RALEIGH -- The victims of North Carolina’s 1933 Eugenics Board Program had until June 30, 2014 to submit a claim form to the Office for Justice of Sterilization Victims to be considered to receive compensation under the Eugenics Compensation Program.

Dee Jones  with the Department of Administration says of of July 17, 2014, "We had 780 Claims filed..that met the criteria of being postmarked not later than June 30th, 2014."

500 of the 780 claim forms have been forwarded to the NC Industrial Commission for determination of eligibility. The remaining 280 claim forms have been logged as received by the deadline and are either missing information or require additional research.