This report details the results of an audit of the Office of Justice Programs Victim Assistance Funds Subawarded by the District of Columbia's Office of Victim Services and Justice Grants to the Network for Victim Recovery of DC, Washington, D.C.
This audit of the Office of Justice Programs Victim Assistance Funds Subawarded by the District of Columbia concluded 's Office of Victim Services and Justice Grants (OVSJG) to the Network for Victim Recovery of DC (NVRDC), Washington, D.C., that NVRDC provided services and support to survivors of crime in accordance with award requirements. However, auditors found that NVRDC and the OVSJG could improve certain areas of their subaward management, including grant financial management policies and procedures. Auditors also found that the OVSJG needs to improve how subrecipients track expenditures between federal and local financial assistance on the reimbursement request form. As of October 2023, the OVSJG had reimbursed NVRDC for the entire award. Auditors reviewed selected victim case files and found evidence that NVRDC used the subaward to provide a range of services to survivors of crime in accordance with subaward requirements. Auditors did not note any significant concerns with NVRDC’s provision of services to victims. The audit concluded that NVRDC maintained financial management controls to budget and classify subaward funds. However, auditors determined that: (1) NVRDC could improve its written policies and procedures related to grant financial management, (2) the OVSJG needs to distinguish and track the source of subaward expenses between federal and local financial assistance for VOCA awards with multiple funding sources, and (3) the OVSJG reimbursed NVRDC $8,662 in unallowable indirect costs. The objective of this DOJ Office of the Inspector General audit was to review how NVRDC used Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) funds to assist crime victims and assess whether it accounted for these funds in compliance with award requirements, terms, and conditions.