This paper reports on the Justice Department’s audit of victim assistance funds received by Ralston House in Arvada, Colorado; it describes the Office of the Inspector General’s audit approach; lays out audit results, including program performance and accomplishments, implementation, services, finance management, subaward expenditures, and fiscal policies and procedures; presents conclusions and recommendations; and includes five appendix documents.
This report presents the Department of Justice, Office of the Inspector General’s audit of victim assistance funds received by Ralston House, provided by the Colorado Division of Criminal Justice (CDCJ) federal grants for fiscal years 2018 through 2022. Ralston House is a non-profit organization with the mission of providing services to child and teen survivors of abuse; it includes four locations including the one in the city of Arvada, Colorado. The report states that the objective of the audit was to review how Ralston House used Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) of 1984 funds received through two subawards from the CDCJ to aid crime victims and assess whether it accounted for those funds in compliance with select award requirements, terms, and conditions. The document describes the audit methodology and approach, and presents audit results. The results are broken down into sections: Program Implementation, including program services; Financial Management, including subaward expenditures, personnel costs, and fiscal policies and procedures. The Conclusions section includes recommendations for OJP and CDCJ, and states that as a result of their audit testing, Ralston House adhered to and demonstrated achievement and goals of the subaward objectives, but includes recommendations for addressing some aspects of their expenditure management deficiencies. The report includes five Appendixes: Objective, Scope, and Methodology of the audit; Ralston House Response to the Draft Audit Report; Colorado Division of Criminal Justice Response to the Draft Audit Report; The office of Justice Programs Response to the Draft Audit Report; and the Office of the Inspector General Analysis and Summary of Actions Necessary to Close the Audit Report.