Federal Agencies: Department of Treasury and Department of Health and Human Services
Federal Assistance Listing Number: 21.023, 21.027, 93.566
Program: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, Refugee and Entrant Assistance State/Replacement Designee Administered Programs
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862, 2023-2024 Refugee Program, 2312-47904, 2312-52290, 2412-55901
Criteria: Recipients of federal awards must establish verifiable controls over reports that are prepared and submitted.
Condition: For the two performance reports selected for testing in the Emergency Rental Assistance Program, appropriate documentation was not available to evidence review of the report prior to submission. For one out of 33 reports tested in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program, the report was not submitted to the grantor. For one of ten performance reports tested in the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs, the report was not submitted to the grantor.
Cause: While the Organization has a policy in place that requires the program director or controller to review performance reports and to ensure required reports are submitted to the grantor, proper documentation and implementation to support the policy was not available nor performed.
Effect or Potential Effect: A required report was not submitted to the grantor. The Organization does not have the documentation required regarding review/approval of performance reports. As such, reports could be submitted that are inaccurate or incomplete.
Questioned Costs: N/A
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements, not using a statistically valid sample. There were three performance reports submitted for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program during the fiscal year. There were 218 reports submitted for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program during the fiscal year. There were 34 reports submitted for the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs during the fiscal year.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2023-004
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implement controls to ensure proper documentation of review and approval of performance reports and to ensure all required reports are submitted to the grantor.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding and will ensure policies and procedures are properly implemented to ensure all reports and submitted and have appropriate review and approval.
Federal Agencies: Department of Treasury and Department of Health and Human Services
Federal Assistance Listing Number: 21.023, 21.027, 93.566
Program: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, Refugee and Entrant Assistance State/Replacement Designee Administered Programs
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862, 2023-2024 Refugee Program, 2312-47904, 2312-52290, 2412-55901
Criteria: Recipients of federal awards must establish verifiable controls over reports that are prepared and submitted.
Condition: For the two performance reports selected for testing in the Emergency Rental Assistance Program, appropriate documentation was not available to evidence review of the report prior to submission. For one out of 33 reports tested in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program, the report was not submitted to the grantor. For one of ten performance reports tested in the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs, the report was not submitted to the grantor.
Cause: While the Organization has a policy in place that requires the program director or controller to review performance reports and to ensure required reports are submitted to the grantor, proper documentation and implementation to support the policy was not available nor performed.
Effect or Potential Effect: A required report was not submitted to the grantor. The Organization does not have the documentation required regarding review/approval of performance reports. As such, reports could be submitted that are inaccurate or incomplete.
Questioned Costs: N/A
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements, not using a statistically valid sample. There were three performance reports submitted for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program during the fiscal year. There were 218 reports submitted for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program during the fiscal year. There were 34 reports submitted for the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs during the fiscal year.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2023-004
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implement controls to ensure proper documentation of review and approval of performance reports and to ensure all required reports are submitted to the grantor.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding and will ensure policies and procedures are properly implemented to ensure all reports and submitted and have appropriate review and approval.
Federal Agencies: Department of Treasury and Department of Health and Human Services
Federal Assistance Listing Number: 21.023, 21.027, 93.566
Program: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, Refugee and Entrant Assistance State/Replacement Designee Administered Programs
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862, 2023-2024 Refugee Program, 2312-47904, 2312-52290, 2412-55901
Criteria: Recipients of federal awards must establish verifiable controls over reports that are prepared and submitted.
Condition: For the two performance reports selected for testing in the Emergency Rental Assistance Program, appropriate documentation was not available to evidence review of the report prior to submission. For one out of 33 reports tested in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program, the report was not submitted to the grantor. For one of ten performance reports tested in the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs, the report was not submitted to the grantor.
Cause: While the Organization has a policy in place that requires the program director or controller to review performance reports and to ensure required reports are submitted to the grantor, proper documentation and implementation to support the policy was not available nor performed.
Effect or Potential Effect: A required report was not submitted to the grantor. The Organization does not have the documentation required regarding review/approval of performance reports. As such, reports could be submitted that are inaccurate or incomplete.
Questioned Costs: N/A
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements, not using a statistically valid sample. There were three performance reports submitted for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program during the fiscal year. There were 218 reports submitted for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program during the fiscal year. There were 34 reports submitted for the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs during the fiscal year.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2023-004
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implement controls to ensure proper documentation of review and approval of performance reports and to ensure all required reports are submitted to the grantor.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding and will ensure policies and procedures are properly implemented to ensure all reports and submitted and have appropriate review and approval.
Federal Agencies: Department of Treasury and Department of Health and Human Services
Federal Assistance Listing Number: 21.023, 21.027, 93.566
Program: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, Refugee and Entrant Assistance State/Replacement Designee Administered Programs
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862, 2023-2024 Refugee Program, 2312-47904, 2312-52290, 2412-55901
Criteria: Recipients of federal awards must establish verifiable controls over reports that are prepared and submitted.
Condition: For the two performance reports selected for testing in the Emergency Rental Assistance Program, appropriate documentation was not available to evidence review of the report prior to submission. For one out of 33 reports tested in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program, the report was not submitted to the grantor. For one of ten performance reports tested in the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs, the report was not submitted to the grantor.
Cause: While the Organization has a policy in place that requires the program director or controller to review performance reports and to ensure required reports are submitted to the grantor, proper documentation and implementation to support the policy was not available nor performed.
Effect or Potential Effect: A required report was not submitted to the grantor. The Organization does not have the documentation required regarding review/approval of performance reports. As such, reports could be submitted that are inaccurate or incomplete.
Questioned Costs: N/A
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements, not using a statistically valid sample. There were three performance reports submitted for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program during the fiscal year. There were 218 reports submitted for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program during the fiscal year. There were 34 reports submitted for the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs during the fiscal year.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2023-004
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implement controls to ensure proper documentation of review and approval of performance reports and to ensure all required reports are submitted to the grantor.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding and will ensure policies and procedures are properly implemented to ensure all reports and submitted and have appropriate review and approval.
Federal Agencies: Department of Treasury and Department of Health and Human Services
Federal Assistance Listing Number: 21.023, 21.027, 93.566
Program: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, Refugee and Entrant Assistance State/Replacement Designee Administered Programs
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862, 2023-2024 Refugee Program, 2312-47904, 2312-52290, 2412-55901
Criteria: Recipients of federal awards must establish verifiable controls over reports that are prepared and submitted.
Condition: For the two performance reports selected for testing in the Emergency Rental Assistance Program, appropriate documentation was not available to evidence review of the report prior to submission. For one out of 33 reports tested in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program, the report was not submitted to the grantor. For one of ten performance reports tested in the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs, the report was not submitted to the grantor.
Cause: While the Organization has a policy in place that requires the program director or controller to review performance reports and to ensure required reports are submitted to the grantor, proper documentation and implementation to support the policy was not available nor performed.
Effect or Potential Effect: A required report was not submitted to the grantor. The Organization does not have the documentation required regarding review/approval of performance reports. As such, reports could be submitted that are inaccurate or incomplete.
Questioned Costs: N/A
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements, not using a statistically valid sample. There were three performance reports submitted for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program during the fiscal year. There were 218 reports submitted for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program during the fiscal year. There were 34 reports submitted for the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs during the fiscal year.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2023-004
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implement controls to ensure proper documentation of review and approval of performance reports and to ensure all required reports are submitted to the grantor.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding and will ensure policies and procedures are properly implemented to ensure all reports and submitted and have appropriate review and approval.
Federal Agencies: Department of Treasury and Department of Health and Human Services
Federal Assistance Listing Number: 21.023, 21.027, 93.566
Program: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, Refugee and Entrant Assistance State/Replacement Designee Administered Programs
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862, 2023-2024 Refugee Program, 2312-47904, 2312-52290, 2412-55901
Criteria: Recipients of federal awards must establish verifiable controls over reports that are prepared and submitted.
Condition: For the two performance reports selected for testing in the Emergency Rental Assistance Program, appropriate documentation was not available to evidence review of the report prior to submission. For one out of 33 reports tested in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program, the report was not submitted to the grantor. For one of ten performance reports tested in the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs, the report was not submitted to the grantor.
Cause: While the Organization has a policy in place that requires the program director or controller to review performance reports and to ensure required reports are submitted to the grantor, proper documentation and implementation to support the policy was not available nor performed.
Effect or Potential Effect: A required report was not submitted to the grantor. The Organization does not have the documentation required regarding review/approval of performance reports. As such, reports could be submitted that are inaccurate or incomplete.
Questioned Costs: N/A
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements, not using a statistically valid sample. There were three performance reports submitted for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program during the fiscal year. There were 218 reports submitted for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program during the fiscal year. There were 34 reports submitted for the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs during the fiscal year.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2023-004
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implement controls to ensure proper documentation of review and approval of performance reports and to ensure all required reports are submitted to the grantor.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding and will ensure policies and procedures are properly implemented to ensure all reports and submitted and have appropriate review and approval.
Federal Agencies: Department of Treasury and Department of Health and Human Services
Federal Assistance Listing Number: 21.023, 21.027, 93.566
Program: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, Refugee and Entrant Assistance State/Replacement Designee Administered Programs
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862, 2023-2024 Refugee Program, 2312-47904, 2312-52290, 2412-55901
Criteria: Recipients of federal awards must establish verifiable controls over reports that are prepared and submitted.
Condition: For the two performance reports selected for testing in the Emergency Rental Assistance Program, appropriate documentation was not available to evidence review of the report prior to submission. For one out of 33 reports tested in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program, the report was not submitted to the grantor. For one of ten performance reports tested in the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs, the report was not submitted to the grantor.
Cause: While the Organization has a policy in place that requires the program director or controller to review performance reports and to ensure required reports are submitted to the grantor, proper documentation and implementation to support the policy was not available nor performed.
Effect or Potential Effect: A required report was not submitted to the grantor. The Organization does not have the documentation required regarding review/approval of performance reports. As such, reports could be submitted that are inaccurate or incomplete.
Questioned Costs: N/A
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements, not using a statistically valid sample. There were three performance reports submitted for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program during the fiscal year. There were 218 reports submitted for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program during the fiscal year. There were 34 reports submitted for the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs during the fiscal year.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2023-004
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implement controls to ensure proper documentation of review and approval of performance reports and to ensure all required reports are submitted to the grantor.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding and will ensure policies and procedures are properly implemented to ensure all reports and submitted and have appropriate review and approval.
Federal Agencies: Department of Treasury and Department of Health and Human Services
Federal Assistance Listing Number: 21.023, 21.027, 93.566
Program: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, Refugee and Entrant Assistance State/Replacement Designee Administered Programs
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862, 2023-2024 Refugee Program, 2312-47904, 2312-52290, 2412-55901
Criteria: Recipients of federal awards must establish verifiable controls over reports that are prepared and submitted.
Condition: For the two performance reports selected for testing in the Emergency Rental Assistance Program, appropriate documentation was not available to evidence review of the report prior to submission. For one out of 33 reports tested in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program, the report was not submitted to the grantor. For one of ten performance reports tested in the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs, the report was not submitted to the grantor.
Cause: While the Organization has a policy in place that requires the program director or controller to review performance reports and to ensure required reports are submitted to the grantor, proper documentation and implementation to support the policy was not available nor performed.
Effect or Potential Effect: A required report was not submitted to the grantor. The Organization does not have the documentation required regarding review/approval of performance reports. As such, reports could be submitted that are inaccurate or incomplete.
Questioned Costs: N/A
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements, not using a statistically valid sample. There were three performance reports submitted for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program during the fiscal year. There were 218 reports submitted for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program during the fiscal year. There were 34 reports submitted for the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs during the fiscal year.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2023-004
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implement controls to ensure proper documentation of review and approval of performance reports and to ensure all required reports are submitted to the grantor.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding and will ensure policies and procedures are properly implemented to ensure all reports and submitted and have appropriate review and approval.
Federal Agencies: Department of Treasury and Department of Health and Human Services
Federal Assistance Listing Number: 21.023, 21.027, 93.566
Program: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, Refugee and Entrant Assistance State/Replacement Designee Administered Programs
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862, 2023-2024 Refugee Program, 2312-47904, 2312-52290, 2412-55901
Criteria: Recipients of federal awards must establish verifiable controls over reports that are prepared and submitted.
Condition: For the two performance reports selected for testing in the Emergency Rental Assistance Program, appropriate documentation was not available to evidence review of the report prior to submission. For one out of 33 reports tested in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program, the report was not submitted to the grantor. For one of ten performance reports tested in the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs, the report was not submitted to the grantor.
Cause: While the Organization has a policy in place that requires the program director or controller to review performance reports and to ensure required reports are submitted to the grantor, proper documentation and implementation to support the policy was not available nor performed.
Effect or Potential Effect: A required report was not submitted to the grantor. The Organization does not have the documentation required regarding review/approval of performance reports. As such, reports could be submitted that are inaccurate or incomplete.
Questioned Costs: N/A
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements, not using a statistically valid sample. There were three performance reports submitted for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program during the fiscal year. There were 218 reports submitted for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program during the fiscal year. There were 34 reports submitted for the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs during the fiscal year.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2023-004
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implement controls to ensure proper documentation of review and approval of performance reports and to ensure all required reports are submitted to the grantor.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding and will ensure policies and procedures are properly implemented to ensure all reports and submitted and have appropriate review and approval.
Federal Agencies: Department of Treasury and Department of Health and Human Services
Federal Assistance Listing Number: 21.023, 21.027, 93.566
Program: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, Refugee and Entrant Assistance State/Replacement Designee Administered Programs
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862, 2023-2024 Refugee Program, 2312-47904, 2312-52290, 2412-55901
Criteria: Recipients of federal awards must establish verifiable controls over reports that are prepared and submitted.
Condition: For the two performance reports selected for testing in the Emergency Rental Assistance Program, appropriate documentation was not available to evidence review of the report prior to submission. For one out of 33 reports tested in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program, the report was not submitted to the grantor. For one of ten performance reports tested in the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs, the report was not submitted to the grantor.
Cause: While the Organization has a policy in place that requires the program director or controller to review performance reports and to ensure required reports are submitted to the grantor, proper documentation and implementation to support the policy was not available nor performed.
Effect or Potential Effect: A required report was not submitted to the grantor. The Organization does not have the documentation required regarding review/approval of performance reports. As such, reports could be submitted that are inaccurate or incomplete.
Questioned Costs: N/A
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements, not using a statistically valid sample. There were three performance reports submitted for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program during the fiscal year. There were 218 reports submitted for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program during the fiscal year. There were 34 reports submitted for the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs during the fiscal year.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2023-004
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implement controls to ensure proper documentation of review and approval of performance reports and to ensure all required reports are submitted to the grantor.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding and will ensure policies and procedures are properly implemented to ensure all reports and submitted and have appropriate review and approval.
Federal Agencies: Department of Treasury and Department of Health and Human Services
Federal Assistance Listing Number: 21.023, 21.027, 93.566
Program: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, Refugee and Entrant Assistance State/Replacement Designee Administered Programs
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862, 2023-2024 Refugee Program, 2312-47904, 2312-52290, 2412-55901
Criteria: Recipients of federal awards must establish verifiable controls over reports that are prepared and submitted.
Condition: For the two performance reports selected for testing in the Emergency Rental Assistance Program, appropriate documentation was not available to evidence review of the report prior to submission. For one out of 33 reports tested in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program, the report was not submitted to the grantor. For one of ten performance reports tested in the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs, the report was not submitted to the grantor.
Cause: While the Organization has a policy in place that requires the program director or controller to review performance reports and to ensure required reports are submitted to the grantor, proper documentation and implementation to support the policy was not available nor performed.
Effect or Potential Effect: A required report was not submitted to the grantor. The Organization does not have the documentation required regarding review/approval of performance reports. As such, reports could be submitted that are inaccurate or incomplete.
Questioned Costs: N/A
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements, not using a statistically valid sample. There were three performance reports submitted for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program during the fiscal year. There were 218 reports submitted for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program during the fiscal year. There were 34 reports submitted for the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs during the fiscal year.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2023-004
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implement controls to ensure proper documentation of review and approval of performance reports and to ensure all required reports are submitted to the grantor.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding and will ensure policies and procedures are properly implemented to ensure all reports and submitted and have appropriate review and approval.
Federal Agencies: Department of Treasury and Department of Health and Human Services
Federal Assistance Listing Number: 21.023, 21.027, 93.566
Program: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, Refugee and Entrant Assistance State/Replacement Designee Administered Programs
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862, 2023-2024 Refugee Program, 2312-47904, 2312-52290, 2412-55901
Criteria: Recipients of federal awards must establish verifiable controls over reports that are prepared and submitted.
Condition: For the two performance reports selected for testing in the Emergency Rental Assistance Program, appropriate documentation was not available to evidence review of the report prior to submission. For one out of 33 reports tested in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program, the report was not submitted to the grantor. For one of ten performance reports tested in the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs, the report was not submitted to the grantor.
Cause: While the Organization has a policy in place that requires the program director or controller to review performance reports and to ensure required reports are submitted to the grantor, proper documentation and implementation to support the policy was not available nor performed.
Effect or Potential Effect: A required report was not submitted to the grantor. The Organization does not have the documentation required regarding review/approval of performance reports. As such, reports could be submitted that are inaccurate or incomplete.
Questioned Costs: N/A
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements, not using a statistically valid sample. There were three performance reports submitted for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program during the fiscal year. There were 218 reports submitted for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program during the fiscal year. There were 34 reports submitted for the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs during the fiscal year.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2023-004
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implement controls to ensure proper documentation of review and approval of performance reports and to ensure all required reports are submitted to the grantor.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding and will ensure policies and procedures are properly implemented to ensure all reports and submitted and have appropriate review and approval.
Federal Agencies: Department of Treasury and Department of Health and Human Services
Federal Assistance Listing Number: 21.023, 21.027, 93.566
Program: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, Refugee and Entrant Assistance State/Replacement Designee Administered Programs
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862, 2023-2024 Refugee Program, 2312-47904, 2312-52290, 2412-55901
Criteria: Recipients of federal awards must establish verifiable controls over reports that are prepared and submitted.
Condition: For the two performance reports selected for testing in the Emergency Rental Assistance Program, appropriate documentation was not available to evidence review of the report prior to submission. For one out of 33 reports tested in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program, the report was not submitted to the grantor. For one of ten performance reports tested in the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs, the report was not submitted to the grantor.
Cause: While the Organization has a policy in place that requires the program director or controller to review performance reports and to ensure required reports are submitted to the grantor, proper documentation and implementation to support the policy was not available nor performed.
