Audit of the Office of Justice Programs Victim Assistance Funds Subawarded by the Connecticut Judicial Branch to the Connecticut Alliance to End Sexual Violence, East Hartford, Connecticut

Ensure the Alliance develops and implements written policies and procedures for awarding VOCA funds and ensuring that the selection process is documented to demonstrate how VOCA funds were awarded
among Alliance member centers.

Ensure the Alliance communicates all subaward and VOCA-specific requirements to its member centers going forward.

Ensure that the Alliance implements its risk assessment tool to inform its subrecipient monitoring activities.

Ensure the Alliance designs and implements a monitoring plan that demonstrates how planned activities will adhere to its risk-based monitoring requirement.

Ensure the Alliance completes its annual financial site visits in accordance with its Member Center Financial Oversight Policy and implements its updated procedures requiring follow-up with member centers when findings are identified.

Ensure the Alliance enhances its programmatic monitoring policies and procedures to include substantive procedures detailing how monitoring officials should review program-related information and develop procedures to ensure that member centers comply with VOCA requirements.

Ensure the Alliance develops and implements written policies and procedures for taking timely and corrective action on all monitoring findings significant within the context of the VOCA program.

Ensure the Alliance develops and implements a strategy to ensure that subrecipient PMT data is complete and accurately reflects activities supported by VOCA.

Ensure the Alliance develops and implements updated written financial policies and procedures that ensure compliance with the DOJ Grants Financial Guide requirement that drawdowns be based upon
immediate disbursement or reimbursement needs.

Ensure Connecticut develops and implements updated written financial policies and procedures that ensure compliance with the DOJ Grants Financial Guide requirement that drawdowns be based upon
immediate disbursement or reimbursement needs.