Virginia Poverty Law Center (VPLC) supports Delegate Delaney's HB 1968. It extends the time from one to three years from the occurrence of the crime by which victims of crime may file for compensation from the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission. It also gives Commission staff leeway to consider the victim's circumstances and whether victims have a full protective order in determining whether the victim is eligible for an award.

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Hello, Jacqueline Goad here. I am a labor trafficking survivor and survivor advocate with the Virginia Coalition Against Human Trafficking. I am writing and hopefully speaking in support of HB1968. My attached statement is a one page 620 word discussion of my attempts to seek help and cooperate with law enforcement only to be ignored and my trafficking facilitated by their tacit approval of my trafficker. It did not matter than I was trafficked nor did it matter that he was a Prince William Co. teacher with a documented history of touching small children while they slept. I could not obtain any cooperation from law enforcement, therefore I believe that victims should be required to cooperate with law enforcement to obtain compensation as the law enforcement they reach out to may very well continue to victimization they would seek compensation for. Thank you for your time, Jacqueline Goad Survivor Advocate Virginia Coalition Against Human Trafficking National Human Trafficking Hotline case no. 01229107