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Document Date: 
Friday, May 24, 2019
Document Author: 
CLAVC

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.
Library Type: 
Law Overviews & Guides [1]
Library Categories: 
Other DV issues [2]
Financial Stability [3]
User Added Tags: 
CLAVC [4]

Source URL: https://www.masslegalservices.org/content/helping-victims-crime-finances-and-benefits

Links
[1] https://www.masslegalservices.org/library-types/law-overviews-guides
[2] https://www.masslegalservices.org/library/directory/benefits/domestic-violence/other-dv-issues
[3] https://www.masslegalservices.org/library/directory/family-law/domestic-violence/financial-stability
[4] https://www.masslegalservices.org/user-added-tags/clavc