The Austrian teenager is being kept in a secret location, supervised by psychologists, while a dozen police officers continued to comb the house in Strasshof, 25 kilometres northeast of Vienna, where she was held captive for eight years before escaping last Wednesday.
A neighbour said he had seen Ms Kampusch in the garden and also driving towards Vienna with her kidnapper, Wolfgang Priklopil, who had apparently told him "she is Yugoslav, she helps me with housework."
Social services are temporarily providing for Ms Kampusch, who is currently destitute, her lawyer Guenter Harrich said.
He said he had filed a request for legal assistance, under a law that provides aid to crime victims, with the federal agency for the disabled.
According to experts, Ms Kampusch can claim a monthly allowance if she is unable to work.
Psychotherapy and education
The 18-year-old will need to pay for psychotherapy - which is largely paid back by social security - and physical rehabilitation as well as her daily life and education.
The city of Vienna's school services have already offered her individual schooling so the teenager can obtain a high-school diploma.
Ms Kampusch, who taught herself through books, radio and television, kept herself busy "mostly writing, painting, reading and discussing" according to Mr Harrich, who had a one-hour meeting with her.
"She is a very nice, friendly and clever young woman, and incredibly gifted intellectually," said the lawyer, who added he wanted to help make sure "that in five years' time she can live a half-reasonable life."
Until she receives money for interviews or even film rights to her story, there is also the matter of compensation, although it is not clear whom she could sue.
Claim for damages
Expert psychiatrist Reinhard Haller has estimated she could claim $A1,095,000 in damages for being deprived of her freedom and for the harm done to her.
Natascha Kampusch could in any case claim part of Priklopil's inheritance according to her lawyer, who filed a request to have the house in Strasshof seized.
The lawyer said he thought that "(Priklopil's) mother would not object to it."
According to the daily Der Standard, the house, estimated between 145,000 and 180,000 euros, could be hard to sell, however, given its chilling history.
The Austrian media have already opened a "Natascha" donations fund for the public.
Austria's justice ministry has also said it is considering strengthening the penalty for kidnappings like that of Kampusch.
Under Austrian law, Priklopil, who killed himself just hours after she escaped, could only have been charged with "denial of liberty" which carries a maximum prison sentence of 10 years, as he never demanded a ransom after he kidnapped Ms Kampusch when she was 10.
The ministry is now studying an amendment to "close the gap" in the penal code and increase the maximum sentence for such cases from 10 to 20 years, ministry spokesman Christoph Poechinger said.