Effect or Potential Effect: A required report was not submitted to the grantor. The Organization does not have the documentation required regarding review/approval of performance reports. As such, reports could be submitted that are inaccurate or incomplete.
Questioned Costs: N/A
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements, not using a statistically valid sample. There were three performance reports submitted for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program during the fiscal year. There were 218 reports submitted for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program during the fiscal year. There were 34 reports submitted for the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs during the fiscal year.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2023-004
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implement controls to ensure proper documentation of review and approval of performance reports and to ensure all required reports are submitted to the grantor.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding and will ensure policies and procedures are properly implemented to ensure all reports and submitted and have appropriate review and approval.
Federal Agencies: Department of Treasury and Department of Health and Human Services
Federal Assistance Listing Number: 21.023, 21.027, 93.566
Program: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, Refugee and Entrant Assistance State/Replacement Designee Administered Programs
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862, 2023-2024 Refugee Program, 2312-47904, 2312-52290, 2412-55901
Criteria: Recipients of federal awards must establish verifiable controls over reports that are prepared and submitted.
Condition: For the two performance reports selected for testing in the Emergency Rental Assistance Program, appropriate documentation was not available to evidence review of the report prior to submission. For one out of 33 reports tested in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program, the report was not submitted to the grantor. For one of ten performance reports tested in the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs, the report was not submitted to the grantor.
Cause: While the Organization has a policy in place that requires the program director or controller to review performance reports and to ensure required reports are submitted to the grantor, proper documentation and implementation to support the policy was not available nor performed.
Effect or Potential Effect: A required report was not submitted to the grantor. The Organization does not have the documentation required regarding review/approval of performance reports. As such, reports could be submitted that are inaccurate or incomplete.
Questioned Costs: N/A
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements, not using a statistically valid sample. There were three performance reports submitted for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program during the fiscal year. There were 218 reports submitted for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program during the fiscal year. There were 34 reports submitted for the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs during the fiscal year.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2023-004
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implement controls to ensure proper documentation of review and approval of performance reports and to ensure all required reports are submitted to the grantor.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding and will ensure policies and procedures are properly implemented to ensure all reports and submitted and have appropriate review and approval.
Federal Agencies: Department of Treasury and Department of Health and Human Services
Federal Assistance Listing Number: 21.023, 21.027, 93.566
Program: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, Refugee and Entrant Assistance State/Replacement Designee Administered Programs
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862, 2023-2024 Refugee Program, 2312-47904, 2312-52290, 2412-55901
Criteria: Recipients of federal awards must establish verifiable controls over reports that are prepared and submitted.
Condition: For the two performance reports selected for testing in the Emergency Rental Assistance Program, appropriate documentation was not available to evidence review of the report prior to submission. For one out of 33 reports tested in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program, the report was not submitted to the grantor. For one of ten performance reports tested in the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs, the report was not submitted to the grantor.
Cause: While the Organization has a policy in place that requires the program director or controller to review performance reports and to ensure required reports are submitted to the grantor, proper documentation and implementation to support the policy was not available nor performed.
Effect or Potential Effect: A required report was not submitted to the grantor. The Organization does not have the documentation required regarding review/approval of performance reports. As such, reports could be submitted that are inaccurate or incomplete.
Questioned Costs: N/A
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements, not using a statistically valid sample. There were three performance reports submitted for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program during the fiscal year. There were 218 reports submitted for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program during the fiscal year. There were 34 reports submitted for the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs during the fiscal year.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2023-004
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implement controls to ensure proper documentation of review and approval of performance reports and to ensure all required reports are submitted to the grantor.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding and will ensure policies and procedures are properly implemented to ensure all reports and submitted and have appropriate review and approval.
Federal Agencies: Department of Treasury and Department of Health and Human Services
Federal Assistance Listing Number: 21.023, 21.027, 93.566
Program: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, Refugee and Entrant Assistance State/Replacement Designee Administered Programs
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862, 2023-2024 Refugee Program, 2312-47904, 2312-52290, 2412-55901
Criteria: Recipients of federal awards must establish verifiable controls over reports that are prepared and submitted.
Condition: For the two performance reports selected for testing in the Emergency Rental Assistance Program, appropriate documentation was not available to evidence review of the report prior to submission. For one out of 33 reports tested in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program, the report was not submitted to the grantor. For one of ten performance reports tested in the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs, the report was not submitted to the grantor.
Cause: While the Organization has a policy in place that requires the program director or controller to review performance reports and to ensure required reports are submitted to the grantor, proper documentation and implementation to support the policy was not available nor performed.
Effect or Potential Effect: A required report was not submitted to the grantor. The Organization does not have the documentation required regarding review/approval of performance reports. As such, reports could be submitted that are inaccurate or incomplete.
Questioned Costs: N/A
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements, not using a statistically valid sample. There were three performance reports submitted for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program during the fiscal year. There were 218 reports submitted for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program during the fiscal year. There were 34 reports submitted for the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs during the fiscal year.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2023-004
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implement controls to ensure proper documentation of review and approval of performance reports and to ensure all required reports are submitted to the grantor.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding and will ensure policies and procedures are properly implemented to ensure all reports and submitted and have appropriate review and approval.
Federal Agencies: Department of Treasury and Department of Health and Human Services
Federal Assistance Listing Number: 21.023, 21.027, 93.566
Program: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, Refugee and Entrant Assistance State/Replacement Designee Administered Programs
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862, 2023-2024 Refugee Program, 2312-47904, 2312-52290, 2412-55901
Criteria: Recipients of federal awards must establish verifiable controls over reports that are prepared and submitted.
Condition: For the two performance reports selected for testing in the Emergency Rental Assistance Program, appropriate documentation was not available to evidence review of the report prior to submission. For one out of 33 reports tested in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program, the report was not submitted to the grantor. For one of ten performance reports tested in the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs, the report was not submitted to the grantor.
Cause: While the Organization has a policy in place that requires the program director or controller to review performance reports and to ensure required reports are submitted to the grantor, proper documentation and implementation to support the policy was not available nor performed.
Effect or Potential Effect: A required report was not submitted to the grantor. The Organization does not have the documentation required regarding review/approval of performance reports. As such, reports could be submitted that are inaccurate or incomplete.
Questioned Costs: N/A
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements, not using a statistically valid sample. There were three performance reports submitted for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program during the fiscal year. There were 218 reports submitted for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program during the fiscal year. There were 34 reports submitted for the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs during the fiscal year.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2023-004
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implement controls to ensure proper documentation of review and approval of performance reports and to ensure all required reports are submitted to the grantor.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding and will ensure policies and procedures are properly implemented to ensure all reports and submitted and have appropriate review and approval.
Federal Agencies: Department of Treasury and Department of Health and Human Services
Federal Assistance Listing Number: 21.023, 21.027, 93.566
Program: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, Refugee and Entrant Assistance State/Replacement Designee Administered Programs
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862, 2023-2024 Refugee Program, 2312-47904, 2312-52290, 2412-55901
Criteria: Recipients of federal awards must establish verifiable controls over reports that are prepared and submitted.
Condition: For the two performance reports selected for testing in the Emergency Rental Assistance Program, appropriate documentation was not available to evidence review of the report prior to submission. For one out of 33 reports tested in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program, the report was not submitted to the grantor. For one of ten performance reports tested in the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs, the report was not submitted to the grantor.
Cause: While the Organization has a policy in place that requires the program director or controller to review performance reports and to ensure required reports are submitted to the grantor, proper documentation and implementation to support the policy was not available nor performed.
Effect or Potential Effect: A required report was not submitted to the grantor. The Organization does not have the documentation required regarding review/approval of performance reports. As such, reports could be submitted that are inaccurate or incomplete.
Questioned Costs: N/A
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements, not using a statistically valid sample. There were three performance reports submitted for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program during the fiscal year. There were 218 reports submitted for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program during the fiscal year. There were 34 reports submitted for the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs during the fiscal year.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2023-004
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implement controls to ensure proper documentation of review and approval of performance reports and to ensure all required reports are submitted to the grantor.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding and will ensure policies and procedures are properly implemented to ensure all reports and submitted and have appropriate review and approval.
Federal Agencies: Department of Treasury and Department of Health and Human Services
Federal Assistance Listing Number: 21.023, 21.027, 93.566
Program: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, Refugee and Entrant Assistance State/Replacement Designee Administered Programs
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862, 2023-2024 Refugee Program, 2312-47904, 2312-52290, 2412-55901
Criteria: Recipients of federal awards must establish verifiable controls over reports that are prepared and submitted.
Condition: For the two performance reports selected for testing in the Emergency Rental Assistance Program, appropriate documentation was not available to evidence review of the report prior to submission. For one out of 33 reports tested in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program, the report was not submitted to the grantor. For one of ten performance reports tested in the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs, the report was not submitted to the grantor.
Cause: While the Organization has a policy in place that requires the program director or controller to review performance reports and to ensure required reports are submitted to the grantor, proper documentation and implementation to support the policy was not available nor performed.
Effect or Potential Effect: A required report was not submitted to the grantor. The Organization does not have the documentation required regarding review/approval of performance reports. As such, reports could be submitted that are inaccurate or incomplete.
Questioned Costs: N/A
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements, not using a statistically valid sample. There were three performance reports submitted for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program during the fiscal year. There were 218 reports submitted for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program during the fiscal year. There were 34 reports submitted for the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs during the fiscal year.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2023-004
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implement controls to ensure proper documentation of review and approval of performance reports and to ensure all required reports are submitted to the grantor.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding and will ensure policies and procedures are properly implemented to ensure all reports and submitted and have appropriate review and approval.
Federal Agencies: Department of Treasury and Department of Health and Human Services
Federal Assistance Listing Number: 21.023, 21.027, 93.566
Program: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, Refugee and Entrant Assistance State/Replacement Designee Administered Programs
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862, 2023-2024 Refugee Program, 2312-47904, 2312-52290, 2412-55901
Criteria: Recipients of federal awards must establish verifiable controls over reports that are prepared and submitted.
Condition: For the two performance reports selected for testing in the Emergency Rental Assistance Program, appropriate documentation was not available to evidence review of the report prior to submission. For one out of 33 reports tested in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program, the report was not submitted to the grantor. For one of ten performance reports tested in the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs, the report was not submitted to the grantor.
Cause: While the Organization has a policy in place that requires the program director or controller to review performance reports and to ensure required reports are submitted to the grantor, proper documentation and implementation to support the policy was not available nor performed.
Effect or Potential Effect: A required report was not submitted to the grantor. The Organization does not have the documentation required regarding review/approval of performance reports. As such, reports could be submitted that are inaccurate or incomplete.
Questioned Costs: N/A
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements, not using a statistically valid sample. There were three performance reports submitted for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program during the fiscal year. There were 218 reports submitted for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program during the fiscal year. There were 34 reports submitted for the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs during the fiscal year.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2023-004
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implement controls to ensure proper documentation of review and approval of performance reports and to ensure all required reports are submitted to the grantor.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding and will ensure policies and procedures are properly implemented to ensure all reports and submitted and have appropriate review and approval.
Federal Agencies: Department of Treasury and Department of Health and Human Services
Federal Assistance Listing Number: 21.023, 21.027, 93.566
Program: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, Refugee and Entrant Assistance State/Replacement Designee Administered Programs
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862, 2023-2024 Refugee Program, 2312-47904, 2312-52290, 2412-55901
Criteria: Recipients of federal awards must establish verifiable controls over reports that are prepared and submitted.
Condition: For the two performance reports selected for testing in the Emergency Rental Assistance Program, appropriate documentation was not available to evidence review of the report prior to submission. For one out of 33 reports tested in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program, the report was not submitted to the grantor. For one of ten performance reports tested in the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs, the report was not submitted to the grantor.
Cause: While the Organization has a policy in place that requires the program director or controller to review performance reports and to ensure required reports are submitted to the grantor, proper documentation and implementation to support the policy was not available nor performed.
Effect or Potential Effect: A required report was not submitted to the grantor. The Organization does not have the documentation required regarding review/approval of performance reports. As such, reports could be submitted that are inaccurate or incomplete.
Questioned Costs: N/A
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements, not using a statistically valid sample. There were three performance reports submitted for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program during the fiscal year. There were 218 reports submitted for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program during the fiscal year. There were 34 reports submitted for the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs during the fiscal year.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2023-004
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implement controls to ensure proper documentation of review and approval of performance reports and to ensure all required reports are submitted to the grantor.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding and will ensure policies and procedures are properly implemented to ensure all reports and submitted and have appropriate review and approval.
Federal Agencies: Department of Treasury and Department of Health and Human Services
Federal Assistance Listing Number: 21.023, 21.027, 93.566
Program: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, Refugee and Entrant Assistance State/Replacement Designee Administered Programs
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862, 2023-2024 Refugee Program, 2312-47904, 2312-52290, 2412-55901
Criteria: Recipients of federal awards must establish verifiable controls over reports that are prepared and submitted.
Condition: For the two performance reports selected for testing in the Emergency Rental Assistance Program, appropriate documentation was not available to evidence review of the report prior to submission. For one out of 33 reports tested in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program, the report was not submitted to the grantor. For one of ten performance reports tested in the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs, the report was not submitted to the grantor.
Cause: While the Organization has a policy in place that requires the program director or controller to review performance reports and to ensure required reports are submitted to the grantor, proper documentation and implementation to support the policy was not available nor performed.
Effect or Potential Effect: A required report was not submitted to the grantor. The Organization does not have the documentation required regarding review/approval of performance reports. As such, reports could be submitted that are inaccurate or incomplete.
Questioned Costs: N/A
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements, not using a statistically valid sample. There were three performance reports submitted for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program during the fiscal year. There were 218 reports submitted for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program during the fiscal year. There were 34 reports submitted for the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs during the fiscal year.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2023-004
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implement controls to ensure proper documentation of review and approval of performance reports and to ensure all required reports are submitted to the grantor.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding and will ensure policies and procedures are properly implemented to ensure all reports and submitted and have appropriate review and approval.
Federal Agencies: Department of Treasury and Department of Health and Human Services
Federal Assistance Listing Number: 21.023, 21.027, 93.566
Program: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, Refugee and Entrant Assistance State/Replacement Designee Administered Programs
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862, 2023-2024 Refugee Program, 2312-47904, 2312-52290, 2412-55901
Criteria: Recipients of federal awards must establish verifiable controls over reports that are prepared and submitted.
Condition: For the two performance reports selected for testing in the Emergency Rental Assistance Program, appropriate documentation was not available to evidence review of the report prior to submission. For one out of 33 reports tested in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program, the report was not submitted to the grantor. For one of ten performance reports tested in the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs, the report was not submitted to the grantor.
Cause: While the Organization has a policy in place that requires the program director or controller to review performance reports and to ensure required reports are submitted to the grantor, proper documentation and implementation to support the policy was not available nor performed.
Effect or Potential Effect: A required report was not submitted to the grantor. The Organization does not have the documentation required regarding review/approval of performance reports. As such, reports could be submitted that are inaccurate or incomplete.
Questioned Costs: N/A
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements, not using a statistically valid sample. There were three performance reports submitted for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program during the fiscal year. There were 218 reports submitted for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program during the fiscal year. There were 34 reports submitted for the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs during the fiscal year.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2023-004
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implement controls to ensure proper documentation of review and approval of performance reports and to ensure all required reports are submitted to the grantor.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding and will ensure policies and procedures are properly implemented to ensure all reports and submitted and have appropriate review and approval.
Federal Agencies: Department of Treasury and Department of Health and Human Services
Federal Assistance Listing Number: 21.023, 21.027, 93.566
Program: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, Refugee and Entrant Assistance State/Replacement Designee Administered Programs
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862, 2023-2024 Refugee Program, 2312-47904, 2312-52290, 2412-55901
Criteria: Recipients of federal awards must establish verifiable controls over reports that are prepared and submitted.
Condition: For the two performance reports selected for testing in the Emergency Rental Assistance Program, appropriate documentation was not available to evidence review of the report prior to submission. For one out of 33 reports tested in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program, the report was not submitted to the grantor. For one of ten performance reports tested in the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs, the report was not submitted to the grantor.
Cause: While the Organization has a policy in place that requires the program director or controller to review performance reports and to ensure required reports are submitted to the grantor, proper documentation and implementation to support the policy was not available nor performed.
Effect or Potential Effect: A required report was not submitted to the grantor. The Organization does not have the documentation required regarding review/approval of performance reports. As such, reports could be submitted that are inaccurate or incomplete.
Questioned Costs: N/A
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements, not using a statistically valid sample. There were three performance reports submitted for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program during the fiscal year. There were 218 reports submitted for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program during the fiscal year. There were 34 reports submitted for the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs during the fiscal year.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2023-004
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implement controls to ensure proper documentation of review and approval of performance reports and to ensure all required reports are submitted to the grantor.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding and will ensure policies and procedures are properly implemented to ensure all reports and submitted and have appropriate review and approval.
Federal Agencies: Department of Treasury and Department of Health and Human Services
Federal Assistance Listing Number: 21.023, 21.027, 93.566
Program: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, Refugee and Entrant Assistance State/Replacement Designee Administered Programs
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862, 2023-2024 Refugee Program, 2312-47904, 2312-52290, 2412-55901
Criteria: Recipients of federal awards must establish verifiable controls over reports that are prepared and submitted.
Condition: For the two performance reports selected for testing in the Emergency Rental Assistance Program, appropriate documentation was not available to evidence review of the report prior to submission. For one out of 33 reports tested in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program, the report was not submitted to the grantor. For one of ten performance reports tested in the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs, the report was not submitted to the grantor.
Cause: While the Organization has a policy in place that requires the program director or controller to review performance reports and to ensure required reports are submitted to the grantor, proper documentation and implementation to support the policy was not available nor performed.
Effect or Potential Effect: A required report was not submitted to the grantor. The Organization does not have the documentation required regarding review/approval of performance reports. As such, reports could be submitted that are inaccurate or incomplete.
Questioned Costs: N/A
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements, not using a statistically valid sample. There were three performance reports submitted for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program during the fiscal year. There were 218 reports submitted for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program during the fiscal year. There were 34 reports submitted for the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs during the fiscal year.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2023-004
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implement controls to ensure proper documentation of review and approval of performance reports and to ensure all required reports are submitted to the grantor.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding and will ensure policies and procedures are properly implemented to ensure all reports and submitted and have appropriate review and approval.
Federal Agencies: Department of Treasury and Department of Health and Human Services
Federal Assistance Listing Number: 21.023, 21.027, 93.566
Program: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, Refugee and Entrant Assistance State/Replacement Designee Administered Programs
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862, 2023-2024 Refugee Program, 2312-47904, 2312-52290, 2412-55901
Criteria: Recipients of federal awards must establish verifiable controls over reports that are prepared and submitted.
