Office of Justice Programs (OJP) Grant Program Guidelines

Office of Justice Programs (OJP) Crime Victim Services 2020

VOCA Funding Grant Program Guidelines (Updated for VOCA 19 funds)

The Minnesota Office of Justice Programs (OJP) will require each grantee to abide by the following requirements in addition to those contained in the general grantee Terms and Conditions:

Financial Requirements: 1) The grantee shall report at least quarterly on all expenditures pertaining to this grant contract in the OJP online grants management system, E-grants, no later than 30 days after the end of the quarter. 2) The grantee shall report quarterly on any program income (including interest) earned and expended during the grant period, if applicable. 3) The grantee shall submit a written budget revision request via E-grants before any expenditure may be made based on the revised budget. Submission of a budget revision is necessary if a) a line item will deviate by $200 or 10%, whichever is higher, from the approved budget, or b) a new line item that was not part of the approved budget will be created. 4) The grantee shall submit source documentation on grant expenditures in a timely manner, as requested by OJP staff for a desk review audit. 5) The grantee's eligible expenditures under this grant contract must be incurred by the grantee by the expiration date of the grant agreement. 6) The grantee shall have until 30 days after the expiration date of the grant agreement to liquidate all unpaid obligations related to the program which were incurred on or before the last day of the grant period and to submit a final report of all funds received and disbursed. If a report is not submitted within this time period, expenses claimed on the report may be disallowed and OJP may request a refund of those funds from the grantee if the funding was advanced to the grantee. 7) The grantee shall retain all financial records for a minimum of six (6) years after the date of submission of the final financial status report, or until completion of an audit which has commenced before the expiration of this six-year period, or until any audit findings and/or recommendations from prior audit(s) have been resolved between the grantee and OJP, whichever is later. 8) The grantee shall comply with all provisions of the Minnesota OJP Grant Manual.

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Reporting Requirements: 1) Financial Reporting: The grantee shall submit a financial reporting form via the Department of Public Safety's online grant management system at least quarterly, within 30 days after the end of the quarter. 2) Progress Reporting: The grantee shall submit, via the Department of Public Safety's online grant management system,: ? Quarterly Program Income Report within 30 days after the end of each 3-month period throughout the grant period (30th of January, April, July & October) ? Year-end Report by October 30, 2020 and October 30, 2021. ? any other reports as required by OJP. The grantee shall submit, via the Performance Measures Tool (PMT) online system:

a quarterly statistical report form, if applicable, within 30 days after the end of each quarter (30th of January, April, July & October).

3) Requirement Changes: OJP may add, modify or change all reporting forms at their discretion during the grant period.

Other Provisions: 1) Evaluation: OJP shall have the authority, during the course of this grant period, to conduct an evaluation of the performance of the grant program. 2) Additional Requirements: The grantee shall attend meetings and training as OJP shall reasonably request. 3) Administrative Requirements: OJP reserves the right to include in the grant, at any time during the term of the grant, special condition requirements deemed necessary to assure the grantee's successful implementation of the program. OJP will notify the Grantee in writing of any special condition requirements. 4) Governing Board: The grantee shall provide OJP with current list of their governing board and officers and will notify OJP within two weeks of any changes to the list. 5) Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Programs: Grantees defined as a domestic violence and/or a sexual assault program under Minnesota Statutes section 13.823, are subject to the following: a) The grantee shall provide to OJP all documentation necessary for the management and oversight of the contract. b) Data given to OJP by the grantee becomes government data subject to chapter 13. c) Personal history information and information from which the identity or location of any victim can be determined are private data protected by 13.822, 611A.32, subdivision 5, 611A.371, subdivision 3, and 611A.46.

Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) Provisions: Payments under this grant contract may be made from federal funds obtained by the State of Minnesota through 42 USC 5630 et seq., CFDA number 16.575 ? Crime Victim Assistance, from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office for Victims of Crime under the following awards:

? 2017VAGX0080 (10/1/16 ? 9/30/20): $31,220,915 (signed 10/3/17) ? 2018V2GX0069 (10/1/17 ? 9/30/21): $56,375,478 (signed 8/13/18) ? 2019V2GX0033 (10/1/18 ? 9/30/22): $38,257,832 (signed 9/16/19) ? 2020V2GX00__ (10/1/19 ? 9/30/23): $38,257,832 (estimated)

OJP has an indirect cost rate of 7.15% for use on grants, contracts and other agreements with the federal government.

The Grantee is responsible for compliance with the following federal requirements imposed on these funds and accepts full financial responsibility for any additional restrictions imposed in response to the Grantee's failure to comply with federal requirements.

Non-profit grantees must: Make their financial statements available online (either on the grantee's or another publicly

available website). OVC will consider organizations that have Federal 501(c)(3) tax status as in compliance with this requirement, with no further action needed, to the extent that such organization files IRS Form 990 or similar tax document (e.g., 990-EZ), as several sources already provide searchable online databases of such financial statements.

a) Certify their non-profit status by submitting a statement to OJP (to be placed in the grant file) affirmatively asserting that the grantee is a non-profit organization, and indicating that it has on file, and available upon audit, either: 1) A copy of the grantee's 501(c)(3) designation letter; 2) A letter from the grantee's state/territory taxing body or state/territory attorney general stating that the grantee is a non-profit organization operating within the state/territory; or 3) A copy of the grantee's state/territory certificate of incorporation that substantiates its non-profit status. Grantees that are local non-profit affiliates of state/territory or national non-profits should have available proof of (1), (2) or (3), and a statement by the state/territory or national parent organization that the grantee is a local nonprofit affiliate.

