Audit of the Office of Justice Programs Services and Transitional Housing for Trafficking Victims Grants Awarded to the Healing Action Network, Inc., St. Louis, Missouri

• NCJ Number: 309330
• Date Published: May 2024
• Length: 30 pages

Annotation

This paper reports on the Justice Department’s audit of victim assistance funds received by Healing Action Network, Inc., in St. Louis, Missouri; it describes the Office of the Inspector General’s audit approach; lays out audit results, including program performance and accomplishments, grant financial management and expenditures, budget management and control, drawdowns, and federal financial reports; it presents conclusions and recommendations; and includes five appendix documents.

Abstract

This report presents the Department of Justice, Office of the Inspector General’s (OIG’s) audit of two human trafficking victim assistance grants received by the Healing Action Network, Inc. (Healing Action) in St. Louis, Missouri, from the Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office for Victims of Crime (OVC). Healing Action is a non-profit organization with the mission of partnering with survivors and the community to end commercial sexual exploitation through community awareness, client advocacy, and various services, including trauma therapy and basic needs assistance. The OIG audit aimed to determine whether costs claimed under the grants were allowable, supported, and in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, guidelines, and terms and conditions of the grants; and to determine whether Healing Action demonstrated satisfactory progress toward achieving stated program goals and objectives. To that end, the audit assessed the following areas of grant management: program performance, financial management, expenditures, budget management and control, drawdowns, and Federal Financial Reports (FFR); it also examined grant condition compliance. The report lays out the analysis criteria, and provides details regarding the results of the audit, with conclusions and recommendations. The Appendix documents include: Objectives, Scope, and Methodology; Schedule of Dollar-Related Findings; Healing Action Network 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.