Condition: For the two performance reports selected for testing in the Emergency Rental Assistance Program, appropriate documentation was not available to evidence review of the report prior to submission. For one out of 33 reports tested in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program, the report was not submitted to the grantor. For one of ten performance reports tested in the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs, the report was not submitted to the grantor.
Cause: While the Organization has a policy in place that requires the program director or controller to review performance reports and to ensure required reports are submitted to the grantor, proper documentation and implementation to support the policy was not available nor performed.
Effect or Potential Effect: A required report was not submitted to the grantor. The Organization does not have the documentation required regarding review/approval of performance reports. As such, reports could be submitted that are inaccurate or incomplete.
Questioned Costs: N/A
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements, not using a statistically valid sample. There were three performance reports submitted for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program during the fiscal year. There were 218 reports submitted for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program during the fiscal year. There were 34 reports submitted for the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs during the fiscal year.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2023-004
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implement controls to ensure proper documentation of review and approval of performance reports and to ensure all required reports are submitted to the grantor.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding and will ensure policies and procedures are properly implemented to ensure all reports and submitted and have appropriate review and approval.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: 21.023, 21.027
Programs: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non-Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – personal services:
(g) Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses.
(vii) “Budget estimates (meaning, estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity performed;
(B) Significant changes in the related work activity (as defined by the recipient's or subrecipient's written policies) are promptly identified and entered into the records. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuations between workload categories do not need to be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The recipient's or subrecipient's system of internal controls includes processes to perform periodic after-the-fact reviews of interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustments must be made so that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Per 2 CFR §200.465 Rental Costs of Real Property and Equipment:
(b) “Rental costs under ‘sale and lease back’ arrangements are allowable only up to the amount that would have been allowed if the recipient or subrecipient had continued to own the property. This amount would include expenses such as depreciation, maintenance, taxes, and insurance.
(c) Rental costs under “less-than-arm's-length” leases are allowable only up to the amount described in paragraph (b) of this section. For this purpose, a less-than-arm's-length lease is one under which one party to the lease agreement can control or substantially influence the actions of the other...”
Condition: Policies and procedures were not adequately established to ensure allowability of rent charges and other cross-charges to federally funded programs. We noted the Organization’s subsidiary charges rent to the Organization’s programs to utilize office spaces for their operations and cross-charges certain other miscellaneous costs. The rent and certain other costs are based on budgeted costs plus a market rate, which is an unallowable method under the Uniform Grant Guidance. Since these transactions are less-than-arm’s-length due to the Organization’s control and significant influence over its subsidiary, costs charged should be based on actual costs incurred.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program:
o 1 out of 25 selections was charged based on a market rate and budgeted costs. This selection was for a rent expense.
• Allocated cost pool of IT costs:
o 2 out of 25 selections were charged based on a market rate and/or budgeted costs. One of the selections was for a rent expense and the other was for building maintenance performed by an employee.
Cause: The Organization’s policies and procedures lacked a step to reconcile and/or true-up budget and market rates to actual expenditures.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls in place to ensure expenditures represent actual costs, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the Federal program, or not request the appropriate reimbursement the Organization is entitled to under the grant.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, nonpayroll costs were $1,166,466 and rent charged to the program was $12,743.
• IT costs are accumulated and allocated to grants on an allowable basis. The total IT cost pool was $759,731,which was allocated across all programs (federal and nonfederal).
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implements policies and procedures to timely reconcile and, if necessary, true-up rent charges to actual expenditures incurred.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating procedures for how certain costs are cross-charged to federal programs.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: 21.023, 21.027
Programs: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non-Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – personal services:
(g) Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses.
(vii) “Budget estimates (meaning, estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity performed;
(B) Significant changes in the related work activity (as defined by the recipient's or subrecipient's written policies) are promptly identified and entered into the records. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuations between workload categories do not need to be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The recipient's or subrecipient's system of internal controls includes processes to perform periodic after-the-fact reviews of interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustments must be made so that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Per 2 CFR §200.465 Rental Costs of Real Property and Equipment:
(b) “Rental costs under ‘sale and lease back’ arrangements are allowable only up to the amount that would have been allowed if the recipient or subrecipient had continued to own the property. This amount would include expenses such as depreciation, maintenance, taxes, and insurance.
(c) Rental costs under “less-than-arm's-length” leases are allowable only up to the amount described in paragraph (b) of this section. For this purpose, a less-than-arm's-length lease is one under which one party to the lease agreement can control or substantially influence the actions of the other...”
Condition: Policies and procedures were not adequately established to ensure allowability of rent charges and other cross-charges to federally funded programs. We noted the Organization’s subsidiary charges rent to the Organization’s programs to utilize office spaces for their operations and cross-charges certain other miscellaneous costs. The rent and certain other costs are based on budgeted costs plus a market rate, which is an unallowable method under the Uniform Grant Guidance. Since these transactions are less-than-arm’s-length due to the Organization’s control and significant influence over its subsidiary, costs charged should be based on actual costs incurred.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program:
o 1 out of 25 selections was charged based on a market rate and budgeted costs. This selection was for a rent expense.
• Allocated cost pool of IT costs:
o 2 out of 25 selections were charged based on a market rate and/or budgeted costs. One of the selections was for a rent expense and the other was for building maintenance performed by an employee.
Cause: The Organization’s policies and procedures lacked a step to reconcile and/or true-up budget and market rates to actual expenditures.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls in place to ensure expenditures represent actual costs, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the Federal program, or not request the appropriate reimbursement the Organization is entitled to under the grant.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, nonpayroll costs were $1,166,466 and rent charged to the program was $12,743.
• IT costs are accumulated and allocated to grants on an allowable basis. The total IT cost pool was $759,731,which was allocated across all programs (federal and nonfederal).
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implements policies and procedures to timely reconcile and, if necessary, true-up rent charges to actual expenditures incurred.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating procedures for how certain costs are cross-charged to federal programs.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: 21.023, 21.027
Programs: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non-Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – personal services:
(g) Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses.
(vii) “Budget estimates (meaning, estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity performed;
(B) Significant changes in the related work activity (as defined by the recipient's or subrecipient's written policies) are promptly identified and entered into the records. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuations between workload categories do not need to be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The recipient's or subrecipient's system of internal controls includes processes to perform periodic after-the-fact reviews of interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustments must be made so that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Per 2 CFR §200.465 Rental Costs of Real Property and Equipment:
(b) “Rental costs under ‘sale and lease back’ arrangements are allowable only up to the amount that would have been allowed if the recipient or subrecipient had continued to own the property. This amount would include expenses such as depreciation, maintenance, taxes, and insurance.
(c) Rental costs under “less-than-arm's-length” leases are allowable only up to the amount described in paragraph (b) of this section. For this purpose, a less-than-arm's-length lease is one under which one party to the lease agreement can control or substantially influence the actions of the other...”
Condition: Policies and procedures were not adequately established to ensure allowability of rent charges and other cross-charges to federally funded programs. We noted the Organization’s subsidiary charges rent to the Organization’s programs to utilize office spaces for their operations and cross-charges certain other miscellaneous costs. The rent and certain other costs are based on budgeted costs plus a market rate, which is an unallowable method under the Uniform Grant Guidance. Since these transactions are less-than-arm’s-length due to the Organization’s control and significant influence over its subsidiary, costs charged should be based on actual costs incurred.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program:
o 1 out of 25 selections was charged based on a market rate and budgeted costs. This selection was for a rent expense.
• Allocated cost pool of IT costs:
o 2 out of 25 selections were charged based on a market rate and/or budgeted costs. One of the selections was for a rent expense and the other was for building maintenance performed by an employee.
Cause: The Organization’s policies and procedures lacked a step to reconcile and/or true-up budget and market rates to actual expenditures.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls in place to ensure expenditures represent actual costs, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the Federal program, or not request the appropriate reimbursement the Organization is entitled to under the grant.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, nonpayroll costs were $1,166,466 and rent charged to the program was $12,743.
• IT costs are accumulated and allocated to grants on an allowable basis. The total IT cost pool was $759,731,which was allocated across all programs (federal and nonfederal).
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implements policies and procedures to timely reconcile and, if necessary, true-up rent charges to actual expenditures incurred.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating procedures for how certain costs are cross-charged to federal programs.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: 21.023, 21.027
Programs: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non-Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – personal services:
(g) Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses.
(vii) “Budget estimates (meaning, estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity performed;
(B) Significant changes in the related work activity (as defined by the recipient's or subrecipient's written policies) are promptly identified and entered into the records. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuations between workload categories do not need to be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The recipient's or subrecipient's system of internal controls includes processes to perform periodic after-the-fact reviews of interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustments must be made so that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Per 2 CFR §200.465 Rental Costs of Real Property and Equipment:
(b) “Rental costs under ‘sale and lease back’ arrangements are allowable only up to the amount that would have been allowed if the recipient or subrecipient had continued to own the property. This amount would include expenses such as depreciation, maintenance, taxes, and insurance.
(c) Rental costs under “less-than-arm's-length” leases are allowable only up to the amount described in paragraph (b) of this section. For this purpose, a less-than-arm's-length lease is one under which one party to the lease agreement can control or substantially influence the actions of the other...”
Condition: Policies and procedures were not adequately established to ensure allowability of rent charges and other cross-charges to federally funded programs. We noted the Organization’s subsidiary charges rent to the Organization’s programs to utilize office spaces for their operations and cross-charges certain other miscellaneous costs. The rent and certain other costs are based on budgeted costs plus a market rate, which is an unallowable method under the Uniform Grant Guidance. Since these transactions are less-than-arm’s-length due to the Organization’s control and significant influence over its subsidiary, costs charged should be based on actual costs incurred.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program:
o 1 out of 25 selections was charged based on a market rate and budgeted costs. This selection was for a rent expense.
• Allocated cost pool of IT costs:
o 2 out of 25 selections were charged based on a market rate and/or budgeted costs. One of the selections was for a rent expense and the other was for building maintenance performed by an employee.
Cause: The Organization’s policies and procedures lacked a step to reconcile and/or true-up budget and market rates to actual expenditures.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls in place to ensure expenditures represent actual costs, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the Federal program, or not request the appropriate reimbursement the Organization is entitled to under the grant.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, nonpayroll costs were $1,166,466 and rent charged to the program was $12,743.
• IT costs are accumulated and allocated to grants on an allowable basis. The total IT cost pool was $759,731,which was allocated across all programs (federal and nonfederal).
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implements policies and procedures to timely reconcile and, if necessary, true-up rent charges to actual expenditures incurred.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating procedures for how certain costs are cross-charged to federal programs.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: 21.023, 21.027
Programs: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non-Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – personal services:
(g) Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses.
(vii) “Budget estimates (meaning, estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity performed;
(B) Significant changes in the related work activity (as defined by the recipient's or subrecipient's written policies) are promptly identified and entered into the records. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuations between workload categories do not need to be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The recipient's or subrecipient's system of internal controls includes processes to perform periodic after-the-fact reviews of interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustments must be made so that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Per 2 CFR §200.465 Rental Costs of Real Property and Equipment:
(b) “Rental costs under ‘sale and lease back’ arrangements are allowable only up to the amount that would have been allowed if the recipient or subrecipient had continued to own the property. This amount would include expenses such as depreciation, maintenance, taxes, and insurance.
(c) Rental costs under “less-than-arm's-length” leases are allowable only up to the amount described in paragraph (b) of this section. For this purpose, a less-than-arm's-length lease is one under which one party to the lease agreement can control or substantially influence the actions of the other...”
Condition: Policies and procedures were not adequately established to ensure allowability of rent charges and other cross-charges to federally funded programs. We noted the Organization’s subsidiary charges rent to the Organization’s programs to utilize office spaces for their operations and cross-charges certain other miscellaneous costs. The rent and certain other costs are based on budgeted costs plus a market rate, which is an unallowable method under the Uniform Grant Guidance. Since these transactions are less-than-arm’s-length due to the Organization’s control and significant influence over its subsidiary, costs charged should be based on actual costs incurred.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program:
o 1 out of 25 selections was charged based on a market rate and budgeted costs. This selection was for a rent expense.
• Allocated cost pool of IT costs:
o 2 out of 25 selections were charged based on a market rate and/or budgeted costs. One of the selections was for a rent expense and the other was for building maintenance performed by an employee.
Cause: The Organization’s policies and procedures lacked a step to reconcile and/or true-up budget and market rates to actual expenditures.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls in place to ensure expenditures represent actual costs, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the Federal program, or not request the appropriate reimbursement the Organization is entitled to under the grant.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, nonpayroll costs were $1,166,466 and rent charged to the program was $12,743.
• IT costs are accumulated and allocated to grants on an allowable basis. The total IT cost pool was $759,731,which was allocated across all programs (federal and nonfederal).
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implements policies and procedures to timely reconcile and, if necessary, true-up rent charges to actual expenditures incurred.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating procedures for how certain costs are cross-charged to federal programs.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: 21.023, 21.027
Programs: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non-Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – personal services:
(g) Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses.
(vii) “Budget estimates (meaning, estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity performed;
(B) Significant changes in the related work activity (as defined by the recipient's or subrecipient's written policies) are promptly identified and entered into the records. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuations between workload categories do not need to be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The recipient's or subrecipient's system of internal controls includes processes to perform periodic after-the-fact reviews of interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustments must be made so that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Per 2 CFR §200.465 Rental Costs of Real Property and Equipment:
(b) “Rental costs under ‘sale and lease back’ arrangements are allowable only up to the amount that would have been allowed if the recipient or subrecipient had continued to own the property. This amount would include expenses such as depreciation, maintenance, taxes, and insurance.
(c) Rental costs under “less-than-arm's-length” leases are allowable only up to the amount described in paragraph (b) of this section. For this purpose, a less-than-arm's-length lease is one under which one party to the lease agreement can control or substantially influence the actions of the other...”
Condition: Policies and procedures were not adequately established to ensure allowability of rent charges and other cross-charges to federally funded programs. We noted the Organization’s subsidiary charges rent to the Organization’s programs to utilize office spaces for their operations and cross-charges certain other miscellaneous costs. The rent and certain other costs are based on budgeted costs plus a market rate, which is an unallowable method under the Uniform Grant Guidance. Since these transactions are less-than-arm’s-length due to the Organization’s control and significant influence over its subsidiary, costs charged should be based on actual costs incurred.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program:
o 1 out of 25 selections was charged based on a market rate and budgeted costs. This selection was for a rent expense.
• Allocated cost pool of IT costs:
o 2 out of 25 selections were charged based on a market rate and/or budgeted costs. One of the selections was for a rent expense and the other was for building maintenance performed by an employee.
Cause: The Organization’s policies and procedures lacked a step to reconcile and/or true-up budget and market rates to actual expenditures.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls in place to ensure expenditures represent actual costs, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the Federal program, or not request the appropriate reimbursement the Organization is entitled to under the grant.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, nonpayroll costs were $1,166,466 and rent charged to the program was $12,743.
• IT costs are accumulated and allocated to grants on an allowable basis. The total IT cost pool was $759,731,which was allocated across all programs (federal and nonfederal).
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implements policies and procedures to timely reconcile and, if necessary, true-up rent charges to actual expenditures incurred.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating procedures for how certain costs are cross-charged to federal programs.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: 21.023, 21.027
Programs: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non-Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – personal services:
(g) Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses.
(vii) “Budget estimates (meaning, estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity performed;
(B) Significant changes in the related work activity (as defined by the recipient's or subrecipient's written policies) are promptly identified and entered into the records. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuations between workload categories do not need to be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The recipient's or subrecipient's system of internal controls includes processes to perform periodic after-the-fact reviews of interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustments must be made so that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Per 2 CFR §200.465 Rental Costs of Real Property and Equipment:
(b) “Rental costs under ‘sale and lease back’ arrangements are allowable only up to the amount that would have been allowed if the recipient or subrecipient had continued to own the property. This amount would include expenses such as depreciation, maintenance, taxes, and insurance.
(c) Rental costs under “less-than-arm's-length” leases are allowable only up to the amount described in paragraph (b) of this section. For this purpose, a less-than-arm's-length lease is one under which one party to the lease agreement can control or substantially influence the actions of the other...”
Condition: Policies and procedures were not adequately established to ensure allowability of rent charges and other cross-charges to federally funded programs. We noted the Organization’s subsidiary charges rent to the Organization’s programs to utilize office spaces for their operations and cross-charges certain other miscellaneous costs. The rent and certain other costs are based on budgeted costs plus a market rate, which is an unallowable method under the Uniform Grant Guidance. Since these transactions are less-than-arm’s-length due to the Organization’s control and significant influence over its subsidiary, costs charged should be based on actual costs incurred.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program:
o 1 out of 25 selections was charged based on a market rate and budgeted costs. This selection was for a rent expense.
• Allocated cost pool of IT costs:
o 2 out of 25 selections were charged based on a market rate and/or budgeted costs. One of the selections was for a rent expense and the other was for building maintenance performed by an employee.
Cause: The Organization’s policies and procedures lacked a step to reconcile and/or true-up budget and market rates to actual expenditures.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls in place to ensure expenditures represent actual costs, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the Federal program, or not request the appropriate reimbursement the Organization is entitled to under the grant.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, nonpayroll costs were $1,166,466 and rent charged to the program was $12,743.
• IT costs are accumulated and allocated to grants on an allowable basis. The total IT cost pool was $759,731,which was allocated across all programs (federal and nonfederal).
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implements policies and procedures to timely reconcile and, if necessary, true-up rent charges to actual expenditures incurred.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating procedures for how certain costs are cross-charged to federal programs.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: 21.023, 21.027
Programs: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non-Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – personal services:
(g) Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses.
(vii) “Budget estimates (meaning, estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity performed;
(B) Significant changes in the related work activity (as defined by the recipient's or subrecipient's written policies) are promptly identified and entered into the records. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuations between workload categories do not need to be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The recipient's or subrecipient's system of internal controls includes processes to perform periodic after-the-fact reviews of interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustments must be made so that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Per 2 CFR §200.465 Rental Costs of Real Property and Equipment:
(b) “Rental costs under ‘sale and lease back’ arrangements are allowable only up to the amount that would have been allowed if the recipient or subrecipient had continued to own the property. This amount would include expenses such as depreciation, maintenance, taxes, and insurance.
(c) Rental costs under “less-than-arm's-length” leases are allowable only up to the amount described in paragraph (b) of this section. For this purpose, a less-than-arm's-length lease is one under which one party to the lease agreement can control or substantially influence the actions of the other...”
