NCJ Number
249248
Date Published
October 2015
Length
42 pages
Annotation
This report presents the findings and methodology of the Office of the Inspector General's (U.S. Justice Department) audit of Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's (OJJDP's) grant to "I Know Better" (INOBTR) in Saint Louis, MO.
Abstract
The purpose of the grant to INOBTR was to develop public-awareness strategies to serve each of the Part A grantees' implementation of local projects under the child and youth safety initiative. According to OJJDP, these strategies were supposed to involve the innovative use of media and other platforms that are able to reach a broad audience. The objective of the audit was to determine whether costs claimed under the grant were allowable, supported, and in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, guidelines, and terms and conditions. In this endeavor, the audit assessed grantee's performance in financial management, grant draw downs, contracts, grant expenditures, budget management and control, grant reporting, program performance and accomplishments, and compliance with special conditions. The audit found that INOBTR's policies and procedures did not require employees to change their system passwords routinely, did not allow for propersegreation of duties regarding check writing, and did not contain all of the required element for procurement, drawdowns, and contractor monitoring. Neither did INOBTR use approved contractors to the extent expected and did not notify OJJDP of these changes. In addition, INOBTR did not perform a cost analysis, seek competitive bids, or submit sole-source justification to OJJDP before procuring services from three contractors. Further, INOBTR used grant funds for unallowable and unapproved costs in the amount of $42,275. This audit report presents nine recommendations for addressing the aforementioned issues. 1 table and appended description of the audit's objective, scope, and methodology and grantee and grantor responses to the audit draft report