Helping Victims of Crime with Finances and Benefits

In the aftermath of a crime, a victims’ financial and housing situations may change.  These changes can have a host of consequences. This resource guide contains practical information for you to assist your clients if they need to:

• seek new sources of support,
• update the administering agency about their new income and housing,
• make sure that their income and benefits cannot be accessed by someone else, and
• understand what their obligations are with respect to debts or liabilities that they share with a perpetrator.