Condition: Policies and procedures were not adequately established to ensure allowability of rent charges and other cross-charges to federally funded programs. We noted the Organization’s subsidiary charges rent to the Organization’s programs to utilize office spaces for their operations and cross-charges certain other miscellaneous costs. The rent and certain other costs are based on budgeted costs plus a market rate, which is an unallowable method under the Uniform Grant Guidance. Since these transactions are less-than-arm’s-length due to the Organization’s control and significant influence over its subsidiary, costs charged should be based on actual costs incurred.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program:
o 1 out of 25 selections was charged based on a market rate and budgeted costs. This selection was for a rent expense.
• Allocated cost pool of IT costs:
o 2 out of 25 selections were charged based on a market rate and/or budgeted costs. One of the selections was for a rent expense and the other was for building maintenance performed by an employee.
Cause: The Organization’s policies and procedures lacked a step to reconcile and/or true-up budget and market rates to actual expenditures.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls in place to ensure expenditures represent actual costs, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the Federal program, or not request the appropriate reimbursement the Organization is entitled to under the grant.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, nonpayroll costs were $1,166,466 and rent charged to the program was $12,743.
• IT costs are accumulated and allocated to grants on an allowable basis. The total IT cost pool was $759,731,which was allocated across all programs (federal and nonfederal).
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implements policies and procedures to timely reconcile and, if necessary, true-up rent charges to actual expenditures incurred.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating procedures for how certain costs are cross-charged to federal programs.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: 21.023, 21.027
Programs: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non-Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – personal services:
(g) Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses.
(vii) “Budget estimates (meaning, estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity performed;
(B) Significant changes in the related work activity (as defined by the recipient's or subrecipient's written policies) are promptly identified and entered into the records. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuations between workload categories do not need to be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The recipient's or subrecipient's system of internal controls includes processes to perform periodic after-the-fact reviews of interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustments must be made so that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Per 2 CFR §200.465 Rental Costs of Real Property and Equipment:
(b) “Rental costs under ‘sale and lease back’ arrangements are allowable only up to the amount that would have been allowed if the recipient or subrecipient had continued to own the property. This amount would include expenses such as depreciation, maintenance, taxes, and insurance.
(c) Rental costs under “less-than-arm's-length” leases are allowable only up to the amount described in paragraph (b) of this section. For this purpose, a less-than-arm's-length lease is one under which one party to the lease agreement can control or substantially influence the actions of the other...”
Condition: Policies and procedures were not adequately established to ensure allowability of rent charges and other cross-charges to federally funded programs. We noted the Organization’s subsidiary charges rent to the Organization’s programs to utilize office spaces for their operations and cross-charges certain other miscellaneous costs. The rent and certain other costs are based on budgeted costs plus a market rate, which is an unallowable method under the Uniform Grant Guidance. Since these transactions are less-than-arm’s-length due to the Organization’s control and significant influence over its subsidiary, costs charged should be based on actual costs incurred.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program:
o 1 out of 25 selections was charged based on a market rate and budgeted costs. This selection was for a rent expense.
• Allocated cost pool of IT costs:
o 2 out of 25 selections were charged based on a market rate and/or budgeted costs. One of the selections was for a rent expense and the other was for building maintenance performed by an employee.
Cause: The Organization’s policies and procedures lacked a step to reconcile and/or true-up budget and market rates to actual expenditures.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls in place to ensure expenditures represent actual costs, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the Federal program, or not request the appropriate reimbursement the Organization is entitled to under the grant.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, nonpayroll costs were $1,166,466 and rent charged to the program was $12,743.
• IT costs are accumulated and allocated to grants on an allowable basis. The total IT cost pool was $759,731,which was allocated across all programs (federal and nonfederal).
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implements policies and procedures to timely reconcile and, if necessary, true-up rent charges to actual expenditures incurred.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating procedures for how certain costs are cross-charged to federal programs.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: 21.023, 21.027
Programs: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non-Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – personal services:
(g) Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses.
(vii) “Budget estimates (meaning, estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity performed;
(B) Significant changes in the related work activity (as defined by the recipient's or subrecipient's written policies) are promptly identified and entered into the records. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuations between workload categories do not need to be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The recipient's or subrecipient's system of internal controls includes processes to perform periodic after-the-fact reviews of interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustments must be made so that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Per 2 CFR §200.465 Rental Costs of Real Property and Equipment:
(b) “Rental costs under ‘sale and lease back’ arrangements are allowable only up to the amount that would have been allowed if the recipient or subrecipient had continued to own the property. This amount would include expenses such as depreciation, maintenance, taxes, and insurance.
(c) Rental costs under “less-than-arm's-length” leases are allowable only up to the amount described in paragraph (b) of this section. For this purpose, a less-than-arm's-length lease is one under which one party to the lease agreement can control or substantially influence the actions of the other...”
Condition: Policies and procedures were not adequately established to ensure allowability of rent charges and other cross-charges to federally funded programs. We noted the Organization’s subsidiary charges rent to the Organization’s programs to utilize office spaces for their operations and cross-charges certain other miscellaneous costs. The rent and certain other costs are based on budgeted costs plus a market rate, which is an unallowable method under the Uniform Grant Guidance. Since these transactions are less-than-arm’s-length due to the Organization’s control and significant influence over its subsidiary, costs charged should be based on actual costs incurred.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program:
o 1 out of 25 selections was charged based on a market rate and budgeted costs. This selection was for a rent expense.
• Allocated cost pool of IT costs:
o 2 out of 25 selections were charged based on a market rate and/or budgeted costs. One of the selections was for a rent expense and the other was for building maintenance performed by an employee.
Cause: The Organization’s policies and procedures lacked a step to reconcile and/or true-up budget and market rates to actual expenditures.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls in place to ensure expenditures represent actual costs, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the Federal program, or not request the appropriate reimbursement the Organization is entitled to under the grant.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, nonpayroll costs were $1,166,466 and rent charged to the program was $12,743.
• IT costs are accumulated and allocated to grants on an allowable basis. The total IT cost pool was $759,731,which was allocated across all programs (federal and nonfederal).
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implements policies and procedures to timely reconcile and, if necessary, true-up rent charges to actual expenditures incurred.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating procedures for how certain costs are cross-charged to federal programs.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: 21.023, 21.027
Programs: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non-Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – personal services:
(g) Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses.
(vii) “Budget estimates (meaning, estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity performed;
(B) Significant changes in the related work activity (as defined by the recipient's or subrecipient's written policies) are promptly identified and entered into the records. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuations between workload categories do not need to be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The recipient's or subrecipient's system of internal controls includes processes to perform periodic after-the-fact reviews of interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustments must be made so that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Per 2 CFR §200.465 Rental Costs of Real Property and Equipment:
(b) “Rental costs under ‘sale and lease back’ arrangements are allowable only up to the amount that would have been allowed if the recipient or subrecipient had continued to own the property. This amount would include expenses such as depreciation, maintenance, taxes, and insurance.
(c) Rental costs under “less-than-arm's-length” leases are allowable only up to the amount described in paragraph (b) of this section. For this purpose, a less-than-arm's-length lease is one under which one party to the lease agreement can control or substantially influence the actions of the other...”
Condition: Policies and procedures were not adequately established to ensure allowability of rent charges and other cross-charges to federally funded programs. We noted the Organization’s subsidiary charges rent to the Organization’s programs to utilize office spaces for their operations and cross-charges certain other miscellaneous costs. The rent and certain other costs are based on budgeted costs plus a market rate, which is an unallowable method under the Uniform Grant Guidance. Since these transactions are less-than-arm’s-length due to the Organization’s control and significant influence over its subsidiary, costs charged should be based on actual costs incurred.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program:
o 1 out of 25 selections was charged based on a market rate and budgeted costs. This selection was for a rent expense.
• Allocated cost pool of IT costs:
o 2 out of 25 selections were charged based on a market rate and/or budgeted costs. One of the selections was for a rent expense and the other was for building maintenance performed by an employee.
Cause: The Organization’s policies and procedures lacked a step to reconcile and/or true-up budget and market rates to actual expenditures.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls in place to ensure expenditures represent actual costs, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the Federal program, or not request the appropriate reimbursement the Organization is entitled to under the grant.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, nonpayroll costs were $1,166,466 and rent charged to the program was $12,743.
• IT costs are accumulated and allocated to grants on an allowable basis. The total IT cost pool was $759,731,which was allocated across all programs (federal and nonfederal).
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implements policies and procedures to timely reconcile and, if necessary, true-up rent charges to actual expenditures incurred.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating procedures for how certain costs are cross-charged to federal programs.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: 21.023, 21.027
Programs: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non-Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – personal services:
(g) Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses.
(vii) “Budget estimates (meaning, estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity performed;
(B) Significant changes in the related work activity (as defined by the recipient's or subrecipient's written policies) are promptly identified and entered into the records. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuations between workload categories do not need to be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The recipient's or subrecipient's system of internal controls includes processes to perform periodic after-the-fact reviews of interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustments must be made so that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Per 2 CFR §200.465 Rental Costs of Real Property and Equipment:
(b) “Rental costs under ‘sale and lease back’ arrangements are allowable only up to the amount that would have been allowed if the recipient or subrecipient had continued to own the property. This amount would include expenses such as depreciation, maintenance, taxes, and insurance.
(c) Rental costs under “less-than-arm's-length” leases are allowable only up to the amount described in paragraph (b) of this section. For this purpose, a less-than-arm's-length lease is one under which one party to the lease agreement can control or substantially influence the actions of the other...”
Condition: Policies and procedures were not adequately established to ensure allowability of rent charges and other cross-charges to federally funded programs. We noted the Organization’s subsidiary charges rent to the Organization’s programs to utilize office spaces for their operations and cross-charges certain other miscellaneous costs. The rent and certain other costs are based on budgeted costs plus a market rate, which is an unallowable method under the Uniform Grant Guidance. Since these transactions are less-than-arm’s-length due to the Organization’s control and significant influence over its subsidiary, costs charged should be based on actual costs incurred.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program:
o 1 out of 25 selections was charged based on a market rate and budgeted costs. This selection was for a rent expense.
• Allocated cost pool of IT costs:
o 2 out of 25 selections were charged based on a market rate and/or budgeted costs. One of the selections was for a rent expense and the other was for building maintenance performed by an employee.
Cause: The Organization’s policies and procedures lacked a step to reconcile and/or true-up budget and market rates to actual expenditures.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls in place to ensure expenditures represent actual costs, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the Federal program, or not request the appropriate reimbursement the Organization is entitled to under the grant.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, nonpayroll costs were $1,166,466 and rent charged to the program was $12,743.
• IT costs are accumulated and allocated to grants on an allowable basis. The total IT cost pool was $759,731,which was allocated across all programs (federal and nonfederal).
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implements policies and procedures to timely reconcile and, if necessary, true-up rent charges to actual expenditures incurred.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating procedures for how certain costs are cross-charged to federal programs.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: 21.023, 21.027
Programs: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non-Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – personal services:
(g) Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses.
(vii) “Budget estimates (meaning, estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity performed;
(B) Significant changes in the related work activity (as defined by the recipient's or subrecipient's written policies) are promptly identified and entered into the records. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuations between workload categories do not need to be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The recipient's or subrecipient's system of internal controls includes processes to perform periodic after-the-fact reviews of interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustments must be made so that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Per 2 CFR §200.465 Rental Costs of Real Property and Equipment:
(b) “Rental costs under ‘sale and lease back’ arrangements are allowable only up to the amount that would have been allowed if the recipient or subrecipient had continued to own the property. This amount would include expenses such as depreciation, maintenance, taxes, and insurance.
(c) Rental costs under “less-than-arm's-length” leases are allowable only up to the amount described in paragraph (b) of this section. For this purpose, a less-than-arm's-length lease is one under which one party to the lease agreement can control or substantially influence the actions of the other...”
Condition: Policies and procedures were not adequately established to ensure allowability of rent charges and other cross-charges to federally funded programs. We noted the Organization’s subsidiary charges rent to the Organization’s programs to utilize office spaces for their operations and cross-charges certain other miscellaneous costs. The rent and certain other costs are based on budgeted costs plus a market rate, which is an unallowable method under the Uniform Grant Guidance. Since these transactions are less-than-arm’s-length due to the Organization’s control and significant influence over its subsidiary, costs charged should be based on actual costs incurred.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program:
o 1 out of 25 selections was charged based on a market rate and budgeted costs. This selection was for a rent expense.
• Allocated cost pool of IT costs:
o 2 out of 25 selections were charged based on a market rate and/or budgeted costs. One of the selections was for a rent expense and the other was for building maintenance performed by an employee.
Cause: The Organization’s policies and procedures lacked a step to reconcile and/or true-up budget and market rates to actual expenditures.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls in place to ensure expenditures represent actual costs, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the Federal program, or not request the appropriate reimbursement the Organization is entitled to under the grant.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, nonpayroll costs were $1,166,466 and rent charged to the program was $12,743.
• IT costs are accumulated and allocated to grants on an allowable basis. The total IT cost pool was $759,731,which was allocated across all programs (federal and nonfederal).
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implements policies and procedures to timely reconcile and, if necessary, true-up rent charges to actual expenditures incurred.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating procedures for how certain costs are cross-charged to federal programs.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: 21.023, 21.027
Programs: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non-Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – personal services:
(g) Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses.
(vii) “Budget estimates (meaning, estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity performed;
(B) Significant changes in the related work activity (as defined by the recipient's or subrecipient's written policies) are promptly identified and entered into the records. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuations between workload categories do not need to be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The recipient's or subrecipient's system of internal controls includes processes to perform periodic after-the-fact reviews of interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustments must be made so that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Per 2 CFR §200.465 Rental Costs of Real Property and Equipment:
(b) “Rental costs under ‘sale and lease back’ arrangements are allowable only up to the amount that would have been allowed if the recipient or subrecipient had continued to own the property. This amount would include expenses such as depreciation, maintenance, taxes, and insurance.
(c) Rental costs under “less-than-arm's-length” leases are allowable only up to the amount described in paragraph (b) of this section. For this purpose, a less-than-arm's-length lease is one under which one party to the lease agreement can control or substantially influence the actions of the other...”
Condition: Policies and procedures were not adequately established to ensure allowability of rent charges and other cross-charges to federally funded programs. We noted the Organization’s subsidiary charges rent to the Organization’s programs to utilize office spaces for their operations and cross-charges certain other miscellaneous costs. The rent and certain other costs are based on budgeted costs plus a market rate, which is an unallowable method under the Uniform Grant Guidance. Since these transactions are less-than-arm’s-length due to the Organization’s control and significant influence over its subsidiary, costs charged should be based on actual costs incurred.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program:
o 1 out of 25 selections was charged based on a market rate and budgeted costs. This selection was for a rent expense.
• Allocated cost pool of IT costs:
o 2 out of 25 selections were charged based on a market rate and/or budgeted costs. One of the selections was for a rent expense and the other was for building maintenance performed by an employee.
Cause: The Organization’s policies and procedures lacked a step to reconcile and/or true-up budget and market rates to actual expenditures.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls in place to ensure expenditures represent actual costs, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the Federal program, or not request the appropriate reimbursement the Organization is entitled to under the grant.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, nonpayroll costs were $1,166,466 and rent charged to the program was $12,743.
• IT costs are accumulated and allocated to grants on an allowable basis. The total IT cost pool was $759,731,which was allocated across all programs (federal and nonfederal).
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implements policies and procedures to timely reconcile and, if necessary, true-up rent charges to actual expenditures incurred.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating procedures for how certain costs are cross-charged to federal programs.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: 21.023, 21.027
Programs: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non-Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – personal services:
(g) Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses.
(vii) “Budget estimates (meaning, estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity performed;
(B) Significant changes in the related work activity (as defined by the recipient's or subrecipient's written policies) are promptly identified and entered into the records. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuations between workload categories do not need to be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The recipient's or subrecipient's system of internal controls includes processes to perform periodic after-the-fact reviews of interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustments must be made so that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Per 2 CFR §200.465 Rental Costs of Real Property and Equipment:
(b) “Rental costs under ‘sale and lease back’ arrangements are allowable only up to the amount that would have been allowed if the recipient or subrecipient had continued to own the property. This amount would include expenses such as depreciation, maintenance, taxes, and insurance.
(c) Rental costs under “less-than-arm's-length” leases are allowable only up to the amount described in paragraph (b) of this section. For this purpose, a less-than-arm's-length lease is one under which one party to the lease agreement can control or substantially influence the actions of the other...”
Condition: Policies and procedures were not adequately established to ensure allowability of rent charges and other cross-charges to federally funded programs. We noted the Organization’s subsidiary charges rent to the Organization’s programs to utilize office spaces for their operations and cross-charges certain other miscellaneous costs. The rent and certain other costs are based on budgeted costs plus a market rate, which is an unallowable method under the Uniform Grant Guidance. Since these transactions are less-than-arm’s-length due to the Organization’s control and significant influence over its subsidiary, costs charged should be based on actual costs incurred.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program:
o 1 out of 25 selections was charged based on a market rate and budgeted costs. This selection was for a rent expense.
• Allocated cost pool of IT costs:
o 2 out of 25 selections were charged based on a market rate and/or budgeted costs. One of the selections was for a rent expense and the other was for building maintenance performed by an employee.
Cause: The Organization’s policies and procedures lacked a step to reconcile and/or true-up budget and market rates to actual expenditures.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls in place to ensure expenditures represent actual costs, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the Federal program, or not request the appropriate reimbursement the Organization is entitled to under the grant.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, nonpayroll costs were $1,166,466 and rent charged to the program was $12,743.
• IT costs are accumulated and allocated to grants on an allowable basis. The total IT cost pool was $759,731,which was allocated across all programs (federal and nonfederal).
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implements policies and procedures to timely reconcile and, if necessary, true-up rent charges to actual expenditures incurred.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating procedures for how certain costs are cross-charged to federal programs.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: 21.023, 21.027
Programs: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non-Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – personal services:
(g) Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses.
(vii) “Budget estimates (meaning, estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity performed;
(B) Significant changes in the related work activity (as defined by the recipient's or subrecipient's written policies) are promptly identified and entered into the records. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuations between workload categories do not need to be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The recipient's or subrecipient's system of internal controls includes processes to perform periodic after-the-fact reviews of interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustments must be made so that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Per 2 CFR §200.465 Rental Costs of Real Property and Equipment:
(b) “Rental costs under ‘sale and lease back’ arrangements are allowable only up to the amount that would have been allowed if the recipient or subrecipient had continued to own the property. This amount would include expenses such as depreciation, maintenance, taxes, and insurance.
