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Sign On and Urge Senate Leadership to Pass
The Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act

March 30, 2026

The Crime Victims Fund (CVF) is the main source of federal funding for victim services and victim assistants in prosecutors’ office and law enforcement agencies, but it is nearly depleted. Congress must take immediate action to ensure that victim service providers across the country do not face further catastrophic funding cuts!

Annual deposits to the CVF–monetary penalties from federal criminal cases–have dropped by an average of $1.5 billion annually in the past decade. By spending down the balance of the CVF, Congress has been able to prevent the worst of the cuts so far, but this buffer is now gone. The cuts we have seen so far have been disastrous, but without action, the impact on crime victim survivors will only get worse.

To stave off cuts in the next few years, the Senate must immediately pass the bipartisan Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act, which passed the House by a unanimous voice vote in January. By redirecting unobligated funds from the False Claims Act into the CVF, this bill provides an immediate infusion of non-taxpayer revenue to ensure victims and survivors can continue to receive critical, and often life-saving, support.

We urge victim service organizations and other organizational and institutional stakeholders to sign the letter below to urge the Senate to pass the Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act.

The full text of the letter can be reviewed here.

The sign-on form can be found here.

The deadline for organizational and institutional signatures is COB April 10. DEADLINE EXTENDED TO COB APRIL 17.

This letter is for organizations and institutions only. If you are an individual and want to take action, click here to email your Senators.

Please contact Denise Edwards, dedwards@nca-online.org; Rachel Graber, rgraber@jwi.org; Terri Poore, terri@endsexualviolence.org; and Melina Milazzo, mmilazzo@nnedv.org with any questions.