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Crime
Victims
Compensation
Program
Dear Fellow Ohioan:
I thank you for taking the time to read this report. I invite you to contact my Crime
Victims staff at 1-800-582-2877 if you should have any questions or concerns.
Best wishes,
Nancy H. Rogers
Attorney General
Contents
Crime Victims Compensation Mission Statement...................................................................................... 1
Statement of Financial Activity Crime Victims Reparations Fund 4020...................................................... 3
Introduction............................................................................................................................................ 5
Overview of the Program.......................................................................................................................... 5
Frequently Asked Questions..................................................................................................................... 6
Application and Award Summary.............................................................................................................. 8
Awards by Incident Type........................................................................................................................... 9
Number of Claims Paid by Age.................................................................................................................. 9
Applications Received by Year................................................................................................................ 10
Awards by Type of Benefit Paid............................................................................................................... 10
Attorneys Fees...................................................................................................................................... 11
Successfully Obtained Protection Order Claims Paid, by Incident............................................................ 12
Administrative Costs............................................................................................................................. 13
Subrogation.......................................................................................................................................... 14
Appendices........................................................................................................................................... 15
A. Awards by County
B. Attorneys Fees by Name/Firm
1. Attorney Fees for Assisting with Application Process by Name/Firm
2. Attorney Fees for Obtaining Protection Orders
C. List of Claims and Awards
Mission Statement
Crime Victims Compensation
Office of the Ohio Attorney General
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Ohio Attorney General Nancy H. Rogers
Statement of Financial Activity
Crime Victims Reparations Fund 4020
For the Period July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2008
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These funds are used by the Court of Claims of Ohio for their Administrative costs including $734,994.49 for com-
pensation of court personnel, $19,570.83 for compensation of judges, $392,358.05 for compensation of panel commis-
sioners working within the Crime Victims Compensation Program, and $203,569.32 for other administrative costs.
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Introduction
Innocent victims of violent crime may be eligible for financial relief from certain expenses arising
from the crime. After insurance, restitution or other specific benefits have been utilized, Ohio’s Crime
Victims Compensation Act (sections 2743.51 to 2743.72 of the Revised Code) enables qualifying indi-
viduals to have some expenses from the crime, including medical and counseling expenses, work loss,
funeral expenses, and dependent’s economic loss, be paid up to $50,000 through the Crime Victims
Compensation Fund.
Since the Fund was created in 1976, over $285 million has been paid from it to assist victims and their
families recover from the devastating effects of crime resulting in personal injury or death. In 2000, the
legislature shifted responsibility for administering the Crime Victims Compensation Program from the
Court of Claims of Ohio to the Ohio Attorney General to streamline the review process and expedite
payment of awards. The benefits of this change are reflected in the statistics provided within this report,
which covers the period from July 1, 2007, to June 30, 2008.
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Frequently Asked Questions
To be Eligible…
If you answer “yes” to all these requirements, you may be eligible for financial help from this program.
• The application must be filed within two years of the date of the crime. A minor has until his/
her 20th birthday or within two years from the date a complaint, indictment, or information is
filed against the offender, whichever is later.
• The crime must be reported to law enforcement within 72 hours (unless there is a good cause for
the delay) and the victim and claimant cooperated with them.
• The victim was not committing an unlawful or intentionally tortious act that caused or contrib-
uted to the injuries.
• The victim has no other source of payment for the compensation sought.
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Are There Limits on Compensation?
• Yes. Compensation cannot be made for pain and suffering, or for stolen, damaged, or lost property.
• An award is not made for costs payable by other sources.
• The total award must be $50 or more before payment is made.
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Application and Award Summary
The table below details a wide variety of information including the number of original and supple-
mental new claims received, claims decided and claims paid. The chart indicates that 56% of claims filed
are paid at an average of $2,845 per claim paid. This average award paid has decreased over the last few
years and can be attributed to increased quality control efforts on the part of Crime Victims staff. (Note:
the slight decrease in total number of claims filed would not affect the average amount paid per claim.)
After experiencing a spike of 8,309 applications received for FY 2007, the number of applications
received decreased to 7,969 for FY 2008. As is indicated in the chart on page 10, the FY 2008 figure is
down from FY 2007, but is representative of an overall steady increase in applications received beginning
in FY 2001.
