Report 2011-121 Recommendation 24 Responses

Report 2011-121: Probationers' Domestic Violence Payments: Improved Processes for Managing and Distributing These Payments Could Increase Support for Local Shelters (Release Date: September 2012)

Recommendation #24 To: Santa Clara County

To ensure that they are maximizing the impact of domestic violence funds, Sacramento, San Diego, and Santa Clara counties should periodically monitor their special funds.

60-Day Agency Response

Santa Clara County developed a formula for distributing funds annually to the local domestic violence shelters based on the funds available in the domestic violence trust fund. Use of this formula will require that Santa Clara County determine the balance of its funds. (See 2013-406, p. 185)

California State Auditor's Assessment of 60-Day Status: Fully Implemented

All Recommendations in 2011-121

Agency responses received after June 2013 are posted verbatim.