An Audit Report on Monitoring and Enforcement Functions at the Juvenile Probation Commission
August 2007
Report Number 07-047
Overall Conclusion
The Juvenile Probation Commission (Commission) has taken corrective action on 32 of 34 (94 percent) of the recommendations related to monitoring and enforcement identified in An Audit Report on the Juvenile Probation Commission (State Auditor's Office Report No. 02-060, July 2002).
The Commission has developed an automated system to facilitate the monitoring of standards and contracts with local juvenile boards. The Compliance Monitoring, Enforcement and Tracking System (COMETS) has allowed the Commission to address the majority of weaknesses in its monitoring and enforcement processes identified in the previous audit report. COMETS also has enabled the Commission to move from a paper file environment to an almost completely computerized process.
Additionally, auditors visited four juvenile probation departments and determined that all of them were conducting criminal history checks for employees in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. However, auditors identified weaknesses in two departments' processes for documenting grievances. At two departments, auditors also identified weaknesses in the processes for reporting and investigating allegations of abuse, neglect, and exploitation.
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