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title: "Financial Assistance Scheme application (Victoria): applying, nominating someone to help, and the support available"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/form-vic-financial-assistance-scheme-application"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a62-form-vic-financial-assistance-scheme-application"
area_id: "A62"
kind: "form"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A62-V20261018-4", "A62-V20261018-2", "A62-V20261018-3"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-18"
---

# Financial Assistance Scheme application (Victoria): applying, nominating someone to help, and the support available

> 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 pathway for Aboriginal and…

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/form-vic-financial-assistance-scheme-application  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-18

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

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 pathway for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants.

## Key facts

- Kind: Form. A form to complete, or a guide to completing an official one.
- Practice area: [Victims of Crime Support & Compensation](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation.md)
- Jurisdictions: Victoria
- AI level: Yellow. AI can help in set ways. A lawyer checks specific points before use.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-18
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-18 against the official form at victimsofcrime.vic.gov.au and the 2 authorities it cites, for Victoria.

## When to use it

Use when acting for a victim of violent crime in Victoria who is applying to the Financial Assistance Scheme, or when the victim wants to nominate a lawyer or other person to apply for them.

## Used for these tasks

- [Prepare the application to a state victims support scheme](https://ailawframework.com/practice/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation.md#A62-V20261018-4)
- [Index the police, medical and counselling records for a victims' application](https://ailawframework.com/practice/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation.md#A62-V20261018-2)
- [Build the expenses and income loss schedule for a financial assistance claim](https://ailawframework.com/practice/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation.md#A62-V20261018-3)

## How AI may be used

AI may index records and build the expenses schedule for the lawyer to check; the victim's account is taken by the lawyer in the victim's own words, and the nomination is the victim's decision.

**AI may:**

- Index police, medical and counselling records with dates and sources
- Build the expenses and loss schedule from receipts, for the lawyer to check
- Check the application is complete and list missing documents

**AI must not:**

- Must not write the victim's account of the crime or its impact
- Must not complete the nomination for the victim
- Must not process the victim's records in a tool not approved for sensitive information

**The lawyer checks:**

- The victim has authorised the lawyer or another person to apply on their behalf, if that is the arrangement
- Language, cultural or Marra Yattakunar assistance offered where it would help
- Supporting documents attached and the account in the victim's own words

## Authorities

- [Victims of Crime (Vic), Get help with your Financial Assistance Scheme application](https://www.victimsofcrime.vic.gov.au/get-help-your-application)
- [Victoria Legal Aid, New Financial Assistance Scheme for victims of crime](https://www.legalaid.vic.gov.au/new-financial-assistance-scheme-victims-crime)

## Official form

[Official form](https://www.victimsofcrime.vic.gov.au/get-help-your-application)

## Where this comes from

The official form is published by victimsofcrime.vic.gov.au; this page is a completion guide. Last checked on 2026-10-18.

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/form-vic-financial-assistance-scheme-application and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

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