What im observing is it is helpful to them to be able to talk about whats going on whether that be the vendors who its their livelihood or its vendors that this is parttime work and its part of their livelihood to people who were witnesses and were literally running for their lives. We want to stress that this is available to all victims whether you saw the shooter or did not. Whether you were at the garlic festival or whether you were a Family Member or someone was there. Staff here can also walk vips through the application process to access funds through the california Victims Compensation board. Its a program that helps reimburse for crime related expenses. Those include things like counseling expenses so this can pay for therapy with a Service Provider of the victims choice and pays for relocation assistance, wage loss, for medical expenses that resulted as a result of the crime. It helps pay for funeral burial costs in some cases. In addition to assisting the crime scene, the d.