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Chicago
An updated guide to state funding for victims of violent crime and their loved ones, including recent changes to the application process.
Commentary
As Illinois enacts changes to its victims compensation program, a group of health care providers, survivors, and activists argues that the state needs to make financial help far more accessible to people who have faced gun violence.
Aftershocks
We investigated long-term, systemic shortcomings in the Illinois program. Here are some tips to help you do similar reporting in other parts of the country.
Up the Block
Our searchable guide connects survivors and their families with resources for therapy, employment, transitional housing, victims compensation, domestic violence, post-incarceration, and more.
Bulletin
Many victims are currently denied because of technical issues on their applications.
Shot and Forgotten
A resource for shooting survivors seeking financial support.
Daily Bulletin
What To Know Today NEW from THE TRACE: It’s time to hold our leaders accountable on crime victims compensation. As Illinois enacts changes to its victims compensation program, a group of health care providers, survivors, and activists say now is…
What To Know Today NEW from THE TRACE: Up the Block, our website for Philadelphians affected by gun violence, is live. We invite you to visit the new site, offered in both English and Spanish,…
The state's Crime Victim Compensation Program reimburses victims of violent crime for costs related to injury and loss.
What To Know Today Secret recording reveals NRA brass reckoning with the Columbine shooting — and opting for self-preservation. The day after what was the deadliest school shooting in U.S. history, NRA officials, lobbyists, and PR strategists held hours of…
What To Know Today At least $1 billion per year: the annual cost of treating gun injuries in American hospitals. The estimate comes from the Government Accountability Office, which produced a 53-page report after a request…
Less than 40 percent of applicants are compensated, but many more never apply in the first place.
What To Know Today Fatal shootings erased 12.6 million years of potential life in one decade. That estimate comes from a new analysis of CDC data from 2009 to 2018 published in the journal Trauma Surgery…
What To Know Today NEW from THE TRACE: California police are failing to track crime guns, ignoring tons of potential leads. Every year, state law enforcement agencies recover thousands of firearms, each of which must be logged in a state…
Philadelphia
When I started at The Trace, I shared a painful family memory about cleaning up after a violent crime. Now, an emerging program aims to relieve residents of the need to wipe away the hazardous debris.
