NCJ Number
250463
Date Published
December 2016
Length
46 pages
Annotation
The findings and methodology are presented for the U.S. Justice Department's Office of the Inspector General's (OIG's) audit of the cooperative agreements awarded to the National Domestic Violence Hotline (NDVH) in Austin, TX, by the U.S. Justice Department's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) and the Office of Justice Programs (OJP).
Abstract
The NDVH ws awarded $2,875,000 to increase awareness of domestic violence. As of December 17, 2015, NDVH had drawn down $1,489,614 of the total funds awarded. The audit's objective was to determine whether costs claimed under the awards were allowable, supported, and in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, guidelines, and terms and conditions of the award. The audit assessed performance in the areas of grant management, program performance, financial management, expenditures, budget management and control, drawdowns, and Federal financial reports. The audit found that NDVH charged unallowable and unsupported personnel, contractor and consultant, and other direct costs to the awards. The audit also found that NDVH did not record indirect costs in the award accounting records or report indirect costs on the Federal Financial Reports. (FFRs). In addition, the audit found that the FFRs were inaccurate, based on the award accounting records. These deficiencies amounted to $1,064,672 in unallowable and unsupported questioned costs. This report presents six recommendations to OVW and OJP regarding how they can address the issues identified in the audit. 5 tables and appended audit methodology, schedule of dollar-related findings, and NDVH response to the draft audit report