---
title: "Prepare an application to a state crime-victim compensation program"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/prepare-the-application-to-a-state-victims-support-scheme/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A62-V20261018-4-US"
practice_area: "Victims of Crime Support & Compensation"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Prepare an application to a state crime-victim compensation program

> Fill administrative fields on the program’s form from the index and the schedule the lawyer has checked. Leave the victim’s description of the crime blank.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/prepare-the-application-to-a-state-victims-support-scheme/united-states  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Victims of Crime Support & Compensation](https://ailawframework.com/practice/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | Fill administrative fields on the program’s form from the index and the schedule the lawyer has checked. Leave the victim’s description of the crime blank. |
| What the lawyer must review | You and the victim complete the form the state program prescribes. Eligibility, the deadline and the cap are in that program’s statute and instructions, not in 34 U.S.C. § 20102. Section 20102(b) is the federal condition for a grant to the state, including compensation for non-residents on the same criteria as residents, and compensation for federal crimes in the state on the same basis as state crimes. The victim’s account of the violence stays in the victim’s words. Opinion 512 and Model Rule 1.6: do not put the file into a public tool. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Prepare the application to a state victims support scheme](https://ailawframework.com/practice/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/prepare-the-application-to-a-state-victims-support-scheme.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: Fill administrative fields on the program’s form from the index and the schedule the lawyer has checked. Leave the victim’s description of the crime blank.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- Do not generate the victim’s description of the crime.
- A right to be heard under 18 U.S.C. § 3771 is not this application.

## Sources

- [34 U.S.C. § 20102, Crime victim compensation](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/34/20102) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [18 U.S.C. § 3771, Crime Victims’ Rights Act](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/3771) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [ABA Formal Opinion 512, Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools (29 July 2024)](https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/professional_responsibility/ethics-opinions/aba-formal-opinion-512.pdf) (checked 2026-10-22)

## Forms and precedents for this task

| Form or precedent | Kind | AI level | Summary |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Victims Support Scheme application (NSW): who can apply, the online application and what depends on the victim's situation](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/form-nsw-victims-support-scheme-application.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to the NSW Government's Victims Support Scheme page and online application, with a guide to who the scheme covers (violent crime, modern slavery and road crime), what varies by situation, and… |
| [Primary victim financial assistance application (Northern Territory): completion guide](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/form-nt-primary-victim-assistance.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to the Northern Territory primary victim financial assistance application. The page gives no form number. One claim only for the same violent act.… |
| [Application for financial assistance (Victim Assist Queensland): who can apply and how to lodge](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/form-qld-victim-assist-application.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to the Queensland Government's page for applying to Victim Assist Queensland, with a guide to who can apply, the reporting requirement, online and PDF applications, and the victim's own account. |
| [NSW recognition payment: category and amount worksheet](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/recognition-payment-category-worksheet-nsw.md) | Checklist | Yellow | A worksheet matching a NSW recognition payment application to the amounts and applicant classes published by Victims Services, with the time frames on that page flagged for checking against the Act. |
| [Family victim financial assistance application (Northern Territory): completion guide](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/form-nt-family-victim-assistance.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to the Northern Territory family victim financial assistance application. The page gives no form number.… |
| [Financial Assistance Scheme application (Victoria): applying, nominating someone to help, and the support available](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/form-vic-financial-assistance-scheme-application.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to Victoria's Financial Assistance Scheme help page, with a guide to nominating someone to apply on the victim's behalf, legal, language and cultural assistance, and the Marra Yattakunar… |
| [Criminal injuries compensation application (Western Australia): eCourts lodgment, the 3-year limit and supporting documents](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/form-wa-criminal-injuries-compensation-application.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to the WA Office of Criminal Injuries Compensation lodgment page, with a guide to lodging through the eCourts Portal (required for solicitors), no fee, the 3-year time limit and extension… |
| [NSW recognition payment: supporting documents checklist](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/recognition-payment-documents-checklist-nsw.md) | Checklist | Green | The documents Victims Services asks a primary victim to lodge with a recognition payment application, and the 12 months the page allows for a late medical, dental or counselling report. |
| [Primary victim application (ACT Financial Assistance Scheme): completion guide](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/form-act-primary-victim-assistance.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to the ACT primary victim application for financial assistance, on the Human Rights Commission forms page. The link text states no form number. The file name includes a June 2025 string.… |
| [Related victims and homicide witnesses application (ACT): completion guide](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/form-act-related-victim-assistance.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to the ACT related victims and homicide witnesses application on the Human Rights Commission forms page. The link text states no form number.… |
| [NSW victims support: instructions where support may be reduced or refused](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/support-reduced-or-refused-instructions-nsw.md) | Memo | Yellow | A note of the facts a lawyer needs before advising on a possible reduction or refusal of NSW victims support, using the factors the recognition payment page says s 44 includes. |
| [Application for Victims of Crime Assistance (Tasmania): completion guide](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/form-tas-victims-assistance.md) | Form | Red | Link to the Tasmanian Application for Victims of Crime Assistance. The financial assistance page states that the application is a statutory declaration and must be witnessed. The lawyer writes it.… |
| [Extension of time (Tasmanian Victims of Crime Assistance): completion guide](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/form-tas-victims-extension-of-time.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to the Tasmanian Application for Extension of Time for Victims of Crime Assistance. The page does not give a form number. The assistance application itself is a separate statutory declaration.… |

Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*