Audit 16984

2022-001: Grant Compliance Federal program: Awarded by the US Department of Health and Human Services passed through city of New York Human Resource Administration: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (?TANF?) ALN 93.558 for the Homelessness Prevention Law Project for the period from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022. Criteria: Under the Homelessness Prevention Law Project, the granting agencies requires a minimum number of units of services delivered. The Organization is required to fulfill a minimum of 1,909 units of services with a minimum of 1,432 universal access full legal representations. Condition: The Organization is required to reach a minimum units of service requirement. The Organization was unable to meet the minimum deliverables required. The Organization did not have written communication waiving the requirement. Cause: The Organization was unable to meet requirements due to capacity issues. Effect: We were unable to verify that the minimum units of services were delivered or that this requirement was waived. Context: Sax requested support to verify the minimum units of service requirement had been reached. The Organization was unable to provide support that the minimum units of service was provided. Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implement procedures to ensure the minimum units of service requirement is met or to obtain written communication from the granting agency waiving the requirement. Views of Responsible Officials: See corrective action plan.

2022-002: Grant Reporting Federal program: Awarded by the US Department of Health and Human Services passed through city of New York Human Resource Administration: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (?TANF?) ALN 93.558 for the Homelessness Prevention Law Project for the period from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022. Criteria: Under the Homelessness Prevention Law Project, the granting agency requires the submission of 4 successful case narratives twice a year and 2 UA full legal representation cases. Condition: The Organization is required to submit 4 successful case narratives twice a year, with at least 2 of which must be for a UA full legal representation case. The Organization was unable to provide the narrative reports during the audit and therefore we were unable to verify the submission of these reports. Cause: The city did not request or collect client stories due to streamlined reporting. Effect: We were unable to verify submission of narrative reports required by the granting agency. Context: Sax requested case narratives and proof of submission as part of our testing of the reporting compliance requirements. The Organization did not have the requested reports to validate the requirement. Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implement procedures to ensure that documents are submitted or maintain support from the granting agency waiving the submission of report requirement. Views of Responsible Officials: See corrective action plan.

2022-001: Grant Compliance Federal program: Awarded by the US Department of Health and Human Services passed through city of New York Human Resource Administration: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (?TANF?) ALN 93.558 for the Homelessness Prevention Law Project for the period from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022. Criteria: Under the Homelessness Prevention Law Project, the granting agencies requires a minimum number of units of services delivered. The Organization is required to fulfill a minimum of 1,909 units of services with a minimum of 1,432 universal access full legal representations. Condition: The Organization is required to reach a minimum units of service requirement. The Organization was unable to meet the minimum deliverables required. The Organization did not have written communication waiving the requirement. Cause: The Organization was unable to meet requirements due to capacity issues. Effect: We were unable to verify that the minimum units of services were delivered or that this requirement was waived. Context: Sax requested support to verify the minimum units of service requirement had been reached. The Organization was unable to provide support that the minimum units of service was provided. Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implement procedures to ensure the minimum units of service requirement is met or to obtain written communication from the granting agency waiving the requirement. Views of Responsible Officials: See corrective action plan.

2022-002: Grant Reporting Federal program: Awarded by the US Department of Health and Human Services passed through city of New York Human Resource Administration: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (?TANF?) ALN 93.558 for the Homelessness Prevention Law Project for the period from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022. Criteria: Under the Homelessness Prevention Law Project, the granting agency requires the submission of 4 successful case narratives twice a year and 2 UA full legal representation cases. Condition: The Organization is required to submit 4 successful case narratives twice a year, with at least 2 of which must be for a UA full legal representation case. The Organization was unable to provide the narrative reports during the audit and therefore we were unable to verify the submission of these reports. Cause: The city did not request or collect client stories due to streamlined reporting. Effect: We were unable to verify submission of narrative reports required by the granting agency. Context: Sax requested case narratives and proof of submission as part of our testing of the reporting compliance requirements. The Organization did not have the requested reports to validate the requirement. Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implement procedures to ensure that documents are submitted or maintain support from the granting agency waiving the submission of report requirement. Views of Responsible Officials: See corrective action plan.