Audit 345407

FY End
2024-06-30
Total Expended
$9.54M
Findings
2
Programs
46
Organization: Carteret County, North Carolina (NC)
Year: 2024 Accepted: 2025-03-10
Auditor: Pbmares LLP

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Findings

ID Ref Severity Repeat Requirement
526498 2024-001 Material Weakness Yes E
1102940 2024-001 Material Weakness Yes E

Programs

ALN Program Spent Major Findings
93.778 Medical Assistance Program $2.62M Yes 1
11.473 Office for Coastal Management $1.08M Yes 0
93.563 Child Support Services $826,205 Yes 0
93.558 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families $794,420 Yes 0
93.658 Foster Care Title IV-E $459,564 - 0
93.044 Special Programs for the Aging, Title Iii, Part B, Grants for Supportive Services and Senior Centers $400,826 - 0
93.667 Social Services Block Grant $335,444 - 0
10.557 Wic Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children $297,528 - 0
20.509 Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program $208,577 - 0
20.526 Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low Or No Emissions Programs $181,056 - 0
93.767 Children's Health Insurance Program $168,307 Yes 0
20.513 Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities $150,000 - 0
93.045 Special Programs for the Aging, Title Iii, Part C, Nutrition Services $149,236 - 0
93.217 Family Planning Services $146,991 - 0
16.575 Crime Victim Assistance $85,600 - 0
93.596 Child Care Mandatory and Matching Funds of the Child Care and Development Fund $80,398 - 0
93.967 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Collaboration with Academia to Strengthen Public Health $65,676 - 0
93.977 Sexually Transmitted Diseases (std) Prevention and Control Grants $65,371 - 0
93.659 Adoption Assistance $62,124 - 0
93.568 Low-Income Home Energy Assistance $43,212 - 0
93.991 Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant $40,347 - 0
97.042 Emergency Management Performance Grants $39,698 - 0
93.994 Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant to the States $39,412 - 0
15.225 Recreation and Visitor Services $35,200 - 0
93.323 Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases (elc) $32,348 - 0
99.000 Foster Care $29,021 - 0
93.268 Immunization Cooperative Agreements $28,524 - 0
93.556 Marylee Allen Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program $26,836 - 0
10.550 Soil and Water Conservation $22,048 - 0
93.069 Public Health Emergency Preparedness $21,062 - 0
10.561 State Administrative Matching Grants for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program $18,557 Yes 0
93.898 Cancer Prevention and Control Programs for State, Territorial and Tribal Organizations $17,900 - 0
93.674 John H. Chafee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood $15,860 - 0
97.036 Disaster Grants - Public Assistance (presidentially Declared Disasters) $14,398 - 0
93.053 Nutrition Services Incentive Program $12,848 - 0
93.324 State Health Insurance Assistance Program $10,132 - 0
93.052 National Family Caregiver Support, Title Iii, Part E $5,061 - 0
93.071 Medicare Enrollment Assistance Program $4,824 - 0
93.917 Hiv Care Formula Grants $4,447 - 0
21.027 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds $4,425 - 0
93.110 Maternal and Child Health Federal Consolidated Programs $3,889 - 0
93.048 Special Programs for the Aging, Title Iv, and Title Ii, Discretionary Projects $2,800 - 0
93.043 Special Programs for the Aging, Title Iii, Part D, Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Services $2,777 - 0
11.419 Coastal Zone Management Administration Awards $1,275 - 0
93.645 Stephanie Tubbs Jones Child Welfare Services Program $1,192 - 0
93.116 Project Grants and Cooperative Agreements for Tuberculosis Control Programs $50 - 0

Contacts

Name Title Type
UC6WJ2MQMJS8 Dee Meshaw Auditee
2527288410 Robert Bittner Auditor
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Notes to SEFA