Any organization that receives more than $25,000 of these federal funds must complete the FFATA form in E-Grants within 30 days of the execution of their grant agreement.

Civil Rights Training: OJP requires the review of an online civil rights training tool, which incorporates all of these provisions and certification that training has been completed. The acknowledgement of training form will be submitted to OJP via Egrants. The training and acknowledgement of training form can be found at

Note: The reference to "OJP" in the following special conditions refers to the federal Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, (not the Minnesota Office of Justice Programs).

1. Applicability of Part 200 Uniform Requirements

The Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements in 2 C.F.R. Part 200, as adopted and supplemented by DOJ in 2 C.F.R. Part 2800 (together, the "Part 200 Uniform Requirements") apply to this FY 2019 award from OJP.

The Part 200 Uniform Requirements were first adopted by DOJ on December 26, 2014. If this FY 2019 award supplements funds previously awarded by OJP under the same award number (e.g., funds awarded during or before December 2014), the Part 200 Uniform Requirements apply with respect to all funds under that award number (regardless of the award date, and regardless of whether derived from the initial award or a supplemental award) that are obligated on or after the acceptance date of this FY 2019 award.

For more information and resources on the Part 200 Uniform Requirements as they relate to OJP awards and subawards ("subgrants"), see the OJP website at .

Record retention and access: Records pertinent to the award that the recipient (and any subrecipient ("subgrantee") at any tier) must retain -- typically for a period of 3 years from the date of submission of the final expenditure report (SF 425), unless a different retention period applies -- and to which the recipient (and any subrecipient ("subgrantee") at any tier) must provide access, include performance measurement information, in addition to the financial records, supporting documents, statistical records, and other pertinent records indicated at 2 C.F.R. 200.333.

In the event that an award-related question arises from documents or other materials prepared or distributed by OJP that may appear to conflict with, or differ in some way from, the provisions of the Part 200 Uniform Requirements, the recipient is to contact OJP promptly for clarification.

2. Compliance with DOJ Grants Financial Guide

References to the DOJ Grants Financial Guide are to the DOJ Grants Financial Guide as posted on the OJP website (currently, the "DOJ Grants Financial Guide" available at ), including any updated version that may be posted during the period of performance. The recipient agrees to comply with the DOJ Grants Financial Guide.

3. Reclassification of various statutory provisions to a new Title 34 of the United States Code

On September 1, 2017, various statutory provisions previously codified elsewhere in the U.S. Code were editorially reclassified to a new Title 34, entitled "Crime Control and Law Enforcement." The reclassification encompassed a number of statutory provisions pertinent to OJP awards (that is, OJP grants and cooperative agreements), including many provisions previously codified in Title 42 of the U.S. Code.

Effective as of September 1, 2017, any reference in this award document to a statutory provision that has been reclassified to the new Title 34 of the U.S. Code is to be read as a reference to that statutory provision as reclassified to Title 34. This rule of construction specifically includes references set out in award conditions, references set out in material incorporated by reference through award conditions, and references set out in other award requirements.

4. Requirements related to System for Award Management and Universal Identifier Requirements

The recipient must comply with applicable requirements regarding the System for Award Management (SAM), currently accessible at . This includes applicable requirements regarding registration with SAM, as well as maintaining the currency of information in SAM.

The recipient also must comply with applicable restrictions on subawards ("subgrants") to first-tier subrecipients (first-tier "subgrantees"), including restrictions on subawards to entities that do not acquire and provide (to the recipient) the unique entity identifier required for SAM registration.

The details of the recipient's obligations related to SAM and to unique entity identifiers are posted on the OJP web site at . (Award condition: System for Award Management (SAM) and Universal Identifier Requirements), and are incorporated by reference here.

This condition does not apply to an award to an individual who received the award as a natural person (i.e., unrelated to any business or non-profit organization that he or she may own or operate in his or her name).

5. Employment eligibility verification for hiring under the award

1. The recipient (and any subrecipient at any tier) must--

A. Ensure that, as part of the hiring process for any position within the United States that is or will be funded (in whole or in part) with award funds, the recipient (or any subrecipient) properly verifies the employment eligibility of the individual who is being hired, consistent with the provisions of 8 U.S.C. 1324a(a)(1) and (2).

B. Notify all persons associated with the recipient (or any subrecipient) who are or will be involved in activities under this award of both--

(1) this award requirement for verification of employment eligibility, and

(2) the associated provisions in 8 U.S.C. 1324a(a)(1) and (2) that, generally speaking, make it unlawful, in the United States, to hire (or recruit for employment) certain aliens.

C. Provide training (to the extent necessary) to those persons required by this condition to be notified of the award requirement for employment eligibility verification and of the associated provisions of 8 U.S.C. 1324a(a)(1) and (2).

D. As part of the recordkeeping for the award (including pursuant to the Part 200 Uniform Requirements), maintain records of all employment eligibility verifications pertinent to compliance with this award condition in accordance with Form I-9 record retention requirements, as well as records of all pertinent notifications and trainings.

2. Monitoring

The recipient's monitoring responsibilities include monitoring of subrecipient compliance with this condition.

3. Allowable costs

To the extent that such costs are not reimbursed under any other federal program, award funds may be obligated for the reasonable, necessary, and allocable costs (if any) of actions designed to ensure compliance with this condition.

4. Rules of construction

A. Staff involved in the hiring process

For purposes of this condition, persons "who are or will be involved in activities under this award" specifically includes (without limitation) any and all recipient (or any subrecipient)

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