(c) Rental costs under “less-than-arm's-length” leases are allowable only up to the amount described in paragraph (b) of this section. For this purpose, a less-than-arm's-length lease is one under which one party to the lease agreement can control or substantially influence the actions of the other...”
Condition: Policies and procedures were not adequately established to ensure allowability of rent charges and other cross-charges to federally funded programs. We noted the Organization’s subsidiary charges rent to the Organization’s programs to utilize office spaces for their operations and cross-charges certain other miscellaneous costs. The rent and certain other costs are based on budgeted costs plus a market rate, which is an unallowable method under the Uniform Grant Guidance. Since these transactions are less-than-arm’s-length due to the Organization’s control and significant influence over its subsidiary, costs charged should be based on actual costs incurred.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program:
o 1 out of 25 selections was charged based on a market rate and budgeted costs. This selection was for a rent expense.
• Allocated cost pool of IT costs:
o 2 out of 25 selections were charged based on a market rate and/or budgeted costs. One of the selections was for a rent expense and the other was for building maintenance performed by an employee.
Cause: The Organization’s policies and procedures lacked a step to reconcile and/or true-up budget and market rates to actual expenditures.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls in place to ensure expenditures represent actual costs, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the Federal program, or not request the appropriate reimbursement the Organization is entitled to under the grant.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, nonpayroll costs were $1,166,466 and rent charged to the program was $12,743.
• IT costs are accumulated and allocated to grants on an allowable basis. The total IT cost pool was $759,731,which was allocated across all programs (federal and nonfederal).
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implements policies and procedures to timely reconcile and, if necessary, true-up rent charges to actual expenditures incurred.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating procedures for how certain costs are cross-charged to federal programs.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: 21.023, 21.027
Programs: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non-Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – personal services:
(g) Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses.
(vii) “Budget estimates (meaning, estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity performed;
(B) Significant changes in the related work activity (as defined by the recipient's or subrecipient's written policies) are promptly identified and entered into the records. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuations between workload categories do not need to be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The recipient's or subrecipient's system of internal controls includes processes to perform periodic after-the-fact reviews of interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustments must be made so that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Per 2 CFR §200.465 Rental Costs of Real Property and Equipment:
(b) “Rental costs under ‘sale and lease back’ arrangements are allowable only up to the amount that would have been allowed if the recipient or subrecipient had continued to own the property. This amount would include expenses such as depreciation, maintenance, taxes, and insurance.
(c) Rental costs under “less-than-arm's-length” leases are allowable only up to the amount described in paragraph (b) of this section. For this purpose, a less-than-arm's-length lease is one under which one party to the lease agreement can control or substantially influence the actions of the other...”
Condition: Policies and procedures were not adequately established to ensure allowability of rent charges and other cross-charges to federally funded programs. We noted the Organization’s subsidiary charges rent to the Organization’s programs to utilize office spaces for their operations and cross-charges certain other miscellaneous costs. The rent and certain other costs are based on budgeted costs plus a market rate, which is an unallowable method under the Uniform Grant Guidance. Since these transactions are less-than-arm’s-length due to the Organization’s control and significant influence over its subsidiary, costs charged should be based on actual costs incurred.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program:
o 1 out of 25 selections was charged based on a market rate and budgeted costs. This selection was for a rent expense.
• Allocated cost pool of IT costs:
o 2 out of 25 selections were charged based on a market rate and/or budgeted costs. One of the selections was for a rent expense and the other was for building maintenance performed by an employee.
Cause: The Organization’s policies and procedures lacked a step to reconcile and/or true-up budget and market rates to actual expenditures.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls in place to ensure expenditures represent actual costs, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the Federal program, or not request the appropriate reimbursement the Organization is entitled to under the grant.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, nonpayroll costs were $1,166,466 and rent charged to the program was $12,743.
• IT costs are accumulated and allocated to grants on an allowable basis. The total IT cost pool was $759,731,which was allocated across all programs (federal and nonfederal).
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implements policies and procedures to timely reconcile and, if necessary, true-up rent charges to actual expenditures incurred.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating procedures for how certain costs are cross-charged to federal programs.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: 21.023, 21.027
Programs: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non-Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – personal services:
(g) Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses.
(vii) “Budget estimates (meaning, estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity performed;
(B) Significant changes in the related work activity (as defined by the recipient's or subrecipient's written policies) are promptly identified and entered into the records. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuations between workload categories do not need to be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The recipient's or subrecipient's system of internal controls includes processes to perform periodic after-the-fact reviews of interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustments must be made so that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Per 2 CFR §200.465 Rental Costs of Real Property and Equipment:
(b) “Rental costs under ‘sale and lease back’ arrangements are allowable only up to the amount that would have been allowed if the recipient or subrecipient had continued to own the property. This amount would include expenses such as depreciation, maintenance, taxes, and insurance.
(c) Rental costs under “less-than-arm's-length” leases are allowable only up to the amount described in paragraph (b) of this section. For this purpose, a less-than-arm's-length lease is one under which one party to the lease agreement can control or substantially influence the actions of the other...”
Condition: Policies and procedures were not adequately established to ensure allowability of rent charges and other cross-charges to federally funded programs. We noted the Organization’s subsidiary charges rent to the Organization’s programs to utilize office spaces for their operations and cross-charges certain other miscellaneous costs. The rent and certain other costs are based on budgeted costs plus a market rate, which is an unallowable method under the Uniform Grant Guidance. Since these transactions are less-than-arm’s-length due to the Organization’s control and significant influence over its subsidiary, costs charged should be based on actual costs incurred.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program:
o 1 out of 25 selections was charged based on a market rate and budgeted costs. This selection was for a rent expense.
• Allocated cost pool of IT costs:
o 2 out of 25 selections were charged based on a market rate and/or budgeted costs. One of the selections was for a rent expense and the other was for building maintenance performed by an employee.
Cause: The Organization’s policies and procedures lacked a step to reconcile and/or true-up budget and market rates to actual expenditures.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls in place to ensure expenditures represent actual costs, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the Federal program, or not request the appropriate reimbursement the Organization is entitled to under the grant.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, nonpayroll costs were $1,166,466 and rent charged to the program was $12,743.
• IT costs are accumulated and allocated to grants on an allowable basis. The total IT cost pool was $759,731,which was allocated across all programs (federal and nonfederal).
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implements policies and procedures to timely reconcile and, if necessary, true-up rent charges to actual expenditures incurred.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating procedures for how certain costs are cross-charged to federal programs.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: 21.023, 21.027
Programs: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non-Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – personal services:
(g) Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses.
(vii) “Budget estimates (meaning, estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity performed;
(B) Significant changes in the related work activity (as defined by the recipient's or subrecipient's written policies) are promptly identified and entered into the records. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuations between workload categories do not need to be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The recipient's or subrecipient's system of internal controls includes processes to perform periodic after-the-fact reviews of interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustments must be made so that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Per 2 CFR §200.465 Rental Costs of Real Property and Equipment:
(b) “Rental costs under ‘sale and lease back’ arrangements are allowable only up to the amount that would have been allowed if the recipient or subrecipient had continued to own the property. This amount would include expenses such as depreciation, maintenance, taxes, and insurance.
(c) Rental costs under “less-than-arm's-length” leases are allowable only up to the amount described in paragraph (b) of this section. For this purpose, a less-than-arm's-length lease is one under which one party to the lease agreement can control or substantially influence the actions of the other...”
Condition: Policies and procedures were not adequately established to ensure allowability of rent charges and other cross-charges to federally funded programs. We noted the Organization’s subsidiary charges rent to the Organization’s programs to utilize office spaces for their operations and cross-charges certain other miscellaneous costs. The rent and certain other costs are based on budgeted costs plus a market rate, which is an unallowable method under the Uniform Grant Guidance. Since these transactions are less-than-arm’s-length due to the Organization’s control and significant influence over its subsidiary, costs charged should be based on actual costs incurred.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program:
o 1 out of 25 selections was charged based on a market rate and budgeted costs. This selection was for a rent expense.
• Allocated cost pool of IT costs:
o 2 out of 25 selections were charged based on a market rate and/or budgeted costs. One of the selections was for a rent expense and the other was for building maintenance performed by an employee.
Cause: The Organization’s policies and procedures lacked a step to reconcile and/or true-up budget and market rates to actual expenditures.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls in place to ensure expenditures represent actual costs, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the Federal program, or not request the appropriate reimbursement the Organization is entitled to under the grant.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, nonpayroll costs were $1,166,466 and rent charged to the program was $12,743.
• IT costs are accumulated and allocated to grants on an allowable basis. The total IT cost pool was $759,731,which was allocated across all programs (federal and nonfederal).
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implements policies and procedures to timely reconcile and, if necessary, true-up rent charges to actual expenditures incurred.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating procedures for how certain costs are cross-charged to federal programs.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: 21.023, 21.027
Programs: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non-Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – personal services:
(g) Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses.
(vii) “Budget estimates (meaning, estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity performed;
(B) Significant changes in the related work activity (as defined by the recipient's or subrecipient's written policies) are promptly identified and entered into the records. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuations between workload categories do not need to be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The recipient's or subrecipient's system of internal controls includes processes to perform periodic after-the-fact reviews of interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustments must be made so that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Per 2 CFR §200.465 Rental Costs of Real Property and Equipment:
(b) “Rental costs under ‘sale and lease back’ arrangements are allowable only up to the amount that would have been allowed if the recipient or subrecipient had continued to own the property. This amount would include expenses such as depreciation, maintenance, taxes, and insurance.
(c) Rental costs under “less-than-arm's-length” leases are allowable only up to the amount described in paragraph (b) of this section. For this purpose, a less-than-arm's-length lease is one under which one party to the lease agreement can control or substantially influence the actions of the other...”
Condition: Policies and procedures were not adequately established to ensure allowability of rent charges and other cross-charges to federally funded programs. We noted the Organization’s subsidiary charges rent to the Organization’s programs to utilize office spaces for their operations and cross-charges certain other miscellaneous costs. The rent and certain other costs are based on budgeted costs plus a market rate, which is an unallowable method under the Uniform Grant Guidance. Since these transactions are less-than-arm’s-length due to the Organization’s control and significant influence over its subsidiary, costs charged should be based on actual costs incurred.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program:
o 1 out of 25 selections was charged based on a market rate and budgeted costs. This selection was for a rent expense.
• Allocated cost pool of IT costs:
o 2 out of 25 selections were charged based on a market rate and/or budgeted costs. One of the selections was for a rent expense and the other was for building maintenance performed by an employee.
Cause: The Organization’s policies and procedures lacked a step to reconcile and/or true-up budget and market rates to actual expenditures.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls in place to ensure expenditures represent actual costs, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the Federal program, or not request the appropriate reimbursement the Organization is entitled to under the grant.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, nonpayroll costs were $1,166,466 and rent charged to the program was $12,743.
• IT costs are accumulated and allocated to grants on an allowable basis. The total IT cost pool was $759,731,which was allocated across all programs (federal and nonfederal).
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implements policies and procedures to timely reconcile and, if necessary, true-up rent charges to actual expenditures incurred.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating procedures for how certain costs are cross-charged to federal programs.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: 21.023, 21.027
Programs: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non-Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – personal services:
(g) Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses.
(vii) “Budget estimates (meaning, estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity performed;
(B) Significant changes in the related work activity (as defined by the recipient's or subrecipient's written policies) are promptly identified and entered into the records. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuations between workload categories do not need to be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The recipient's or subrecipient's system of internal controls includes processes to perform periodic after-the-fact reviews of interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustments must be made so that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Per 2 CFR §200.465 Rental Costs of Real Property and Equipment:
(b) “Rental costs under ‘sale and lease back’ arrangements are allowable only up to the amount that would have been allowed if the recipient or subrecipient had continued to own the property. This amount would include expenses such as depreciation, maintenance, taxes, and insurance.
(c) Rental costs under “less-than-arm's-length” leases are allowable only up to the amount described in paragraph (b) of this section. For this purpose, a less-than-arm's-length lease is one under which one party to the lease agreement can control or substantially influence the actions of the other...”
Condition: Policies and procedures were not adequately established to ensure allowability of rent charges and other cross-charges to federally funded programs. We noted the Organization’s subsidiary charges rent to the Organization’s programs to utilize office spaces for their operations and cross-charges certain other miscellaneous costs. The rent and certain other costs are based on budgeted costs plus a market rate, which is an unallowable method under the Uniform Grant Guidance. Since these transactions are less-than-arm’s-length due to the Organization’s control and significant influence over its subsidiary, costs charged should be based on actual costs incurred.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program:
o 1 out of 25 selections was charged based on a market rate and budgeted costs. This selection was for a rent expense.
• Allocated cost pool of IT costs:
o 2 out of 25 selections were charged based on a market rate and/or budgeted costs. One of the selections was for a rent expense and the other was for building maintenance performed by an employee.
Cause: The Organization’s policies and procedures lacked a step to reconcile and/or true-up budget and market rates to actual expenditures.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls in place to ensure expenditures represent actual costs, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the Federal program, or not request the appropriate reimbursement the Organization is entitled to under the grant.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, nonpayroll costs were $1,166,466 and rent charged to the program was $12,743.
• IT costs are accumulated and allocated to grants on an allowable basis. The total IT cost pool was $759,731,which was allocated across all programs (federal and nonfederal).
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implements policies and procedures to timely reconcile and, if necessary, true-up rent charges to actual expenditures incurred.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating procedures for how certain costs are cross-charged to federal programs.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: 21.023, 21.027
Programs: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non-Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – personal services:
(g) Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses.
(vii) “Budget estimates (meaning, estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity performed;
(B) Significant changes in the related work activity (as defined by the recipient's or subrecipient's written policies) are promptly identified and entered into the records. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuations between workload categories do not need to be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The recipient's or subrecipient's system of internal controls includes processes to perform periodic after-the-fact reviews of interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustments must be made so that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Per 2 CFR §200.465 Rental Costs of Real Property and Equipment:
(b) “Rental costs under ‘sale and lease back’ arrangements are allowable only up to the amount that would have been allowed if the recipient or subrecipient had continued to own the property. This amount would include expenses such as depreciation, maintenance, taxes, and insurance.
(c) Rental costs under “less-than-arm's-length” leases are allowable only up to the amount described in paragraph (b) of this section. For this purpose, a less-than-arm's-length lease is one under which one party to the lease agreement can control or substantially influence the actions of the other...”
Condition: Policies and procedures were not adequately established to ensure allowability of rent charges and other cross-charges to federally funded programs. We noted the Organization’s subsidiary charges rent to the Organization’s programs to utilize office spaces for their operations and cross-charges certain other miscellaneous costs. The rent and certain other costs are based on budgeted costs plus a market rate, which is an unallowable method under the Uniform Grant Guidance. Since these transactions are less-than-arm’s-length due to the Organization’s control and significant influence over its subsidiary, costs charged should be based on actual costs incurred.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program:
o 1 out of 25 selections was charged based on a market rate and budgeted costs. This selection was for a rent expense.
• Allocated cost pool of IT costs:
o 2 out of 25 selections were charged based on a market rate and/or budgeted costs. One of the selections was for a rent expense and the other was for building maintenance performed by an employee.
Cause: The Organization’s policies and procedures lacked a step to reconcile and/or true-up budget and market rates to actual expenditures.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls in place to ensure expenditures represent actual costs, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the Federal program, or not request the appropriate reimbursement the Organization is entitled to under the grant.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, nonpayroll costs were $1,166,466 and rent charged to the program was $12,743.
• IT costs are accumulated and allocated to grants on an allowable basis. The total IT cost pool was $759,731,which was allocated across all programs (federal and nonfederal).
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implements policies and procedures to timely reconcile and, if necessary, true-up rent charges to actual expenditures incurred.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating procedures for how certain costs are cross-charged to federal programs.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Programs: 21.027
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – Personal Services:
“Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses
(1) Charges to Federal awards for salaries and wages must be based on records that accurately reflect the work performed. These records must:
(i) Be supported by a system of internal control, which provides reasonable assurance that the charges are accurate, allowable, and properly allocated;
(ii) Be incorporated into the official records of the non-Federal entity;
(iii) Reasonably reflect the total activity for which the employee is compensated by the non-Federal entity, not exceeding 100% of compensated activities;
(iv) Encompass federally assisted and all other activities compensated by the non-Federal entity on an integrated basis, but may include the use of subsidiary records as defined in the non Federal entity’s written policy;
(v) Comply with the established accounting policies and practices of the non Federal entity; and
(vi) [Reserved]
(vii) Support the distribution of the employee’s salary or wages among specific activities or cost objectives if the employee works on more than one Federal award; a Federal award and non-Federal award; an indirect cost activity and a direct cost activity; two or more indirect activities, which are allocated using different allocation bases; or an unallowable activity and a direct or indirect cost activity.
(viii) Budget estimates (i.e., estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity actually performed;
(B) Significant changes in the corresponding work activity (as defined by the non-Federal entity’s written policies) are identified and entered into the records in a timely manner. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuation between workload categories need not be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The non-Federal entity’s system of internal controls includes processes to review after the fact interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustment must be made such that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Condition: We noted that the Organization allocated payroll expenditures using timecards that were not fully reviewed and approved. Two out of 43 selections for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program did not have employee and/or supervisor approvals.
Cause: The Organization did not have adequate policies/procedures in place to ensure timesheet allocations are obtained for all employees charging time to federal grants and that they are appropriately reviewed.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls to ensure that costs allocated to federal programs are supported, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the federal program.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample. Payroll costs charged to the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program were $1,320,137 in fiscal year 2024. Any costs not adequately supported by approved timesheet or subsequent attestation are considered questioned costs.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: The Organization should consistently obtain and retain timesheet approvals from both employees and supervisors for each pay period requested for reimbursement. Subsequent attestations of time worked should be timely obtained if detective controls identify missing timesheet approvals.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating and implementing mitigating controls to ensure approvals are sufficiently documented.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Programs: 21.027
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – Personal Services:
“Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses
(1) Charges to Federal awards for salaries and wages must be based on records that accurately reflect the work performed. These records must:
(i) Be supported by a system of internal control, which provides reasonable assurance that the charges are accurate, allowable, and properly allocated;
(ii) Be incorporated into the official records of the non-Federal entity;
(iii) Reasonably reflect the total activity for which the employee is compensated by the non-Federal entity, not exceeding 100% of compensated activities;
(iv) Encompass federally assisted and all other activities compensated by the non-Federal entity on an integrated basis, but may include the use of subsidiary records as defined in the non Federal entity’s written policy;
(v) Comply with the established accounting policies and practices of the non Federal entity; and
(vi) [Reserved]
(vii) Support the distribution of the employee’s salary or wages among specific activities or cost objectives if the employee works on more than one Federal award; a Federal award and non-Federal award; an indirect cost activity and a direct cost activity; two or more indirect activities, which are allocated using different allocation bases; or an unallowable activity and a direct or indirect cost activity.
