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Office of Justice Programs Grant to Administer the Victims of Crime Assistance Program for the North Carolina Department of Crime Control and Public Safety

Report No. GR-40-03-006
March 2003
Office of the Inspector General


EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The Office of the Inspector General, Audit Division, has completed an audit of Victims of Crime Assistance (VOCA) grants 2000-VA-GX-0037 and 2001-VA-GX-0037, awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs (OJP) to the North Carolina Department of Crime Control and Public Safety (grantee).

The purpose of these grants was to reimburse subgrantees for expenses related to participation in the VOCA program. As of August 31, 2002, the grantee was awarded a total of $19,651,000.

We tested accounting records to determine if reimbursement claimed for costs under the grants was allowable, supported, and in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, guidelines, and terms and conditions of the grant.

Our audit revealed that the grantee did not:

These items are discussed in detail in the Findings and Recommendations section of the report. We identified $1,115,572 in questioned costs.1 Our audit objectives, scope and methodology appear in Appendix I.


Footnotes

  1. See Appendix II for schedule of dollar-related findings.