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Awards by Incident Type
As has been the case in past years, the over-
whelming majority of awards are paid to vic-
tims of Assault (45%). After Assaults, the most
frequently paid awards related to incidents of Stalking Other Child Abuse
88
Domestic Violence (15%), Sexual Assault (10%) 210 73
or Robbery (9%). Homicide
522
Motor
Vehicle
630
Assault
Robbery 3,746
811
Sexual
Assault
866
Domestic
Violence
1,293
Age 81
1.8%
65+
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Applications Received byReceived
Applications Year By Year
10,000
09
8,3
Claims Filed
74 69
8,000 7,9 7,9
62 87
7,1 6,9
24
72 6,8 62
6,6 7,0
6,000
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Fiscal Year
Awards by Type of Benefit Paid
This table displays a breakdown of the Type of Benefit Paid Amount of Awards
Work Loss $2,663,030.19
$12,667,975 in Compensation paid for FY
Dependents Economic Loss $2,420,957.16
2008, and toward what purposes the compensa-
Hospital $1,668,566.37
tion was paid. As the table shows, over 53% of
Physician Fees $1,343,906.52
the total paid falls under the category of Work
Protection Order Fees $1,320,925.34
Loss, Dependents Economic Loss and Hospi- Funeral Expense $1,222,663.58
tal Expenses. Also of note is that 10% of total Other Medical Providers $457,271.69
compensation paid in FY 2008 was for Protec- Dental Expenses $304,462.72
tion Order fees, as compared to FY 2004 when Mental Health Counseling $251,330.34
Protection Order fees accounted for less than 1% Transportation Expenses $217,641.72
(.73%) of total compensation paid for that year. Miscellaneous $216,731.28
Dependents Repl. Serv. Loss $208,504.98
Conversion Vehicles $114,940.88
Prescriptions $55,518.51
Physical Therapy $44,719.41
Counseling for Family Members $35,644.95
Replacement Services Loss $33,668.73
Replacement for Evidence Collection $32,187.32
Medical Appliances $19,299.57
Crime Scene Cleanup $17,097.79
Optical Expenses $10,626.32
Home Conversion $8,280.26
Total $12,667,975.63
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Attorneys Fees
Attorney’s fees may be provided by two separate means under the Crime Victims Compensation
Statute. First, the Attorney General shall pay attorney’s fees, commensurate with services rendered, for
assisting an applicant in processing a crime Assisting with the Application Process
victim’s claim at a rate of $60 per hour.1 $500,000
$448,510
This payment does not reduce any award
granted to the victim. The attorney fees $397,131
paid out for Fiscal Year 2008 saw a de- 400,000
Amount
300,000
Second, attorneys who assist the claim- $255,111
$245,184
$222,483
ant with successfully obtaining a restrain-
$195,924
ing order, custody order or other order to 200,000
physically separate the victim from the
offender (“protection order”), may receive
100,000
reasonable attorney fees not exceeding
$2,500, at a rate not exceeding $150 per
hour.2 An attorney may only receive pay- 0
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
ment under this section if he or she has not
received payment for assisting an applicant Year
with a crime victim’s claim. Further, this payment does reduce an award granted to the victim.
As the figures and graph show, the amount the Fund has paid attorneys who have assisted with pro-
tection orders has increased by over 17 times since FY 2004 and this amount more than doubled from
FY 2006 to FY 2007. From FY 2007 - FY
Assisting with Protection Orders 2008 the amount increased another 30% from
$1,015,922 to $1,320,925.
$1,500,000
$1,320,925 Also, in comparison the amount paid
to attorneys assisting with these orders
1,200,000 in Fiscal Year 2008 is approximately 5¼
$1,015,922 times greater the total amount paid for
mental health counseling for victims of
Amount
300,000
$76,047 $110,030
0
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Year
1 R.C. 2743.65.
2 R.C. 2743.51(F)(4).
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Successfully Obtained Protection Order Claims, Paid by Incident
The chart below details the total number of Protection Order claims paid (1,062) by incident. Note,
the 1,062 Protection Order claims paid represents 23% of the total (4,474) claims paid by the program in
FY 2008. As the chart indicates, 86% of the total Protection Order claims paid fall under the categories
of Domestic Violence (66%) or Stalking, Menacing and Harassment (20%).
Other
15 Child
Sexual Endangerment
Assault 12
Assault 45
70
Stalking/Menacing
/Harassment
212
Domestic Violence
708
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Administrative Costs
Administrative costs for Fiscal Year 2008 saw a slight, $36,561.37 decrease, down from a 7% increase
for FY 2006 – FY 2007. This slight decrease in overall administrative costs can be attributed to overall
cost decreases from the Court and Compensation Units.
Administrative Costs
FY06 FY07 FY08
Personnel
Compensation $4,578,219.91 $4,582,233.84 $4,405,709.98
Assistance $579,529.98 $775,921.31 $967,022.68
Court of Claims $1,018,009.56 $1,149,609.90 $1,183,426.01
Total $6,175,759.45 $6,507,765.05 $6,556,158.67
Equipment
Compensation $30,695.46 $39,393.62 $122,849.87
Assistance $208.73 $136.76 $3,278.20
Court of Claims $52,414.45 $79,977.93 $50,374.50
Total $83,318.64 $119,508.31 $176,502.57
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Subrogation
The Attorney General honors her statutory duty to subrogate and hold offenders financially account-
able for their crimes. The subrogation unit’s collection efforts against offenders, insurance companies,
and other liable parties allow for the crime victims fund to be reimbursed. The chart below depicts the
results of the subrogation unit’s efforts.
Subrogation Collections
$600,000
$531,145
$488,936
$489,273
500,000 $460,031
$428,683
300,000 $263,042
200,000
100,000
The table below shows the total amount of money returned to the program through subrogation for
FY 2008. As is detailed in the table, the primary source of subrogated funds ($170,679) is that which
is obtained by directly billing the offender.
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Appendices
A. Awards by County
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Appendix A. Awards by County
The table below breaks down the FY 2008 awards paid by county. As could be expected the most
populated counties (Cuyahoga, Franklin, Hamilton and Montgomery) account for the greatest number
of awards and highest dollar figures.
Number Number
County of Awards Total County of Awards Total