(viii) Budget estimates (i.e., estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity actually performed;
(B) Significant changes in the corresponding work activity (as defined by the non-Federal entity’s written policies) are identified and entered into the records in a timely manner. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuation between workload categories need not be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The non-Federal entity’s system of internal controls includes processes to review after the fact interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustment must be made such that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Condition: We noted that the Organization allocated payroll expenditures using timecards that were not fully reviewed and approved. Two out of 43 selections for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program did not have employee and/or supervisor approvals.
Cause: The Organization did not have adequate policies/procedures in place to ensure timesheet allocations are obtained for all employees charging time to federal grants and that they are appropriately reviewed.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls to ensure that costs allocated to federal programs are supported, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the federal program.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample. Payroll costs charged to the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program were $1,320,137 in fiscal year 2024. Any costs not adequately supported by approved timesheet or subsequent attestation are considered questioned costs.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: The Organization should consistently obtain and retain timesheet approvals from both employees and supervisors for each pay period requested for reimbursement. Subsequent attestations of time worked should be timely obtained if detective controls identify missing timesheet approvals.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating and implementing mitigating controls to ensure approvals are sufficiently documented.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Programs: 21.027
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – Personal Services:
“Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses
(1) Charges to Federal awards for salaries and wages must be based on records that accurately reflect the work performed. These records must:
(i) Be supported by a system of internal control, which provides reasonable assurance that the charges are accurate, allowable, and properly allocated;
(ii) Be incorporated into the official records of the non-Federal entity;
(iii) Reasonably reflect the total activity for which the employee is compensated by the non-Federal entity, not exceeding 100% of compensated activities;
(iv) Encompass federally assisted and all other activities compensated by the non-Federal entity on an integrated basis, but may include the use of subsidiary records as defined in the non Federal entity’s written policy;
(v) Comply with the established accounting policies and practices of the non Federal entity; and
(vi) [Reserved]
(vii) Support the distribution of the employee’s salary or wages among specific activities or cost objectives if the employee works on more than one Federal award; a Federal award and non-Federal award; an indirect cost activity and a direct cost activity; two or more indirect activities, which are allocated using different allocation bases; or an unallowable activity and a direct or indirect cost activity.
(viii) Budget estimates (i.e., estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity actually performed;
(B) Significant changes in the corresponding work activity (as defined by the non-Federal entity’s written policies) are identified and entered into the records in a timely manner. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuation between workload categories need not be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The non-Federal entity’s system of internal controls includes processes to review after the fact interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustment must be made such that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Condition: We noted that the Organization allocated payroll expenditures using timecards that were not fully reviewed and approved. Two out of 43 selections for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program did not have employee and/or supervisor approvals.
Cause: The Organization did not have adequate policies/procedures in place to ensure timesheet allocations are obtained for all employees charging time to federal grants and that they are appropriately reviewed.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls to ensure that costs allocated to federal programs are supported, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the federal program.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample. Payroll costs charged to the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program were $1,320,137 in fiscal year 2024. Any costs not adequately supported by approved timesheet or subsequent attestation are considered questioned costs.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: The Organization should consistently obtain and retain timesheet approvals from both employees and supervisors for each pay period requested for reimbursement. Subsequent attestations of time worked should be timely obtained if detective controls identify missing timesheet approvals.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating and implementing mitigating controls to ensure approvals are sufficiently documented.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Programs: 21.027
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – Personal Services:
“Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses
(1) Charges to Federal awards for salaries and wages must be based on records that accurately reflect the work performed. These records must:
(i) Be supported by a system of internal control, which provides reasonable assurance that the charges are accurate, allowable, and properly allocated;
(ii) Be incorporated into the official records of the non-Federal entity;
(iii) Reasonably reflect the total activity for which the employee is compensated by the non-Federal entity, not exceeding 100% of compensated activities;
(iv) Encompass federally assisted and all other activities compensated by the non-Federal entity on an integrated basis, but may include the use of subsidiary records as defined in the non Federal entity’s written policy;
(v) Comply with the established accounting policies and practices of the non Federal entity; and
(vi) [Reserved]
(vii) Support the distribution of the employee’s salary or wages among specific activities or cost objectives if the employee works on more than one Federal award; a Federal award and non-Federal award; an indirect cost activity and a direct cost activity; two or more indirect activities, which are allocated using different allocation bases; or an unallowable activity and a direct or indirect cost activity.
(viii) Budget estimates (i.e., estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity actually performed;
(B) Significant changes in the corresponding work activity (as defined by the non-Federal entity’s written policies) are identified and entered into the records in a timely manner. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuation between workload categories need not be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The non-Federal entity’s system of internal controls includes processes to review after the fact interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustment must be made such that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Condition: We noted that the Organization allocated payroll expenditures using timecards that were not fully reviewed and approved. Two out of 43 selections for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program did not have employee and/or supervisor approvals.
Cause: The Organization did not have adequate policies/procedures in place to ensure timesheet allocations are obtained for all employees charging time to federal grants and that they are appropriately reviewed.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls to ensure that costs allocated to federal programs are supported, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the federal program.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample. Payroll costs charged to the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program were $1,320,137 in fiscal year 2024. Any costs not adequately supported by approved timesheet or subsequent attestation are considered questioned costs.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: The Organization should consistently obtain and retain timesheet approvals from both employees and supervisors for each pay period requested for reimbursement. Subsequent attestations of time worked should be timely obtained if detective controls identify missing timesheet approvals.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating and implementing mitigating controls to ensure approvals are sufficiently documented.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Programs: 21.027
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – Personal Services:
“Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses
(1) Charges to Federal awards for salaries and wages must be based on records that accurately reflect the work performed. These records must:
(i) Be supported by a system of internal control, which provides reasonable assurance that the charges are accurate, allowable, and properly allocated;
(ii) Be incorporated into the official records of the non-Federal entity;
(iii) Reasonably reflect the total activity for which the employee is compensated by the non-Federal entity, not exceeding 100% of compensated activities;
(iv) Encompass federally assisted and all other activities compensated by the non-Federal entity on an integrated basis, but may include the use of subsidiary records as defined in the non Federal entity’s written policy;
(v) Comply with the established accounting policies and practices of the non Federal entity; and
(vi) [Reserved]
(vii) Support the distribution of the employee’s salary or wages among specific activities or cost objectives if the employee works on more than one Federal award; a Federal award and non-Federal award; an indirect cost activity and a direct cost activity; two or more indirect activities, which are allocated using different allocation bases; or an unallowable activity and a direct or indirect cost activity.
(viii) Budget estimates (i.e., estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity actually performed;
(B) Significant changes in the corresponding work activity (as defined by the non-Federal entity’s written policies) are identified and entered into the records in a timely manner. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuation between workload categories need not be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The non-Federal entity’s system of internal controls includes processes to review after the fact interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustment must be made such that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Condition: We noted that the Organization allocated payroll expenditures using timecards that were not fully reviewed and approved. Two out of 43 selections for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program did not have employee and/or supervisor approvals.
Cause: The Organization did not have adequate policies/procedures in place to ensure timesheet allocations are obtained for all employees charging time to federal grants and that they are appropriately reviewed.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls to ensure that costs allocated to federal programs are supported, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the federal program.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample. Payroll costs charged to the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program were $1,320,137 in fiscal year 2024. Any costs not adequately supported by approved timesheet or subsequent attestation are considered questioned costs.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: The Organization should consistently obtain and retain timesheet approvals from both employees and supervisors for each pay period requested for reimbursement. Subsequent attestations of time worked should be timely obtained if detective controls identify missing timesheet approvals.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating and implementing mitigating controls to ensure approvals are sufficiently documented.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Programs: 21.027
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – Personal Services:
“Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses
(1) Charges to Federal awards for salaries and wages must be based on records that accurately reflect the work performed. These records must:
(i) Be supported by a system of internal control, which provides reasonable assurance that the charges are accurate, allowable, and properly allocated;
(ii) Be incorporated into the official records of the non-Federal entity;
(iii) Reasonably reflect the total activity for which the employee is compensated by the non-Federal entity, not exceeding 100% of compensated activities;
(iv) Encompass federally assisted and all other activities compensated by the non-Federal entity on an integrated basis, but may include the use of subsidiary records as defined in the non Federal entity’s written policy;
(v) Comply with the established accounting policies and practices of the non Federal entity; and
(vi) [Reserved]
(vii) Support the distribution of the employee’s salary or wages among specific activities or cost objectives if the employee works on more than one Federal award; a Federal award and non-Federal award; an indirect cost activity and a direct cost activity; two or more indirect activities, which are allocated using different allocation bases; or an unallowable activity and a direct or indirect cost activity.
(viii) Budget estimates (i.e., estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity actually performed;
(B) Significant changes in the corresponding work activity (as defined by the non-Federal entity’s written policies) are identified and entered into the records in a timely manner. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuation between workload categories need not be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The non-Federal entity’s system of internal controls includes processes to review after the fact interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustment must be made such that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Condition: We noted that the Organization allocated payroll expenditures using timecards that were not fully reviewed and approved. Two out of 43 selections for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program did not have employee and/or supervisor approvals.
Cause: The Organization did not have adequate policies/procedures in place to ensure timesheet allocations are obtained for all employees charging time to federal grants and that they are appropriately reviewed.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls to ensure that costs allocated to federal programs are supported, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the federal program.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample. Payroll costs charged to the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program were $1,320,137 in fiscal year 2024. Any costs not adequately supported by approved timesheet or subsequent attestation are considered questioned costs.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: The Organization should consistently obtain and retain timesheet approvals from both employees and supervisors for each pay period requested for reimbursement. Subsequent attestations of time worked should be timely obtained if detective controls identify missing timesheet approvals.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating and implementing mitigating controls to ensure approvals are sufficiently documented.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Programs: 21.027
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – Personal Services:
“Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses
(1) Charges to Federal awards for salaries and wages must be based on records that accurately reflect the work performed. These records must:
(i) Be supported by a system of internal control, which provides reasonable assurance that the charges are accurate, allowable, and properly allocated;
(ii) Be incorporated into the official records of the non-Federal entity;
(iii) Reasonably reflect the total activity for which the employee is compensated by the non-Federal entity, not exceeding 100% of compensated activities;
(iv) Encompass federally assisted and all other activities compensated by the non-Federal entity on an integrated basis, but may include the use of subsidiary records as defined in the non Federal entity’s written policy;
(v) Comply with the established accounting policies and practices of the non Federal entity; and
(vi) [Reserved]
(vii) Support the distribution of the employee’s salary or wages among specific activities or cost objectives if the employee works on more than one Federal award; a Federal award and non-Federal award; an indirect cost activity and a direct cost activity; two or more indirect activities, which are allocated using different allocation bases; or an unallowable activity and a direct or indirect cost activity.
(viii) Budget estimates (i.e., estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity actually performed;
(B) Significant changes in the corresponding work activity (as defined by the non-Federal entity’s written policies) are identified and entered into the records in a timely manner. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuation between workload categories need not be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The non-Federal entity’s system of internal controls includes processes to review after the fact interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustment must be made such that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Condition: We noted that the Organization allocated payroll expenditures using timecards that were not fully reviewed and approved. Two out of 43 selections for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program did not have employee and/or supervisor approvals.
Cause: The Organization did not have adequate policies/procedures in place to ensure timesheet allocations are obtained for all employees charging time to federal grants and that they are appropriately reviewed.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls to ensure that costs allocated to federal programs are supported, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the federal program.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample. Payroll costs charged to the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program were $1,320,137 in fiscal year 2024. Any costs not adequately supported by approved timesheet or subsequent attestation are considered questioned costs.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: The Organization should consistently obtain and retain timesheet approvals from both employees and supervisors for each pay period requested for reimbursement. Subsequent attestations of time worked should be timely obtained if detective controls identify missing timesheet approvals.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating and implementing mitigating controls to ensure approvals are sufficiently documented.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Programs: 21.027
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – Personal Services:
“Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses
(1) Charges to Federal awards for salaries and wages must be based on records that accurately reflect the work performed. These records must:
(i) Be supported by a system of internal control, which provides reasonable assurance that the charges are accurate, allowable, and properly allocated;
(ii) Be incorporated into the official records of the non-Federal entity;
(iii) Reasonably reflect the total activity for which the employee is compensated by the non-Federal entity, not exceeding 100% of compensated activities;
(iv) Encompass federally assisted and all other activities compensated by the non-Federal entity on an integrated basis, but may include the use of subsidiary records as defined in the non Federal entity’s written policy;
(v) Comply with the established accounting policies and practices of the non Federal entity; and
(vi) [Reserved]
(vii) Support the distribution of the employee’s salary or wages among specific activities or cost objectives if the employee works on more than one Federal award; a Federal award and non-Federal award; an indirect cost activity and a direct cost activity; two or more indirect activities, which are allocated using different allocation bases; or an unallowable activity and a direct or indirect cost activity.
(viii) Budget estimates (i.e., estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity actually performed;
(B) Significant changes in the corresponding work activity (as defined by the non-Federal entity’s written policies) are identified and entered into the records in a timely manner. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuation between workload categories need not be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The non-Federal entity’s system of internal controls includes processes to review after the fact interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustment must be made such that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Condition: We noted that the Organization allocated payroll expenditures using timecards that were not fully reviewed and approved. Two out of 43 selections for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program did not have employee and/or supervisor approvals.
Cause: The Organization did not have adequate policies/procedures in place to ensure timesheet allocations are obtained for all employees charging time to federal grants and that they are appropriately reviewed.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls to ensure that costs allocated to federal programs are supported, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the federal program.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample. Payroll costs charged to the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program were $1,320,137 in fiscal year 2024. Any costs not adequately supported by approved timesheet or subsequent attestation are considered questioned costs.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: The Organization should consistently obtain and retain timesheet approvals from both employees and supervisors for each pay period requested for reimbursement. Subsequent attestations of time worked should be timely obtained if detective controls identify missing timesheet approvals.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating and implementing mitigating controls to ensure approvals are sufficiently documented.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Programs: 21.027
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – Personal Services:
“Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses
(1) Charges to Federal awards for salaries and wages must be based on records that accurately reflect the work performed. These records must:
(i) Be supported by a system of internal control, which provides reasonable assurance that the charges are accurate, allowable, and properly allocated;
(ii) Be incorporated into the official records of the non-Federal entity;
(iii) Reasonably reflect the total activity for which the employee is compensated by the non-Federal entity, not exceeding 100% of compensated activities;
(iv) Encompass federally assisted and all other activities compensated by the non-Federal entity on an integrated basis, but may include the use of subsidiary records as defined in the non Federal entity’s written policy;
(v) Comply with the established accounting policies and practices of the non Federal entity; and
(vi) [Reserved]
(vii) Support the distribution of the employee’s salary or wages among specific activities or cost objectives if the employee works on more than one Federal award; a Federal award and non-Federal award; an indirect cost activity and a direct cost activity; two or more indirect activities, which are allocated using different allocation bases; or an unallowable activity and a direct or indirect cost activity.
(viii) Budget estimates (i.e., estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity actually performed;
(B) Significant changes in the corresponding work activity (as defined by the non-Federal entity’s written policies) are identified and entered into the records in a timely manner. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuation between workload categories need not be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The non-Federal entity’s system of internal controls includes processes to review after the fact interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustment must be made such that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Condition: We noted that the Organization allocated payroll expenditures using timecards that were not fully reviewed and approved. Two out of 43 selections for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program did not have employee and/or supervisor approvals.
Cause: The Organization did not have adequate policies/procedures in place to ensure timesheet allocations are obtained for all employees charging time to federal grants and that they are appropriately reviewed.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls to ensure that costs allocated to federal programs are supported, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the federal program.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample. Payroll costs charged to the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program were $1,320,137 in fiscal year 2024. Any costs not adequately supported by approved timesheet or subsequent attestation are considered questioned costs.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: The Organization should consistently obtain and retain timesheet approvals from both employees and supervisors for each pay period requested for reimbursement. Subsequent attestations of time worked should be timely obtained if detective controls identify missing timesheet approvals.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating and implementing mitigating controls to ensure approvals are sufficiently documented.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Programs: 21.027
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – Personal Services:
“Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses
(1) Charges to Federal awards for salaries and wages must be based on records that accurately reflect the work performed. These records must:
(i) Be supported by a system of internal control, which provides reasonable assurance that the charges are accurate, allowable, and properly allocated;
(ii) Be incorporated into the official records of the non-Federal entity;
(iii) Reasonably reflect the total activity for which the employee is compensated by the non-Federal entity, not exceeding 100% of compensated activities;
(iv) Encompass federally assisted and all other activities compensated by the non-Federal entity on an integrated basis, but may include the use of subsidiary records as defined in the non Federal entity’s written policy;
(v) Comply with the established accounting policies and practices of the non Federal entity; and
(vi) [Reserved]
(vii) Support the distribution of the employee’s salary or wages among specific activities or cost objectives if the employee works on more than one Federal award; a Federal award and non-Federal award; an indirect cost activity and a direct cost activity; two or more indirect activities, which are allocated using different allocation bases; or an unallowable activity and a direct or indirect cost activity.
(viii) Budget estimates (i.e., estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity actually performed;
(B) Significant changes in the corresponding work activity (as defined by the non-Federal entity’s written policies) are identified and entered into the records in a timely manner. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuation between workload categories need not be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The non-Federal entity’s system of internal controls includes processes to review after the fact interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustment must be made such that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Condition: We noted that the Organization allocated payroll expenditures using timecards that were not fully reviewed and approved. Two out of 43 selections for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program did not have employee and/or supervisor approvals.
