Audit of the Office of Justice Programs State of Washington Victim Assistance Funds Subawarded to the Young Women's Christian Association of Seattle, King County, and Snohomish County, Seattle, Washington

Date Issued

Tuesday, January 14, 2025

Submitting OIG

Department of Justice OIG

Agencies Reviewed/Investigated

Department of Justice

Components

Office of Justice Programs

Report Number

25-018

Report Type

Audit

Location

Seattle, WA
United States

Number of Recommendations

Questioned Costs

$43,614

Funds for Better Use

Report updated under NDAA 5274

External Entity

Young Women's Christian Association of Seattle, King County, and Snohomish County

Open Recommendations

This report has 7 open recommendations.

Recommendation Number	Significant Recommendation	Recommended Questioned Costs	Recommended Funds for Better Use	Additional Details
1	No	$0	$0	Status as of March 31, 2025
Ensure that the YWCA of Seattle establishes written policies and procedures to accurately track victims served with VOCA grant funding.
2	No	$0	$0	Status as of March 31, 2025
Ensure that the YWCA of Seattle implements controls to ensure its subaward transactions are accurately tracked, to include routinely reconciling any subsidiary ledgers utilized to the program's general ledger.
3	No	$18,804	$0	Status as of March 31, 2025
Remedy $18,804 in unapproved salary and fringe benefit costs charged to the subaward.
4	No	$24,810	$0	Status as of March 31, 2025
Remedy $24,810 in unallowable gift card purchases charged to the VOCA subaward.
5	No	$24,810	$0	Status as of March 31, 2025
Remedy $24,810 in unsupported gift card purchases for which the YWCA of Seattle could not produce adequate documentation.
6	No	$0	$0	Status as of March 31, 2025
Ensure that the YWCA of Seattle establishes controls to ensure expenditures charged to the subawards are allowable and adequately supported.
7	No	$0	$0	Status as of March 31, 2025
Work with the Washington COM to ensure its policies and procedures for collecting and reporting subrecipient performance data align with the OVC's guidance, to include communicating clear instructions to subrecipients on how to report VOCA grant-funded performance data into the Washington COM's victim tracking database.