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=== 2. Who is Eligible and What They May Receive ===
=== 2. Who is Eligible and What They May Receive ===
== A) Victims ==
Under this Act, “victim” means a person who is injured or killed as a direct result of either a prescribed offence or when acting as a “good Samaritan” while:
#lawfully arresting or attempting to arrest a person, or assisting or attempting to assist a peace officer to arrest a person, in respect of a criminal offence; or
#lawfully preventing or attempting to prevent an offence or a suspected offence under the Criminal Code or assisting or attempting to assist a peace officer to do so.
Victims may be eligible for the following benefits:
*medical or dental services or expenses
*disability aids
*vocational services or expenses
*repair or replacement of damaged or destroyed personal property (glasses, disability aids or clothing only - not stolen property)
*vehicle modification or acquisition for disabled victims
*maintenance for a child born as a result of the prescribed offence
*lost earning capacity (in relation to long term injuries)
*prescription drug expenses
*counselling services or expenses
*protective measures, services or expenses for high-risk victims
*home modification, maintenance or moving expenses
*income support
*transportation and related expenses
*crime scene cleaning
== B) Immediate Family Members ==
Immediate family members may be eligible for the following benefits:
*counselling services or expenses
*vocational services or expenses
*income support for dependent family members of a deceased victim
*prescription drug expenses (related to psychological trauma)
*funeral expenses
*transportation and related expenses
*earnings loss due to bereavement leave
*homemaker and child care expenses
*crime scene cleaning
Under this Act, “Immediate Family Members” include persons who at the time of the offence were:
#a spouse, child, sibling, step sibling, half sibling or parent of the victim, and, for this purpose,
##"spouse" means a person who:
##*is married to the victim;
##*is living and cohabiting with the victim in a marriage-like relationship; or
##*was qualified as a spouse under law or was entitled to maintenance/alimony/support when the incident occurred
##"child" includes:
##*a child to whom the victim stands in the place of a parent;
##*a child who is eligible for child support under another enactment;
##*a child of the victim born after the death of the victim; or
##*an adult to whom the victim stood in the place of a parent when the adult was a child
##"parent" includes:
##*a person who stands in the place of a parent to the victim; or
##*a person who stood in the place of a parent to the victim when the victim was a child
#if dependent in whole or in part on the victim for financial support, a grandparent or grandchild of the victim.
== C) Witnesses ==
"Witness" is a person who, although not necessarily related to a victim, has a strong emotional attachment to the victim and who:
*is a witness in close proximity to:
**a prescribed offence that causes a life-threatening injury to, or the death of, the victim; or
**the immediate aftermath of a prescribed offence that causes the death of the victim, in circumstances that are sufficient to alarm, shock, and frighten a reasonable person with that emotional attachment to the victim, and
*suffers psychological harm that:
**is diagnosed by a registered psychologist or a medical or nurse practitioner as a recognized psychological or psychiatric condition; and
**in the opinion of the person who makes the diagnosis, is the result of the circumstances in subparagraph 1.
Witnesses may be eligible for counselling, related prescription drug expenses, transportation expenses to attend counselling, and crime scene cleaning expenses.


=== 3. Application for Benefits ===
=== 3. Application for Benefits ===
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