AUSTIN (KXAN) -- New laws aimed at improving Texas' troubled Crime Victims' Compensation Fund -- sparked by a series of KXAN investigations -- are now officially in effect.

For nearly three years, KXAN has uncovered turnover, backlogs and months-long delays for victims of violent crimes trying to get help. The new changes, victims say, are a long-awaited improvement to a system that for many can be a lifeline.

The CVC fund, managed by the Texas Attorney General's Office, is a last resort for crime victims to be reimbursed for things like medical expenses and therapy. The money mostly comes from federal grants and court fees.

'It was a battle'

"I was flying through the air and then landed down on the pavement," Terry Reager told us last August, sitting at her kitchen table in Austin --

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