Audit of the Office of Justice Programs Victim Assistance Funds Subawarded by the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services to the City of Richmond Victim Witness Services Program, Richmond, Virginia

• NCJ Number: 309372
• Date Published: November 2023
• Length: 23 pages

Annotation

This paper reports on the Justice Department’s audit of victim assistance funds received by the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services; it describes the Office of the Inspector General’s audit approach; lays out audit results regarding program performance and accomplishments, program implementation and services, and financial management such as subaward expenditures and fiscal policies and procedures; it presents conclusions and recommendations; and includes six appendix documents.

Abstract

This report presents the Department of Justice, Office of the Inspector General’s (OIG’s) audit of victim assistance funds received by Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services (Virginia DCJS), which serves as the state administering agency (SAA) for Virginia and makes subawards to direct service providers. The report states that the objective of the audit was to review how the Richmond Victim Witness Services (VWS) Program used the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) funds received through a subaward from the Virginia DCJS to aid crime victims and assess whether the Richmond VWS Program accounted for VOCA 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 the following sections: Program Performance and Accomplishments, including implementation and services; and Financial Management, including fiscal policies and procedures, subaward expenditures, personnel costs, and single audit. The report includes six Appendixes: Objective, Scope, and Methodology; Schedule of Dollar-Related Findings; City of Richmond VWS Program Response to the Draft Audit Report; Virginia DCJS Response to the Draft Audit Report; The Office of Justice Programs Response to the Draft Audit Report; and the OIG Analysis and Summary of Actions Necessary to Close the Audit Report.