When we're dealing with victims who have been through the justice system, typically they will land back at our agencies or similar agencies. Our agencies are all above capacity. We're underfunded, and we're all dealing with multiple simultaneous crises.
When a victim comes forward, we have to do our best to support them within the limitations we are given. Those limitations are often financial. While there are often other supports available to victims, there are many hoops they have to jump through to access them. This is what we keep coming back to with this bill. Victims should not have to go through complex processes during those times in their lives just to access meaningful supports.