Cause: The Organization did not have adequate policies/procedures in place to ensure timesheet allocations are obtained for all employees charging time to federal grants and that they are appropriately reviewed.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls to ensure that costs allocated to federal programs are supported, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the federal program.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample. Payroll costs charged to the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program were $1,320,137 in fiscal year 2024. Any costs not adequately supported by approved timesheet or subsequent attestation are considered questioned costs.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: The Organization should consistently obtain and retain timesheet approvals from both employees and supervisors for each pay period requested for reimbursement. Subsequent attestations of time worked should be timely obtained if detective controls identify missing timesheet approvals.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating and implementing mitigating controls to ensure approvals are sufficiently documented.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Programs: 21.027
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – Personal Services:
“Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses
(1) Charges to Federal awards for salaries and wages must be based on records that accurately reflect the work performed. These records must:
(i) Be supported by a system of internal control, which provides reasonable assurance that the charges are accurate, allowable, and properly allocated;
(ii) Be incorporated into the official records of the non-Federal entity;
(iii) Reasonably reflect the total activity for which the employee is compensated by the non-Federal entity, not exceeding 100% of compensated activities;
(iv) Encompass federally assisted and all other activities compensated by the non-Federal entity on an integrated basis, but may include the use of subsidiary records as defined in the non Federal entity’s written policy;
(v) Comply with the established accounting policies and practices of the non Federal entity; and
(vi) [Reserved]
(vii) Support the distribution of the employee’s salary or wages among specific activities or cost objectives if the employee works on more than one Federal award; a Federal award and non-Federal award; an indirect cost activity and a direct cost activity; two or more indirect activities, which are allocated using different allocation bases; or an unallowable activity and a direct or indirect cost activity.
(viii) Budget estimates (i.e., estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity actually performed;
(B) Significant changes in the corresponding work activity (as defined by the non-Federal entity’s written policies) are identified and entered into the records in a timely manner. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuation between workload categories need not be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The non-Federal entity’s system of internal controls includes processes to review after the fact interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustment must be made such that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Condition: We noted that the Organization allocated payroll expenditures using timecards that were not fully reviewed and approved. Two out of 43 selections for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program did not have employee and/or supervisor approvals.
Cause: The Organization did not have adequate policies/procedures in place to ensure timesheet allocations are obtained for all employees charging time to federal grants and that they are appropriately reviewed.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls to ensure that costs allocated to federal programs are supported, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the federal program.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample. Payroll costs charged to the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program were $1,320,137 in fiscal year 2024. Any costs not adequately supported by approved timesheet or subsequent attestation are considered questioned costs.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: The Organization should consistently obtain and retain timesheet approvals from both employees and supervisors for each pay period requested for reimbursement. Subsequent attestations of time worked should be timely obtained if detective controls identify missing timesheet approvals.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating and implementing mitigating controls to ensure approvals are sufficiently documented.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Programs: 21.027
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – Personal Services:
“Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses
(1) Charges to Federal awards for salaries and wages must be based on records that accurately reflect the work performed. These records must:
(i) Be supported by a system of internal control, which provides reasonable assurance that the charges are accurate, allowable, and properly allocated;
(ii) Be incorporated into the official records of the non-Federal entity;
(iii) Reasonably reflect the total activity for which the employee is compensated by the non-Federal entity, not exceeding 100% of compensated activities;
(iv) Encompass federally assisted and all other activities compensated by the non-Federal entity on an integrated basis, but may include the use of subsidiary records as defined in the non Federal entity’s written policy;
(v) Comply with the established accounting policies and practices of the non Federal entity; and
(vi) [Reserved]
(vii) Support the distribution of the employee’s salary or wages among specific activities or cost objectives if the employee works on more than one Federal award; a Federal award and non-Federal award; an indirect cost activity and a direct cost activity; two or more indirect activities, which are allocated using different allocation bases; or an unallowable activity and a direct or indirect cost activity.
(viii) Budget estimates (i.e., estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity actually performed;
(B) Significant changes in the corresponding work activity (as defined by the non-Federal entity’s written policies) are identified and entered into the records in a timely manner. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuation between workload categories need not be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The non-Federal entity’s system of internal controls includes processes to review after the fact interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustment must be made such that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Condition: We noted that the Organization allocated payroll expenditures using timecards that were not fully reviewed and approved. Two out of 43 selections for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program did not have employee and/or supervisor approvals.
Cause: The Organization did not have adequate policies/procedures in place to ensure timesheet allocations are obtained for all employees charging time to federal grants and that they are appropriately reviewed.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls to ensure that costs allocated to federal programs are supported, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the federal program.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample. Payroll costs charged to the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program were $1,320,137 in fiscal year 2024. Any costs not adequately supported by approved timesheet or subsequent attestation are considered questioned costs.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: The Organization should consistently obtain and retain timesheet approvals from both employees and supervisors for each pay period requested for reimbursement. Subsequent attestations of time worked should be timely obtained if detective controls identify missing timesheet approvals.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating and implementing mitigating controls to ensure approvals are sufficiently documented.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Programs: 21.027
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – Personal Services:
“Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses
(1) Charges to Federal awards for salaries and wages must be based on records that accurately reflect the work performed. These records must:
(i) Be supported by a system of internal control, which provides reasonable assurance that the charges are accurate, allowable, and properly allocated;
(ii) Be incorporated into the official records of the non-Federal entity;
(iii) Reasonably reflect the total activity for which the employee is compensated by the non-Federal entity, not exceeding 100% of compensated activities;
(iv) Encompass federally assisted and all other activities compensated by the non-Federal entity on an integrated basis, but may include the use of subsidiary records as defined in the non Federal entity’s written policy;
(v) Comply with the established accounting policies and practices of the non Federal entity; and
(vi) [Reserved]
(vii) Support the distribution of the employee’s salary or wages among specific activities or cost objectives if the employee works on more than one Federal award; a Federal award and non-Federal award; an indirect cost activity and a direct cost activity; two or more indirect activities, which are allocated using different allocation bases; or an unallowable activity and a direct or indirect cost activity.
(viii) Budget estimates (i.e., estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity actually performed;
(B) Significant changes in the corresponding work activity (as defined by the non-Federal entity’s written policies) are identified and entered into the records in a timely manner. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuation between workload categories need not be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The non-Federal entity’s system of internal controls includes processes to review after the fact interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustment must be made such that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Condition: We noted that the Organization allocated payroll expenditures using timecards that were not fully reviewed and approved. Two out of 43 selections for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program did not have employee and/or supervisor approvals.
Cause: The Organization did not have adequate policies/procedures in place to ensure timesheet allocations are obtained for all employees charging time to federal grants and that they are appropriately reviewed.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls to ensure that costs allocated to federal programs are supported, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the federal program.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample. Payroll costs charged to the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program were $1,320,137 in fiscal year 2024. Any costs not adequately supported by approved timesheet or subsequent attestation are considered questioned costs.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: The Organization should consistently obtain and retain timesheet approvals from both employees and supervisors for each pay period requested for reimbursement. Subsequent attestations of time worked should be timely obtained if detective controls identify missing timesheet approvals.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating and implementing mitigating controls to ensure approvals are sufficiently documented.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Programs: 21.027
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – Personal Services:
“Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses
(1) Charges to Federal awards for salaries and wages must be based on records that accurately reflect the work performed. These records must:
(i) Be supported by a system of internal control, which provides reasonable assurance that the charges are accurate, allowable, and properly allocated;
(ii) Be incorporated into the official records of the non-Federal entity;
(iii) Reasonably reflect the total activity for which the employee is compensated by the non-Federal entity, not exceeding 100% of compensated activities;
(iv) Encompass federally assisted and all other activities compensated by the non-Federal entity on an integrated basis, but may include the use of subsidiary records as defined in the non Federal entity’s written policy;
(v) Comply with the established accounting policies and practices of the non Federal entity; and
(vi) [Reserved]
(vii) Support the distribution of the employee’s salary or wages among specific activities or cost objectives if the employee works on more than one Federal award; a Federal award and non-Federal award; an indirect cost activity and a direct cost activity; two or more indirect activities, which are allocated using different allocation bases; or an unallowable activity and a direct or indirect cost activity.
(viii) Budget estimates (i.e., estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity actually performed;
(B) Significant changes in the corresponding work activity (as defined by the non-Federal entity’s written policies) are identified and entered into the records in a timely manner. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuation between workload categories need not be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The non-Federal entity’s system of internal controls includes processes to review after the fact interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustment must be made such that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Condition: We noted that the Organization allocated payroll expenditures using timecards that were not fully reviewed and approved. Two out of 43 selections for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program did not have employee and/or supervisor approvals.
Cause: The Organization did not have adequate policies/procedures in place to ensure timesheet allocations are obtained for all employees charging time to federal grants and that they are appropriately reviewed.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls to ensure that costs allocated to federal programs are supported, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the federal program.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample. Payroll costs charged to the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program were $1,320,137 in fiscal year 2024. Any costs not adequately supported by approved timesheet or subsequent attestation are considered questioned costs.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: The Organization should consistently obtain and retain timesheet approvals from both employees and supervisors for each pay period requested for reimbursement. Subsequent attestations of time worked should be timely obtained if detective controls identify missing timesheet approvals.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating and implementing mitigating controls to ensure approvals are sufficiently documented.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Programs: 21.027
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – Personal Services:
“Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses
(1) Charges to Federal awards for salaries and wages must be based on records that accurately reflect the work performed. These records must:
(i) Be supported by a system of internal control, which provides reasonable assurance that the charges are accurate, allowable, and properly allocated;
(ii) Be incorporated into the official records of the non-Federal entity;
(iii) Reasonably reflect the total activity for which the employee is compensated by the non-Federal entity, not exceeding 100% of compensated activities;
(iv) Encompass federally assisted and all other activities compensated by the non-Federal entity on an integrated basis, but may include the use of subsidiary records as defined in the non Federal entity’s written policy;
(v) Comply with the established accounting policies and practices of the non Federal entity; and
(vi) [Reserved]
(vii) Support the distribution of the employee’s salary or wages among specific activities or cost objectives if the employee works on more than one Federal award; a Federal award and non-Federal award; an indirect cost activity and a direct cost activity; two or more indirect activities, which are allocated using different allocation bases; or an unallowable activity and a direct or indirect cost activity.
(viii) Budget estimates (i.e., estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity actually performed;
(B) Significant changes in the corresponding work activity (as defined by the non-Federal entity’s written policies) are identified and entered into the records in a timely manner. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuation between workload categories need not be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The non-Federal entity’s system of internal controls includes processes to review after the fact interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustment must be made such that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Condition: We noted that the Organization allocated payroll expenditures using timecards that were not fully reviewed and approved. Two out of 43 selections for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program did not have employee and/or supervisor approvals.
Cause: The Organization did not have adequate policies/procedures in place to ensure timesheet allocations are obtained for all employees charging time to federal grants and that they are appropriately reviewed.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls to ensure that costs allocated to federal programs are supported, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the federal program.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample. Payroll costs charged to the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program were $1,320,137 in fiscal year 2024. Any costs not adequately supported by approved timesheet or subsequent attestation are considered questioned costs.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: The Organization should consistently obtain and retain timesheet approvals from both employees and supervisors for each pay period requested for reimbursement. Subsequent attestations of time worked should be timely obtained if detective controls identify missing timesheet approvals.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating and implementing mitigating controls to ensure approvals are sufficiently documented.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Programs: 21.027
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – Personal Services:
“Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses
(1) Charges to Federal awards for salaries and wages must be based on records that accurately reflect the work performed. These records must:
(i) Be supported by a system of internal control, which provides reasonable assurance that the charges are accurate, allowable, and properly allocated;
(ii) Be incorporated into the official records of the non-Federal entity;
(iii) Reasonably reflect the total activity for which the employee is compensated by the non-Federal entity, not exceeding 100% of compensated activities;
(iv) Encompass federally assisted and all other activities compensated by the non-Federal entity on an integrated basis, but may include the use of subsidiary records as defined in the non Federal entity’s written policy;
(v) Comply with the established accounting policies and practices of the non Federal entity; and
(vi) [Reserved]
(vii) Support the distribution of the employee’s salary or wages among specific activities or cost objectives if the employee works on more than one Federal award; a Federal award and non-Federal award; an indirect cost activity and a direct cost activity; two or more indirect activities, which are allocated using different allocation bases; or an unallowable activity and a direct or indirect cost activity.
(viii) Budget estimates (i.e., estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity actually performed;
(B) Significant changes in the corresponding work activity (as defined by the non-Federal entity’s written policies) are identified and entered into the records in a timely manner. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuation between workload categories need not be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The non-Federal entity’s system of internal controls includes processes to review after the fact interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustment must be made such that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Condition: We noted that the Organization allocated payroll expenditures using timecards that were not fully reviewed and approved. Two out of 43 selections for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program did not have employee and/or supervisor approvals.
Cause: The Organization did not have adequate policies/procedures in place to ensure timesheet allocations are obtained for all employees charging time to federal grants and that they are appropriately reviewed.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls to ensure that costs allocated to federal programs are supported, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the federal program.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample. Payroll costs charged to the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program were $1,320,137 in fiscal year 2024. Any costs not adequately supported by approved timesheet or subsequent attestation are considered questioned costs.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: The Organization should consistently obtain and retain timesheet approvals from both employees and supervisors for each pay period requested for reimbursement. Subsequent attestations of time worked should be timely obtained if detective controls identify missing timesheet approvals.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating and implementing mitigating controls to ensure approvals are sufficiently documented.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Programs: 21.027
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – Personal Services:
“Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses
(1) Charges to Federal awards for salaries and wages must be based on records that accurately reflect the work performed. These records must:
(i) Be supported by a system of internal control, which provides reasonable assurance that the charges are accurate, allowable, and properly allocated;
(ii) Be incorporated into the official records of the non-Federal entity;
(iii) Reasonably reflect the total activity for which the employee is compensated by the non-Federal entity, not exceeding 100% of compensated activities;
(iv) Encompass federally assisted and all other activities compensated by the non-Federal entity on an integrated basis, but may include the use of subsidiary records as defined in the non Federal entity’s written policy;
(v) Comply with the established accounting policies and practices of the non Federal entity; and
(vi) [Reserved]
(vii) Support the distribution of the employee’s salary or wages among specific activities or cost objectives if the employee works on more than one Federal award; a Federal award and non-Federal award; an indirect cost activity and a direct cost activity; two or more indirect activities, which are allocated using different allocation bases; or an unallowable activity and a direct or indirect cost activity.
(viii) Budget estimates (i.e., estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity actually performed;
(B) Significant changes in the corresponding work activity (as defined by the non-Federal entity’s written policies) are identified and entered into the records in a timely manner. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuation between workload categories need not be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The non-Federal entity’s system of internal controls includes processes to review after the fact interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustment must be made such that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Condition: We noted that the Organization allocated payroll expenditures using timecards that were not fully reviewed and approved. Two out of 43 selections for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program did not have employee and/or supervisor approvals.
Cause: The Organization did not have adequate policies/procedures in place to ensure timesheet allocations are obtained for all employees charging time to federal grants and that they are appropriately reviewed.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls to ensure that costs allocated to federal programs are supported, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the federal program.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample. Payroll costs charged to the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program were $1,320,137 in fiscal year 2024. Any costs not adequately supported by approved timesheet or subsequent attestation are considered questioned costs.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: The Organization should consistently obtain and retain timesheet approvals from both employees and supervisors for each pay period requested for reimbursement. Subsequent attestations of time worked should be timely obtained if detective controls identify missing timesheet approvals.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating and implementing mitigating controls to ensure approvals are sufficiently documented.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Programs: 21.027
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – Personal Services:
“Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses
(1) Charges to Federal awards for salaries and wages must be based on records that accurately reflect the work performed. These records must:
(i) Be supported by a system of internal control, which provides reasonable assurance that the charges are accurate, allowable, and properly allocated;
(ii) Be incorporated into the official records of the non-Federal entity;
(iii) Reasonably reflect the total activity for which the employee is compensated by the non-Federal entity, not exceeding 100% of compensated activities;
(iv) Encompass federally assisted and all other activities compensated by the non-Federal entity on an integrated basis, but may include the use of subsidiary records as defined in the non Federal entity’s written policy;
(v) Comply with the established accounting policies and practices of the non Federal entity; and
(vi) [Reserved]
(vii) Support the distribution of the employee’s salary or wages among specific activities or cost objectives if the employee works on more than one Federal award; a Federal award and non-Federal award; an indirect cost activity and a direct cost activity; two or more indirect activities, which are allocated using different allocation bases; or an unallowable activity and a direct or indirect cost activity.
(viii) Budget estimates (i.e., estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity actually performed;
(B) Significant changes in the corresponding work activity (as defined by the non-Federal entity’s written policies) are identified and entered into the records in a timely manner. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuation between workload categories need not be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The non-Federal entity’s system of internal controls includes processes to review after the fact interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustment must be made such that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Condition: We noted that the Organization allocated payroll expenditures using timecards that were not fully reviewed and approved. Two out of 43 selections for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program did not have employee and/or supervisor approvals.
Cause: The Organization did not have adequate policies/procedures in place to ensure timesheet allocations are obtained for all employees charging time to federal grants and that they are appropriately reviewed.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls to ensure that costs allocated to federal programs are supported, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the federal program.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample. Payroll costs charged to the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program were $1,320,137 in fiscal year 2024. Any costs not adequately supported by approved timesheet or subsequent attestation are considered questioned costs.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: The Organization should consistently obtain and retain timesheet approvals from both employees and supervisors for each pay period requested for reimbursement. Subsequent attestations of time worked should be timely obtained if detective controls identify missing timesheet approvals.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating and implementing mitigating controls to ensure approvals are sufficiently documented.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Programs: 21.027
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – Personal Services:
“Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses
(1) Charges to Federal awards for salaries and wages must be based on records that accurately reflect the work performed. These records must:
(i) Be supported by a system of internal control, which provides reasonable assurance that the charges are accurate, allowable, and properly allocated;
(ii) Be incorporated into the official records of the non-Federal entity;
(iii) Reasonably reflect the total activity for which the employee is compensated by the non-Federal entity, not exceeding 100% of compensated activities;
(iv) Encompass federally assisted and all other activities compensated by the non-Federal entity on an integrated basis, but may include the use of subsidiary records as defined in the non Federal entity’s written policy;
(v) Comply with the established accounting policies and practices of the non Federal entity; and
(vi) [Reserved]
(vii) Support the distribution of the employee’s salary or wages among specific activities or cost objectives if the employee works on more than one Federal award; a Federal award and non-Federal award; an indirect cost activity and a direct cost activity; two or more indirect activities, which are allocated using different allocation bases; or an unallowable activity and a direct or indirect cost activity.
(viii) Budget estimates (i.e., estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity actually performed;
(B) Significant changes in the corresponding work activity (as defined by the non-Federal entity’s written policies) are identified and entered into the records in a timely manner. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuation between workload categories need not be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The non-Federal entity’s system of internal controls includes processes to review after the fact interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustment must be made such that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Condition: We noted that the Organization allocated payroll expenditures using timecards that were not fully reviewed and approved. Two out of 43 selections for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program did not have employee and/or supervisor approvals.
