Audit of the Office on Violence Against Women: Grant Awarded to Legal Aid of Western Ohio, Toledo, Ohio

摘要

The Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of the Inspector General (OIG), Audit Division has completed an audit of the Legal Aid of Western Ohio, Incorporated (LAWO), grant awarded by the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW). The LAWO was awarded $1,589,352 under grant number 2007-WR-AX-0031. The primary purpose of the grant was to provide funding for a rural domestic violence assistance project. The projects goal was to enhance victim safety for rural areas in cases of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and child sexual abuse by encouraging collaborative partnerships between criminal justice agencies, victim service providers, and community organizations who respond to these crimes. In addition, the project was to support the provision of services to the victims of such violence and encourage communities to work in coordination with each other to develop education and prevention strategies directed toward these issues.