Title: 1. BASIS OF PRESENTATION
Accounting Policies: Expenditures reported on the Schedule are presented in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and the amounts presented are derived from the County’s general ledger.
De Minimis Rate Used: Both
Rate Explanation: The County has not elected to use the 10 percent de minimis indirect cost rate as allowed under the Uniform Guidance for all departments except for the Department of Health.
The accompanying schedule of expenditures of federal awards (the Schedule) includes the federal award activity of the County of Monroe, New York (the County) under programs of the federal government for the year ended December 31, 2023. The information in this Schedule is presented in accordance with the requirements of Title 2 U.S. Code of Federal Regulations Part 200, Uniform Administrative requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit requirements for Federal Awards (Uniform Guidance). Because the Schedule presents only a selected portion of the operations of the County, it is not intended to and does not present the financial position, the respective changes in
financial position, or, where applicable, cash flows of the governmental activities, the business-type activities, the aggregate discretely presented component units, each major fund, and the aggregate remaining fund information of the County.
Title: 2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Accounting Policies: Expenditures reported on the Schedule are presented in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and the amounts presented are derived from the County’s general ledger.
De Minimis Rate Used: Both
Rate Explanation: The County has not elected to use the 10 percent de minimis indirect cost rate as allowed under the Uniform Guidance for all departments except for the Department of Health.
Expenditures reported on the Schedule are presented in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and the amounts presented are derived from the County’s general ledger.
The County has not elected to use the 10 percent de minimis indirect cost rate as allowed under the Uniform Guidance for all departments except for the Department of Health.
Title: 3. PASS THROUGH PROGRAMS
Accounting Policies: Expenditures reported on the Schedule are presented in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and the amounts presented are derived from the County’s general ledger.
De Minimis Rate Used: Both
Rate Explanation: The County has not elected to use the 10 percent de minimis indirect cost rate as allowed under the Uniform Guidance for all departments except for the Department of Health.
Where the County receives funds from a government entity other than the federal government (pass- through), the funds are accumulated based upon the Assistance Listing (AL) number advised by the pass-through grantor.
Identifying numbers, other than the AL numbers, which may be assigned by pass-through grantors are not maintained in the County’s financial management system. The County has identified certain pass-through identifying numbers and included them in the schedule of expenditures of federal awards, as available. For those pass-through identifying numbers that were either not provided, or not known, the schedule denotes “N/A”.
Title: 4. INDIRECT COST
Accounting Policies: Expenditures reported on the Schedule are presented in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and the amounts presented are derived from the County’s general ledger.
De Minimis Rate Used: Both
Rate Explanation: The County has not elected to use the 10 percent de minimis indirect cost rate as allowed under the Uniform Guidance for all departments except for the Department of Health.
Indirect costs are included in the reported expenditures to the extent such costs are included in the federal financial reports used as the source for the data presented.
Title: 5. MATCHING COSTS
Accounting Policies: Expenditures reported on the Schedule are presented in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and the amounts presented are derived from the County’s general ledger.
De Minimis Rate Used: Both
Rate Explanation: The County has not elected to use the 10 percent de minimis indirect cost rate as allowed under the Uniform Guidance for all departments except for the Department of Health.
Matching costs, i.e., the County’s or State’s share of certain program costs, are not included in the schedule of expenditures of federal awards.
Title: 6. NONCASH AWARDS
Accounting Policies: Expenditures reported on the Schedule are presented in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and the amounts presented are derived from the County’s general ledger.
De Minimis Rate Used: Both
Rate Explanation: The County has not elected to use the 10 percent de minimis indirect cost rate as allowed under the Uniform Guidance for all departments except for the Department of Health.
A significant portion of federal award programs do not involve cash awards to the County. The value of these noncash awards has been recorded as expenditures on the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards. Those relating to the County are as follows:
Program Title AL Number Amount
U.S. Department of Agriculture Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children 10.557 $ 8,237,097
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Low-Income Home Energy Assistance 93.568 $ 20,362,990