NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Becoming a victim of a crime can not only be painful, but pricey. Luckily, there’s a resource available to qualifying Tennesseans to help with the latter, and changes made ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — April 24-30 is National Crime Victims' Rights Week, and in recognition of that, the Tennessee Department of Treasury announced that its Criminal Injuries Compensation Program ...

The Tennessee Department of Treasury’s Criminal Injuries Compensation Program has paid more than $344 million to victims over the past 40 years since the program’s inception in 1982. During that time, ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – In the wake of a violent crime, families are left to not only navigate their grief but to pay for a death they could have never predicted. On Wednesday, March 14, some of the ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Being the victim of a crime is traumatizing in countless ways, including causing financial stress you weren't expecting. While we hope you never learn this first hand, we ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Black applicants to Tennessee’s criminal injuries compensation fund got disproportionately denied funding, according to data obtained and analyzed by the Associated Press. Laquita ...

New data from the Associated Press shows that Black crime victims are disproportionately denied aid through Tennessee's victim compensation fund, a pattern that held up in nearly all states that AP ...