares for and conducts compensation board meetings. Compensation board meetings are where decisions are made on whether or not to pay out compensation funds to victims of crime. The compensation coordinator serves as a point of contact for victims, claimants, members of the community, or victim services personnel that would like more information about the victim compensation program.
For further information or specific questions relating to claim submission, please call the Crime Victim Compensation Program for the county where the crime occurred. Completed Victim Compensation applications can be mailed to the address included under the specific county:
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Apache County Attorney's Office P.O. Box 637 St. Johns, AZ 85936 (928) 337-7560 Website |
Mohave County Attorney's Office Crime Victim Compensation Program P.O. Box 7000 Kingman, AZ 86402-7000 (928) 718-4967 Website |
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Cochise County Attorney's Office Victims Witness Program P.O. Drawer CA Bisbee, AZ 85603 (520) 432-8700 Website |
Navajo County Attorney's Office Navajo County Victims Services P.O. Box 668 Holbrook, AZ 86025 (928) 524-4332 Website |
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Victim/Witness Services for Coconino County Coconino County Crime Victim Compensation Board 201 E. Birch, Suite 4 Flagstaff, AZ 86001 (928) 679-7770 Website |
Pima County Attorney's Office Pima County Crime Victim Compensation Program 32 N. Stone Ave., 14th Floor Tucson, AZ 85701 (520) 724-5525 Website |
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Gila County Attorney's Office Victim Services Unit 1400 E. Ash Street Globe, AZ 85501 (928) 402-8836 Website |
Pinal County Attorney's Office Pinal County Crime Victim Compensation Program P.O. Box 1798 Florence, AZ 85132 (520) 866-6805 Website |
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Graham County Attorney's Office Victim/Witness Program 800 West Main Street Safford, AZ 85546 (928) 428-4787 Website |
Santa Cruz County Attorney's Office 2150 N. Congress Dr., Suite 201 Nogales, AZ 85621 (520) 375-7780 Website |
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Greenlee County Attorney's Office P.O. Box 1717 Clifton, AZ 85533 (928) 865-4108 Website |
Yavapai County Attorney's Office Victim Compensation 255 E. Gurley St., 1st Floor Prescott, AZ 86301 (928) 771-3485 Website |
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La Paz County Attorney's Office 1320 Kofa Avenue Parker, AZ 85344 (928) 669-6118 Website |
Yuma County Attorney's Office Yuma Victim Services Division 250 W. 2nd Street, Suite G Yuma, AZ 85364 (928) 817-4300 Website |
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Maricopa County Attorney's Office Victim Compensation Bureau 301 W. Jefferson, 9th Floor Phoenix, AZ 85003 (602) 506-4955 Website |
Useful links:
Word/PDF application
WORD
PDF
Compensation Desk Manual
PDF
Program brochure / poster
Brochure - English
Brochure - Spanish
Poster
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Available Training Series
| Crime Victim Assistance Program FY 2020 Orientation Meeting | |
| This webinar provides a comprehensive overview of the State Crime Victim Assistance Program at the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission. Information is provided in two parts: 1) the types of programs supported by Crime Victim Assistance funding, and 2) a technical overview of the FY 2020 application process. To obtain the webinar password, please contact the ACJC Crime Victim Assistance Program at [email protected]. | |
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| Introduction to Crime Victim Compensation | |
| This course provides a basic introduction to the State of Arizona Crime Victim Compensation Program. This course is designed to give victim service providers, crime victims, or members of the general public more information on the Victim Compensation Program. Successful completion of this course satisfies the Victim Compensation training requirement for DPS-VOCA grant recipients. | |
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| Victim Compensation Board Member Training | |
| This training course is available to Arizona crime victim compensation program board members only. | |
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| Introduction to the GMS for VA Applicants | |
| The purpose of this training series is to familiarize applicants to the ACJC victim assistance grant program, with the ACJC Grant Management System or GMS. While the system is the same, the content of the victim assistance grant application is different than the standard application used by other grant programs at ACJC. Because of this, process steps, suggestions, and recommendations included in this training series apply only to the ACJC victim assistance grant application. | |
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GMS1 - Registration Log-in GMS2 - Starting An Application GMS3 - Narrative Goals Outcomes |
GMS4 - Budget Administration GMS5 - Attachments Special Conditions GMS6 - Validation Submission |
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