631-A - Crime Victim Service Programs.

NY Exec L § 631-A (2019) (N/A)
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(a) These regulations shall be designed to promote:

(i) alternative funding sources other than the state, including local government and private sources;

(ii) coordination of public and private efforts to aid crime victims; and

(iii) long range development of services to all victims of crime in the community and to all victims and witnesses involved in criminal prosecutions.

(b) These regulations shall also provide for services including, but not limited to:

(i) assistance to claimants seeking crime victims compensation benefits;

(ii) referrals, crisis intervention and other counseling services;

(iii) services to elderly victims and to child victims and their families;

(iv) transportation and household assistance; and

(v) outreach to the community and education and training of law enforcement and other criminal justice officials to the needs of crime victims.