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Audit of the Office of Justice Programs Cooperative Agreement Awarded to Community Resources for Justice, Incorporated, Boston, Massachusetts

Submitting OIG:

Department of Justice OIG

Date Issued:

Tuesday, April 4, 2023

Agency Reviewed / Investigated:

Department of Justice

Submitting OIG-Specific Report Number:

23-058

Component, if applicable:

Office of Justice Programs

External entity, if applicable:

Community Resources for Justice

Location(s):

Boston, MA

United States

Type of Report:

Audit

Questioned Costs:

$30,292

Funds for Better Use:

$0

Number of Recommendations:

5

View Document:

Attachment	Size
23-058.pdf	2.16 MB

Related Open Recommendations

Recommendation Number	Recommendation Status	Significant Recommendation	Additional Details
1	Open	No	https://oig.justice.gov/reports
Coordinate with CRJ to revise its written policies to ensure all paid leave fringe benefits are equitably allocated to all related activities, including federal awards.
2	Open	No	https://oig.justice.gov/reports
Coordinate with CRJ to enhance its written subrecipient policies and procedures to include: (1) evaluating each subrecipient’s risk of non-compliance with award requirements to help ensure the appropriate design of subrecipient monitoring plans, (2) documenting its familiarity with subrecipient financial operations, and (3) reviewing subrecipient Single Audit Reports to ensure that any related deficiencies found in those single audits are resolved.
3	Open	No	https://oig.justice.gov/reports
Remedy the $28,266 in unsupported travel costs found during our testing.
4	Open	No	https://oig.justice.gov/reports
Take reasonable actions to determine whether the remaining travel costs totaling $864,422 are adequately supported.
5	Open	No	https://oig.justice.gov/reports
Remedy the $2,026 lodging expense based on lack of documentation to demonstrate how the amount was equitably allocated to the award.