Crime victims from Southeast Arkansas received almost $26,000 in reparations from the Arkansas Crime Victims Reparation Board in April, according to Attorney General Dustin McDaniel.
The board approved payments totaling $25,759.97 in 12 new cases and one supplemental case from Southeast Arkansas.
Victims of violent crime in Arkansas are eligible to receive compensation for unexpected expenses subsequent to the crime, including medical treatment, mental health counseling, lost wages and other expenses.
Reparations are paid for both new cases and also for unexpected expenses in previously submitted cases.
Statewide, the reparations board paid out $308,652.77 in reparations. Awards were made in 213 new cases, and additional expenses in 11 cases.
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The Crime Victims Reparations Fund was established by the legislature in 1987 and it is funded through court costs and fees. A portion of the funding comes from fines assessed on convicted criminals.
Southeast Arkansas Counties where victims received reparation, the number of cases considered and the amount of the reparations are as follows:
• Arkansas County, two new awards, $6,353.87.
• Bradley County, one new case, $395.88
• Dallas County, one supplemental award, $680.
• Drew County, one new case, $92.34
• Grant County, one new case, $60.
• Jefferson County, seven new cases, $15,948.10.
• Lincoln County, one new case, $2,229.60.