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| Hoffer Calls For Improved Oversight of DOC Transitional Housing Program |
| By montpelierbridge.com |
| Published: 06/24/2015 |
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MONTPELIER — Vermont State Auditor Doug Hoffer released a report June 24 evaluating the Department of Corrections’ transitional housing program, which is aimed at helping offenders segue from incarceration to living in communities. In fiscal year 2014, DOC distributed slightly less than $6 million in grants to 25 organizations to provide housing and supportive services to about 1,000 offenders. The number of people served by this program grew by 59 percent between 2010 and 2014, and its costs increased 157 percent. The new audit was a follow-up to a 2013 investigation, which found that a transitional housing grantee was non-compliant with grant terms and the DOC’s oversight of that grant was deficient. In the wake of that inquiry, DOC reported taking corrective measures. The Auditor’s Office approached this audit with three objectives: 1) to assess the extent to which transitional housing grantees developed plans that specify what services should be provided to individual offenders, 2) to determine whether grantees accurately reported to DOC the services they provided, and 3) to assess whether and how DOC determines this program is meeting its goals of supporting community reintegration, maintaining public safety, and reducing offender recidivism. To meet these objectives, the audit team examined nine organizations and reviewed internal DOC documents. Read More. |
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