Office of Justice Programs Community Capacity Development Office and Bureau of Justice Assistance Grants Awarded to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

摘要

The Office of the Inspector General (OIG), Audit Division, has completed an audit of 10 Office of Justice Programs (OJP) Community Capacity Development Office (CCDO), Weed and Seed grants totaling $1,692,000 and 2 OJP Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) grants totaling $3,428,984 to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (the City). The general purpose of the CCDO Weed and Seed grants was to help establish and sustain a community-based strategy to prevent, control, and reduce violent crime, drug abuse, and gang activity in designated high-crime neighborhoods within Oklahoma City. One of the BJA grants was part of a nationwide initiative intended to reduce gang membership and violence in 10 districts. The other BJA grant was to help Oklahoma City provide a multijurisdictional, intelligence-led policing approach to reduce violent crime. OJP provides leadership to federal, state, local, and tribal justice systems by disseminating grants for the implementation of crime fighting strategies. OJP does not directly carry out law enforcement and justice activities. Instead, it works in partnership with the justice community to identify the most pressing crime-related challenges confronting the justice system and to provide information, training, coordination, and innovative strategies and approaches for addressing these challenges. The purpose of this audit was to determine whether costs claimed under the grants were allowable, reasonable, and in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, guidelines, and terms and conditions of the grant. The objectives of this audit were to review performance in the following areas: (1) internal control environment; (2) drawdowns; (3) grant expenditures, including personnel and indirect costs; (4) budget management and control; (5) matching; (6) property management; (7) program income; (8) financial status reports; and (9) monitoring of subgrantees and contractors.