Audit of the Office of Justice Programs Victim Assistance Grants Awarded to the West Virginia Department of Homeland Security, Division of Administrative Services, Justice and Community Services

Audit of the Office of Justice Programs Victim Assistance Grants Awarded to the West Virginia Department of Homeland Security, Division of Administrative Services, Justice and Community Services, Charleston, West Virginia Read Report Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz announced today the release of a report on 3 grants totaling over $40.7 million awarded to the West Virginia Department of Homeland Security, Division of Administrative Services, Justice and Community Services (West Virginia JCS), in Charleston, West Virginia.  The Office of Justice Programs (OJP) awarded these victim assistance grants between fiscal years 2018 and 2020 in support of crime victim services under the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (VOCA). As of October 2024, West Virginia JCS drew down over $38.7 million of the funds.   The DOJ Office of the Inspector General (OIG) found that West Virginia JCS distributed VOCA funding to organizations that provided direct services to support crime victims. However, we found that West Virginia JCS needs to improve its recordkeeping related to required priority areas, update controls over its subrecipient monitoring and data reporting, and enhance its written programmatic and financial policies and procedures. We also determined that drawdown activity did not reconcile to the cumulative expenditures as recorded in West Virginia JCS' accounting records, and we identified inaccurate information in the Federal Financial Reports. As a result of our testing, we questioned $435,507, which consists of $214,267 in unsupported costs and $221,240 in unallowable costs.    The DOJ OIG made 17 recommendations to OJP to improve West Virginia JCS' management of award performance. OJP concurred with all 17 recommendations. West Virginia JCS concurred with 14 recommendations and did not concur with 3. Read Report You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to OIG Reports - Office of Justice Programs (OJP) for U.S. Department of Justice.  Follow the DOJ Office of the Inspector General on X @JusticeOIG.

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