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About the Crime Victim Services Commission
The Crime Victim Services Commission is the state agency concerned with all aspects of services for victims of crime. The commission is composed of five members appointed by the governor. The members include an attorney, a prosecuting attorney, a law enforcement officer, a community-based victim advocate, and a member of the medical profession. The commission was created by P.A. 519 of 1996 and succeeds the Crime Victim Compensation Board created by P.A. 223 of 1976, and the Criminal Assessments Commission created by P. A. 196 of 1989. Commission staff administer three crime victim service programs that provide more than $13 million in services for more than 150,000 citizens. The programs are crime victims compensation, crime victims rights, and crime victims assistance. The commission provides an advisory role in disbursement of funding and acts as the appeals forum for compensation claims. In addition to these major program areas, the commission also monitors general forfeiture activity under P.A. 104 of 1988, provides training opportunities for state victim advocates, and is leading major initiatives to upgrade the information management infrastructure of Michigan's victim service agencies.
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