Title: Note 1. Basis of Presentatiion Accounting Policies: Expenditures reported on the Schedule are reported on the modified accrual basis of accounting. Such expenditures are recognized following the cost principles contained in the Uniform Guidance, wherein certain types of expenditures are not allowable or are limited as to reimbursement. Negative amounts shown on the Schedule represent adjustments or credits made in the normal course of business to amounts reported as expenditures in prior years. De Minimis Rate Used: N Rate Explanation: Carteret County’s indirect costs are determined by a State-approved plan contracted annually with DMG Maximus, Inc. and therefore has elected not to use the 10-Percent de minimis indirect cost rate as allowed under the Uniform Guidance. The accompanying schedule of expenditures of federal and State awards (the “Schedule”) includes the federal and State award activity of Carteret County, North Carolina, primary government, under programs of the federal and State government for the year ended June 30, 2024. 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
Title: Note 1. Basis of Presentatiion Accounting Policies: Expenditures reported on the Schedule are reported on the modified accrual basis of accounting. Such expenditures are recognized following the cost principles contained in the Uniform Guidance, wherein certain types of expenditures are not allowable or are limited as to reimbursement. Negative amounts shown on the Schedule represent adjustments or credits made in the normal course of business to amounts reported as expenditures in prior years. De Minimis Rate Used: N Rate Explanation: Carteret County’s indirect costs are determined by a State-approved plan contracted annually with DMG Maximus, Inc. and therefore has elected not to use the 10-Percent de minimis indirect cost rate as allowed under the Uniform Guidance. (Uniform Guidance). Because the Schedule presents only a selected portion of the operations of Carteret County, it is not intended to and does not present the financial position, changes in net position, or cash flows of Carteret County.
Title: Note 2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Accounting Policies: Expenditures reported on the Schedule are reported on the modified accrual basis of accounting. Such expenditures are recognized following the cost principles contained in the Uniform Guidance, wherein certain types of expenditures are not allowable or are limited as to reimbursement. Negative amounts shown on the Schedule represent adjustments or credits made in the normal course of business to amounts reported as expenditures in prior years. De Minimis Rate Used: N Rate Explanation: Carteret County’s indirect costs are determined by a State-approved plan contracted annually with DMG Maximus, Inc. and therefore has elected not to use the 10-Percent de minimis indirect cost rate as allowed under the Uniform Guidance. Expenditures reported on the Schedule are reported on the modified accrual basis of accounting. Such expenditures are recognized following the cost principles contained in the Uniform Guidance, wherein certain types of expenditures are not allowable or are limited as to reimbursement. Negative amounts shown on the Schedule represent adjustments or credits made in the normal course of business to amounts reported as expenditures in prior years.
Title: Note 2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Accounting Policies: Expenditures reported on the Schedule are reported on the modified accrual basis of accounting. Such expenditures are recognized following the cost principles contained in the Uniform Guidance, wherein certain types of expenditures are not allowable or are limited as to reimbursement. Negative amounts shown on the Schedule represent adjustments or credits made in the normal course of business to amounts reported as expenditures in prior years. De Minimis Rate Used: N Rate Explanation: Carteret County’s indirect costs are determined by a State-approved plan contracted annually with DMG Maximus, Inc. and therefore has elected not to use the 10-Percent de minimis indirect cost rate as allowed under the Uniform Guidance. In accordance with guidance issued by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Nutrition Service Division, direct benefits payments for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly the Food Stamp Program, of $11,265,987 have not been reported as expenditures in the basic financial statements or in the Schedule.
