16.575 CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE (VOCA) VICTIMS OF CRIME ACT U.S. Department of Justice 42 U.S.C. 10603(a) Federal Authorization: N.C. Department of Public Safety Governor’s Crime Commission Agency Contact Person Program Address Confirmation Letters To: – Misty Brown Jack Mthenjane, Grants Management Lead Crime Victims’ Services Planner Director (919) 733-4564 N.C. Department of Public Safety Governor’s Crime Commission 1201 Front St. Agency Contact Person-Financial Renee Glover Raleigh, NC 27609 Fiscal (919) 324-1104 The auditor should not consider the Supplement to be harbor” for identifying audit procedures to apply “safe in a particular engagement, but the auditor should be prepared to justify departures from the suggested procedures. The auditor can consider the supplement a harbor” for identification of compliance “safe requirements to be tested if the auditor performs reasonable procedures to ensure that the requirements in the Supplement are current. The grantor agency may elect to review audit working papers to determine that audit tests are adequate. PROGRAM OBJECTIVES The purpose of the Crime Victims Assistance Grant is to improve the treatment of victims of crime by providing victims with the assistance and services necessary to speed their recovery from a criminal act and to support and aid them as they move through the criminal justice process. Enacted in 1984, the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) is the central source of federal financial support for direct services to victims of crime. VOCA is administered at the federal level through the U.S. Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime, which annually awards a grant to each state, the District of Columbia and U.S. Territories to support victim assistance services for victims and survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse, drunk driving, homicide, and other crimes. Each state has a designated VOCA assistance agency to administer VOCA grants. Those state agencies in turn subgrant to organizations that provide direct services to victims of crime. While minimal federal requirements must be met, each state is given great discretion in awarding specific subgrants. II. PROGRAM PROCEDURES
16.575 CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE VICTIMS OF CRIME ACT (VOCA) U.S. Department of Justice Federal Authorization: 42 U.S.C. 10603(a) N.C. Department of Public Safety Governor’s Crime Commission Agency Contact Person – Program Misty Brown Lead Crime Victims’ Services Planner (919) 733-4564 Agency Contact Person-Financial Renee Glover Fiscal (919) 324-1104 Address Confirmation Letters To: Jack Mthenjane, Grants Management Director N.C. Department of Public Safety Governor’s Crime Commission 1201 Front St. Raleigh, NC 27609 The auditor should not consider the Supplement to be “safe harbor” for identifying audit procedures to apply in a particular engagement, but the auditor should be prepared to justify departures from the suggested procedures. The auditor can consider the supplement a “safe harbor” for identification of compliance requirements to be tested if the auditor performs reasonable procedures to ensure that the requirements in the Supplement are current. The grantor agency may elect to review audit working papers to determine that audit tests are adequate. PROGRAM OBJECTIVES The purpose of the Crime Victims Assistance Grant is to improve the treatment of victims of crime by providing victims with the assistance and services necessary to speed their recovery from a criminal act and to support and aid them as they move through the criminal justice process. Enacted in 1984, the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) is the central source of federal financial support for direct services to victims of crime. VOCA is administered at the federal level through the U.S. Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime, which annually awards a grant to each state, the District of Columbia and U.S. Territories to support victim assistance services for victims and survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse, drunk driving, homicide, and other crimes. Each state has a designated VOCA assistance agency to administer VOCA grants. Those state agencies in turn subgrant to organizations that provide direct services to victims of crime. While minimal federal requirements must be met, each state is given great discretion in awarding specific subgrants. II. PROGRAM PROCEDURES