2012 New York Consolidated Laws
EXC - Executive
Article 22 - (620 - 635) OFFICE OF VICTIM SERVICES
631-A - Crime victim service programs.

 
    § 631-a. Crime  victim  service  programs.  1.  The  office shall make
  grants, within amounts appropriated for that purpose, for  crime  victim
  service  programs  to  provide  services to crime victims and witnesses.
  These  programs  shall  be  operated   at   the   community   level   by
  not-for-profit  organizations, by agencies of local government or by any
  combination thereof. Crime victim service programs may  be  designed  to
  serve  crime victims and witnesses in general in a particular community,
  or may be designed to serve a category of  persons  with  special  needs
  relating to a particular kind of crime.
    2.  The  director  shall  promulgate  regulations,  relating  to these
  grants, including guidelines for its determinations.
    (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.