Title: Note 2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Accounting Policies: Expenditures reported on the Schedule are reported on the modified accrual basis of accounting. Such expenditures are recognized following the cost principles contained in the Uniform Guidance, wherein certain types of expenditures are not allowable or are limited as to reimbursement. Negative amounts shown on the Schedule represent adjustments or credits made in the normal course of business to amounts reported as expenditures in prior years. De Minimis Rate Used: N Rate Explanation: Carteret County’s indirect costs are determined by a State-approved plan contracted annually with DMG Maximus, Inc. and therefore has elected not to use the 10-Percent de minimis indirect cost rate as allowed under the Uniform Guidance. Carteret County had $990,923 passed through state funds to subrecipients.
Title: Note 3. Relationship to Fund Financial Statements Accounting Policies: Expenditures reported on the Schedule are reported on the modified accrual basis of accounting. Such expenditures are recognized following the cost principles contained in the Uniform Guidance, wherein certain types of expenditures are not allowable or are limited as to reimbursement. Negative amounts shown on the Schedule represent adjustments or credits made in the normal course of business to amounts reported as expenditures in prior years. De Minimis Rate Used: N Rate Explanation: Carteret County’s indirect costs are determined by a State-approved plan contracted annually with DMG Maximus, Inc. and therefore has elected not to use the 10-Percent de minimis indirect cost rate as allowed under the Uniform Guidance. Substantially all federal and State financial award programs (other than direct benefit payments - see Note 13 to the financial statements) are accounted for in the County’s governmental and proprietary funds.
Title: Note 4. Cluster of Programs Accounting Policies: Expenditures reported on the Schedule are reported on the modified accrual basis of accounting. Such expenditures are recognized following the cost principles contained in the Uniform Guidance, wherein certain types of expenditures are not allowable or are limited as to reimbursement. Negative amounts shown on the Schedule represent adjustments or credits made in the normal course of business to amounts reported as expenditures in prior years. De Minimis Rate Used: N Rate Explanation: Carteret County’s indirect costs are determined by a State-approved plan contracted annually with DMG Maximus, Inc. and therefore has elected not to use the 10-Percent de minimis indirect cost rate as allowed under the Uniform Guidance. The following programs are clustered by the NC Department of Health and Human Services: Foster Care and Adoption Assistance, Child Care Development Fund, Monthly Match into the Subsidized Child Care Program Cluster, The Title IVE – Foster Care and Adoption Assistance Programs into the Foster Care, Adoption, and Guardianship Assistance Program Cluster.
Title: Note 5. Indirect Costs Accounting Policies: Expenditures reported on the Schedule are reported on the modified accrual basis of accounting. Such expenditures are recognized following the cost principles contained in the Uniform Guidance, wherein certain types of expenditures are not allowable or are limited as to reimbursement. Negative amounts shown on the Schedule represent adjustments or credits made in the normal course of business to amounts reported as expenditures in prior years. De Minimis Rate Used: N Rate Explanation: Carteret County’s indirect costs are determined by a State-approved plan contracted annually with DMG Maximus, Inc. and therefore has elected not to use the 10-Percent de minimis indirect cost rate as allowed under the Uniform Guidance. Carteret County’s indirect costs are determined by a State-approved plan contracted annually with DMG Maximus, Inc. and therefore has elected not to use the 10-Percent de minimis indirect cost rate as allowed under the Uniform Guidance.
Title: Note 6. Opioid Settlement Fund Accounting Policies: Expenditures reported on the Schedule are reported on the modified accrual basis of accounting. Such expenditures are recognized following the cost principles contained in the Uniform Guidance, wherein certain types of expenditures are not allowable or are limited as to reimbursement. Negative amounts shown on the Schedule represent adjustments or credits made in the normal course of business to amounts reported as expenditures in prior years. De Minimis Rate Used: N Rate Explanation: Carteret County’s indirect costs are determined by a State-approved plan contracted annually with DMG Maximus, Inc. and therefore has elected not to use the 10-Percent de minimis indirect cost rate as allowed under the Uniform Guidance. The NC Department of Justice does not consider Opioid Settlement Funds either Federal or State Financial assistance since they are from a settlement with private major drug companies. Since these funds are subject to the State Single Audit Implementation Act, they are reported as “Other Financial Assistance” on the SEFSA, and considered State Awards for State single audit requirements.

Finding Details

Management’s Response: See corrective action plan.
Management’s Response: See corrective action plan.