Darlene Hutchinson
Alabama Crime Victims Compensation will seek more funding from lawmakers
The Alabama Crime Victims Compensation Commission will seek $3.1 million from state lawmakers next year. Everette Johnson, executive of the ACVCC, said during the organization’s quarterly meeting Thursday that the money, more than double what the agency received from the Legislature this year, would free up funding to pay crime victims. “What I am asking […]
Alabama Crime Victims Compensation Commission continues search for funding
The Alabama Crime Victims Commission plans a special meeting Thursday to discuss funding. The agenda includes a request for an allocation from the Governor’s Emergency Fund and a request for future hires not to exceed about 27% of the Budget. The schedule also includes a line item to migrate the agency’s checking account to the […]
Alabama crime victims wait months for aid as compensation commission struggles
Karen Nathan’s 36-year-old son was shot and killed in his apartment in Jefferson County in May 2021. The detective kept in touch to give her updates about the case and about what was transpiring. Later that year, the detective connected her with a group of people who had been victims of violent crime or had […]
Alabama victims compensation commission starts search for executive director
A state victim’s advocacy agency’s first order of business this year is finding a new leader. The board of the Alabama Crime Victims Compensation Commission spent a couple hours Thursday sifting through candidate applications searching for a new executive director after its most recent leader, Teresa Jones, resigned roughly one month ago. Jones had been […]