---
title: "List what a victim-compensation program asked for and what the file holds"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/respond-to-a-scheme-s-request-for-further-information/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A62-V20261018-6-US"
practice_area: "Victims of Crime Support & Compensation"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# List what a victim-compensation program asked for and what the file holds

> List each request from the program and the document on the file that answers it. Do not write the victim's description of the crime.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/respond-to-a-scheme-s-request-for-further-information/united-states  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## 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 | List each request from the program and the document on the file that answers it. Do not write the victim's description of the crime. |
| What the lawyer must review | 34 U.S.C. § 20102 sets conditions for a state crime-victim compensation program that receives a federal grant. An eligible program offers compensation for medical expenses attributable to a physical injury, including mental-health counselling and care, loss of wages attributable to a physical injury, and funeral expenses attributable to a death. It also has conditions on cooperation with law enforcement, with exceptions, on not using the grant to supplant state funds, and on not denying a claim solely because of a family or household relationship except as the unjust-enrichment rules allow. Caps, time limits and appeal paths are not in § 20102. They are the state's program. The Office for Victims of Crime state page points to those programs and does not itself list the rules. Crime-victims' rights in 18 U.S.C. § 3771 are a different statute. You write any reply that describes what happened. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Respond to a scheme's request for further information](https://ailawframework.com/practice/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/respond-to-a-scheme-s-request-for-further-information.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: List each request from the program and the document on the file that answers it. Do not write the victim's description of the crime.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- Do not invent a cap, a deadline or a right of appeal. They are not in § 20102.
- Do not put the victim's account into the reply. You write that part.

## Sources

- [34 U.S.C. § 20102, Crime victim compensation](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/34/20102) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [Office for Victims of Crime, Victim compensation programs by state](https://ovc.ojp.gov/states) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [18 U.S.C. § 3771, Crime victims' rights](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/3771) (checked 2026-10-22)

## Forms and precedents for this task

| Form or precedent | Kind | AI level | Summary |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Letter responding to a victims support scheme’s request for further information (NSW)](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/response-to-scheme-request-further-information-nsw.md) | Letter | Yellow | Letter to the NSW victims support scheme answering a request for further information or evidence: lists each item requested, encloses what is provided, explains anything still to come with a date,… |
| [Index of police, medical and counselling records for a NSW victims application](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/records-index-act-of-violence-nsw.md) | Form | Green | An index of the police, government, medical, dental and counselling records gathered for a NSW victims support application, by date and what each record is said to show. |

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.*