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Furthermore, you may contact VictimLinkBC by phone at 604-875-0885 or email victimlinkbc@bc211.ca to ask to be connected to a victim service worker. A victim service worker may be able to help you apply for travel assistance. | Furthermore, you may contact VictimLinkBC by phone at 604-875-0885 or email victimlinkbc@bc211.ca to ask to be connected to a victim service worker. A victim service worker may be able to help you apply for travel assistance. | ||
=== 5. Parole Board of Canada Hearings === | |||
If a conviction occurs, victims may still be affected later on by decisions to release the offender(s). '''Victims who wish to attend Parole Board of Canada hearings may apply for financial assistance''', including for travel, hotel and meal expenses. In order to be eligible, victims must have registered with Correctional Service Canada. For information on registering, click [https://www.csc-scc.gc.ca/victims/003006-0001-eng.shtml here]. | |||
Please note | '''Support persons may also be eligible for funding'''. An eligible support person must be an adult over the age of 18 years of age who is chosen by the registered victim. Support persons may include relatives, friends or victim service workers. Support persons who wish to attend a PBC hearing with a registered victim must submit a written request to the office of the PBC in the region where the hearing will take place, once the victim has received notice from CSC/PBC of potential hearing dates. A security screening will be conducted for all visitors before they are allowed into a penitentiary. If the support person is accompanying the victim to the hearing, but does not intend to go to the hearing, then a security screening is not required. Please note, however, that if the support person should need to enter the penitentiary, the security screening would be required. | ||
For more information, see the | '''Please note that this is only available for federally supervised offenders, and that applications should be submitted at least 30 days before the hearing date.''' | ||
For more information, see the [http://canada.justice.gc.ca/eng/fund-fina/cj-jp/fund-fond/attend-audience.html Department of Justice website]. | |||
== B. Crime Victim Assistance Program == | == B. Crime Victim Assistance Program == | ||
