Crime Victims In Colorado Get An Early Christmas Present

By Shaun Boyd
DENVER (CBS4) – A new budget deal restores $1.5 billion in funding for victims services organizations.
The federal Crime Victims Fund is not tax dollars. It comes from fees that criminals pay and that, by law, victims are supposed to receive. As CBS4 reported last month, the fund fell victim itself to a budget deal between Congress and President Obama, who planned to raid it to pay for other spending.
That led to an outcry from victims services organizations across the countr