Cause: The Organization did not have adequate policies/procedures in place to ensure timesheet allocations are obtained for all employees charging time to federal grants and that they are appropriately reviewed.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls to ensure that costs allocated to federal programs are supported, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the federal program.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample. Payroll costs charged to the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program were $1,320,137 in fiscal year 2024. Any costs not adequately supported by approved timesheet or subsequent attestation are considered questioned costs.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: The Organization should consistently obtain and retain timesheet approvals from both employees and supervisors for each pay period requested for reimbursement. Subsequent attestations of time worked should be timely obtained if detective controls identify missing timesheet approvals.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating and implementing mitigating controls to ensure approvals are sufficiently documented.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Programs: 21.027
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – Personal Services:
“Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses
(1) Charges to Federal awards for salaries and wages must be based on records that accurately reflect the work performed. These records must:
(i) Be supported by a system of internal control, which provides reasonable assurance that the charges are accurate, allowable, and properly allocated;
(ii) Be incorporated into the official records of the non-Federal entity;
(iii) Reasonably reflect the total activity for which the employee is compensated by the non-Federal entity, not exceeding 100% of compensated activities;
(iv) Encompass federally assisted and all other activities compensated by the non-Federal entity on an integrated basis, but may include the use of subsidiary records as defined in the non Federal entity’s written policy;
(v) Comply with the established accounting policies and practices of the non Federal entity; and
(vi) [Reserved]
(vii) Support the distribution of the employee’s salary or wages among specific activities or cost objectives if the employee works on more than one Federal award; a Federal award and non-Federal award; an indirect cost activity and a direct cost activity; two or more indirect activities, which are allocated using different allocation bases; or an unallowable activity and a direct or indirect cost activity.
(viii) Budget estimates (i.e., estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity actually performed;
(B) Significant changes in the corresponding work activity (as defined by the non-Federal entity’s written policies) are identified and entered into the records in a timely manner. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuation between workload categories need not be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The non-Federal entity’s system of internal controls includes processes to review after the fact interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustment must be made such that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Condition: We noted that the Organization allocated payroll expenditures using timecards that were not fully reviewed and approved. Two out of 43 selections for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program did not have employee and/or supervisor approvals.
Cause: The Organization did not have adequate policies/procedures in place to ensure timesheet allocations are obtained for all employees charging time to federal grants and that they are appropriately reviewed.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls to ensure that costs allocated to federal programs are supported, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the federal program.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample. Payroll costs charged to the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program were $1,320,137 in fiscal year 2024. Any costs not adequately supported by approved timesheet or subsequent attestation are considered questioned costs.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: The Organization should consistently obtain and retain timesheet approvals from both employees and supervisors for each pay period requested for reimbursement. Subsequent attestations of time worked should be timely obtained if detective controls identify missing timesheet approvals.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating and implementing mitigating controls to ensure approvals are sufficiently documented.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Programs: 21.027
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – Personal Services:
“Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses
(1) Charges to Federal awards for salaries and wages must be based on records that accurately reflect the work performed. These records must:
(i) Be supported by a system of internal control, which provides reasonable assurance that the charges are accurate, allowable, and properly allocated;
(ii) Be incorporated into the official records of the non-Federal entity;
(iii) Reasonably reflect the total activity for which the employee is compensated by the non-Federal entity, not exceeding 100% of compensated activities;
(iv) Encompass federally assisted and all other activities compensated by the non-Federal entity on an integrated basis, but may include the use of subsidiary records as defined in the non Federal entity’s written policy;
(v) Comply with the established accounting policies and practices of the non Federal entity; and
(vi) [Reserved]
(vii) Support the distribution of the employee’s salary or wages among specific activities or cost objectives if the employee works on more than one Federal award; a Federal award and non-Federal award; an indirect cost activity and a direct cost activity; two or more indirect activities, which are allocated using different allocation bases; or an unallowable activity and a direct or indirect cost activity.
(viii) Budget estimates (i.e., estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity actually performed;
(B) Significant changes in the corresponding work activity (as defined by the non-Federal entity’s written policies) are identified and entered into the records in a timely manner. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuation between workload categories need not be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The non-Federal entity’s system of internal controls includes processes to review after the fact interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustment must be made such that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Condition: We noted that the Organization allocated payroll expenditures using timecards that were not fully reviewed and approved. Two out of 43 selections for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program did not have employee and/or supervisor approvals.
Cause: The Organization did not have adequate policies/procedures in place to ensure timesheet allocations are obtained for all employees charging time to federal grants and that they are appropriately reviewed.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls to ensure that costs allocated to federal programs are supported, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the federal program.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample. Payroll costs charged to the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program were $1,320,137 in fiscal year 2024. Any costs not adequately supported by approved timesheet or subsequent attestation are considered questioned costs.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: The Organization should consistently obtain and retain timesheet approvals from both employees and supervisors for each pay period requested for reimbursement. Subsequent attestations of time worked should be timely obtained if detective controls identify missing timesheet approvals.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating and implementing mitigating controls to ensure approvals are sufficiently documented.
Federal Agencies: Department of Treasury and Department of Health and Human Services
Federal Assistance Listing Number: 21.023, 21.027, 93.566
Program: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, Refugee and Entrant Assistance State/Replacement Designee Administered Programs
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862, 2023-2024 Refugee Program, 2312-47904, 2312-52290, 2412-55901
Criteria: Recipients of federal awards must establish verifiable controls over reports that are prepared and submitted.
Condition: For the two performance reports selected for testing in the Emergency Rental Assistance Program, appropriate documentation was not available to evidence review of the report prior to submission. For one out of 33 reports tested in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program, the report was not submitted to the grantor. For one of ten performance reports tested in the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs, the report was not submitted to the grantor.
Cause: While the Organization has a policy in place that requires the program director or controller to review performance reports and to ensure required reports are submitted to the grantor, proper documentation and implementation to support the policy was not available nor performed.
Effect or Potential Effect: A required report was not submitted to the grantor. The Organization does not have the documentation required regarding review/approval of performance reports. As such, reports could be submitted that are inaccurate or incomplete.
Questioned Costs: N/A
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements, not using a statistically valid sample. There were three performance reports submitted for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program during the fiscal year. There were 218 reports submitted for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program during the fiscal year. There were 34 reports submitted for the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs during the fiscal year.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2023-004
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implement controls to ensure proper documentation of review and approval of performance reports and to ensure all required reports are submitted to the grantor.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding and will ensure policies and procedures are properly implemented to ensure all reports and submitted and have appropriate review and approval.
Federal Agencies: Department of Treasury and Department of Health and Human Services
Federal Assistance Listing Number: 21.023, 21.027, 93.566
Program: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, Refugee and Entrant Assistance State/Replacement Designee Administered Programs
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862, 2023-2024 Refugee Program, 2312-47904, 2312-52290, 2412-55901
Criteria: Recipients of federal awards must establish verifiable controls over reports that are prepared and submitted.
Condition: For the two performance reports selected for testing in the Emergency Rental Assistance Program, appropriate documentation was not available to evidence review of the report prior to submission. For one out of 33 reports tested in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program, the report was not submitted to the grantor. For one of ten performance reports tested in the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs, the report was not submitted to the grantor.
Cause: While the Organization has a policy in place that requires the program director or controller to review performance reports and to ensure required reports are submitted to the grantor, proper documentation and implementation to support the policy was not available nor performed.
Effect or Potential Effect: A required report was not submitted to the grantor. The Organization does not have the documentation required regarding review/approval of performance reports. As such, reports could be submitted that are inaccurate or incomplete.
Questioned Costs: N/A
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements, not using a statistically valid sample. There were three performance reports submitted for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program during the fiscal year. There were 218 reports submitted for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program during the fiscal year. There were 34 reports submitted for the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs during the fiscal year.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2023-004
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implement controls to ensure proper documentation of review and approval of performance reports and to ensure all required reports are submitted to the grantor.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding and will ensure policies and procedures are properly implemented to ensure all reports and submitted and have appropriate review and approval.
Federal Agencies: Department of Treasury and Department of Health and Human Services
Federal Assistance Listing Number: 21.023, 21.027, 93.566
Program: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, Refugee and Entrant Assistance State/Replacement Designee Administered Programs
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862, 2023-2024 Refugee Program, 2312-47904, 2312-52290, 2412-55901
Criteria: Recipients of federal awards must establish verifiable controls over reports that are prepared and submitted.
Condition: For the two performance reports selected for testing in the Emergency Rental Assistance Program, appropriate documentation was not available to evidence review of the report prior to submission. For one out of 33 reports tested in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program, the report was not submitted to the grantor. For one of ten performance reports tested in the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs, the report was not submitted to the grantor.
Cause: While the Organization has a policy in place that requires the program director or controller to review performance reports and to ensure required reports are submitted to the grantor, proper documentation and implementation to support the policy was not available nor performed.
Effect or Potential Effect: A required report was not submitted to the grantor. The Organization does not have the documentation required regarding review/approval of performance reports. As such, reports could be submitted that are inaccurate or incomplete.
Questioned Costs: N/A
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements, not using a statistically valid sample. There were three performance reports submitted for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program during the fiscal year. There were 218 reports submitted for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program during the fiscal year. There were 34 reports submitted for the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs during the fiscal year.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2023-004
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implement controls to ensure proper documentation of review and approval of performance reports and to ensure all required reports are submitted to the grantor.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding and will ensure policies and procedures are properly implemented to ensure all reports and submitted and have appropriate review and approval.
Federal Agencies: Department of Treasury and Department of Health and Human Services
Federal Assistance Listing Number: 21.023, 21.027, 93.566
Program: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, Refugee and Entrant Assistance State/Replacement Designee Administered Programs
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862, 2023-2024 Refugee Program, 2312-47904, 2312-52290, 2412-55901
Criteria: Recipients of federal awards must establish verifiable controls over reports that are prepared and submitted.
Condition: For the two performance reports selected for testing in the Emergency Rental Assistance Program, appropriate documentation was not available to evidence review of the report prior to submission. For one out of 33 reports tested in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program, the report was not submitted to the grantor. For one of ten performance reports tested in the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs, the report was not submitted to the grantor.
Cause: While the Organization has a policy in place that requires the program director or controller to review performance reports and to ensure required reports are submitted to the grantor, proper documentation and implementation to support the policy was not available nor performed.
Effect or Potential Effect: A required report was not submitted to the grantor. The Organization does not have the documentation required regarding review/approval of performance reports. As such, reports could be submitted that are inaccurate or incomplete.
Questioned Costs: N/A
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements, not using a statistically valid sample. There were three performance reports submitted for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program during the fiscal year. There were 218 reports submitted for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program during the fiscal year. There were 34 reports submitted for the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs during the fiscal year.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2023-004
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implement controls to ensure proper documentation of review and approval of performance reports and to ensure all required reports are submitted to the grantor.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding and will ensure policies and procedures are properly implemented to ensure all reports and submitted and have appropriate review and approval.
Federal Agencies: Department of Treasury and Department of Health and Human Services
Federal Assistance Listing Number: 21.023, 21.027, 93.566
Program: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, Refugee and Entrant Assistance State/Replacement Designee Administered Programs
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862, 2023-2024 Refugee Program, 2312-47904, 2312-52290, 2412-55901
Criteria: Recipients of federal awards must establish verifiable controls over reports that are prepared and submitted.
Condition: For the two performance reports selected for testing in the Emergency Rental Assistance Program, appropriate documentation was not available to evidence review of the report prior to submission. For one out of 33 reports tested in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program, the report was not submitted to the grantor. For one of ten performance reports tested in the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs, the report was not submitted to the grantor.
Cause: While the Organization has a policy in place that requires the program director or controller to review performance reports and to ensure required reports are submitted to the grantor, proper documentation and implementation to support the policy was not available nor performed.
Effect or Potential Effect: A required report was not submitted to the grantor. The Organization does not have the documentation required regarding review/approval of performance reports. As such, reports could be submitted that are inaccurate or incomplete.
Questioned Costs: N/A
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements, not using a statistically valid sample. There were three performance reports submitted for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program during the fiscal year. There were 218 reports submitted for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program during the fiscal year. There were 34 reports submitted for the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs during the fiscal year.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2023-004
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implement controls to ensure proper documentation of review and approval of performance reports and to ensure all required reports are submitted to the grantor.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding and will ensure policies and procedures are properly implemented to ensure all reports and submitted and have appropriate review and approval.
Federal Agencies: Department of Treasury and Department of Health and Human Services
Federal Assistance Listing Number: 21.023, 21.027, 93.566
Program: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, Refugee and Entrant Assistance State/Replacement Designee Administered Programs
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862, 2023-2024 Refugee Program, 2312-47904, 2312-52290, 2412-55901
Criteria: Recipients of federal awards must establish verifiable controls over reports that are prepared and submitted.
Condition: For the two performance reports selected for testing in the Emergency Rental Assistance Program, appropriate documentation was not available to evidence review of the report prior to submission. For one out of 33 reports tested in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program, the report was not submitted to the grantor. For one of ten performance reports tested in the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs, the report was not submitted to the grantor.
Cause: While the Organization has a policy in place that requires the program director or controller to review performance reports and to ensure required reports are submitted to the grantor, proper documentation and implementation to support the policy was not available nor performed.
Effect or Potential Effect: A required report was not submitted to the grantor. The Organization does not have the documentation required regarding review/approval of performance reports. As such, reports could be submitted that are inaccurate or incomplete.
Questioned Costs: N/A
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements, not using a statistically valid sample. There were three performance reports submitted for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program during the fiscal year. There were 218 reports submitted for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program during the fiscal year. There were 34 reports submitted for the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs during the fiscal year.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2023-004
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implement controls to ensure proper documentation of review and approval of performance reports and to ensure all required reports are submitted to the grantor.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding and will ensure policies and procedures are properly implemented to ensure all reports and submitted and have appropriate review and approval.
Federal Agencies: Department of Treasury and Department of Health and Human Services
Federal Assistance Listing Number: 21.023, 21.027, 93.566
Program: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, Refugee and Entrant Assistance State/Replacement Designee Administered Programs
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862, 2023-2024 Refugee Program, 2312-47904, 2312-52290, 2412-55901
Criteria: Recipients of federal awards must establish verifiable controls over reports that are prepared and submitted.
Condition: For the two performance reports selected for testing in the Emergency Rental Assistance Program, appropriate documentation was not available to evidence review of the report prior to submission. For one out of 33 reports tested in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program, the report was not submitted to the grantor. For one of ten performance reports tested in the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs, the report was not submitted to the grantor.
Cause: While the Organization has a policy in place that requires the program director or controller to review performance reports and to ensure required reports are submitted to the grantor, proper documentation and implementation to support the policy was not available nor performed.
Effect or Potential Effect: A required report was not submitted to the grantor. The Organization does not have the documentation required regarding review/approval of performance reports. As such, reports could be submitted that are inaccurate or incomplete.
Questioned Costs: N/A
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements, not using a statistically valid sample. There were three performance reports submitted for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program during the fiscal year. There were 218 reports submitted for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program during the fiscal year. There were 34 reports submitted for the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs during the fiscal year.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2023-004
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implement controls to ensure proper documentation of review and approval of performance reports and to ensure all required reports are submitted to the grantor.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding and will ensure policies and procedures are properly implemented to ensure all reports and submitted and have appropriate review and approval.
Federal Agencies: Department of Treasury and Department of Health and Human Services
Federal Assistance Listing Number: 21.023, 21.027, 93.566
Program: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, Refugee and Entrant Assistance State/Replacement Designee Administered Programs
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862, 2023-2024 Refugee Program, 2312-47904, 2312-52290, 2412-55901
Criteria: Recipients of federal awards must establish verifiable controls over reports that are prepared and submitted.
Condition: For the two performance reports selected for testing in the Emergency Rental Assistance Program, appropriate documentation was not available to evidence review of the report prior to submission. For one out of 33 reports tested in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program, the report was not submitted to the grantor. For one of ten performance reports tested in the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs, the report was not submitted to the grantor.
Cause: While the Organization has a policy in place that requires the program director or controller to review performance reports and to ensure required reports are submitted to the grantor, proper documentation and implementation to support the policy was not available nor performed.
Effect or Potential Effect: A required report was not submitted to the grantor. The Organization does not have the documentation required regarding review/approval of performance reports. As such, reports could be submitted that are inaccurate or incomplete.
Questioned Costs: N/A
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements, not using a statistically valid sample. There were three performance reports submitted for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program during the fiscal year. There were 218 reports submitted for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program during the fiscal year. There were 34 reports submitted for the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs during the fiscal year.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2023-004
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implement controls to ensure proper documentation of review and approval of performance reports and to ensure all required reports are submitted to the grantor.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding and will ensure policies and procedures are properly implemented to ensure all reports and submitted and have appropriate review and approval.
Federal Agencies: Department of Treasury and Department of Health and Human Services
Federal Assistance Listing Number: 21.023, 21.027, 93.566
Program: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, Refugee and Entrant Assistance State/Replacement Designee Administered Programs
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862, 2023-2024 Refugee Program, 2312-47904, 2312-52290, 2412-55901
Criteria: Recipients of federal awards must establish verifiable controls over reports that are prepared and submitted.
Condition: For the two performance reports selected for testing in the Emergency Rental Assistance Program, appropriate documentation was not available to evidence review of the report prior to submission. For one out of 33 reports tested in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program, the report was not submitted to the grantor. For one of ten performance reports tested in the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs, the report was not submitted to the grantor.
Cause: While the Organization has a policy in place that requires the program director or controller to review performance reports and to ensure required reports are submitted to the grantor, proper documentation and implementation to support the policy was not available nor performed.
Effect or Potential Effect: A required report was not submitted to the grantor. The Organization does not have the documentation required regarding review/approval of performance reports. As such, reports could be submitted that are inaccurate or incomplete.
Questioned Costs: N/A
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements, not using a statistically valid sample. There were three performance reports submitted for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program during the fiscal year. There were 218 reports submitted for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program during the fiscal year. There were 34 reports submitted for the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs during the fiscal year.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2023-004
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implement controls to ensure proper documentation of review and approval of performance reports and to ensure all required reports are submitted to the grantor.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding and will ensure policies and procedures are properly implemented to ensure all reports and submitted and have appropriate review and approval.
Federal Agencies: Department of Treasury and Department of Health and Human Services
Federal Assistance Listing Number: 21.023, 21.027, 93.566
Program: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, Refugee and Entrant Assistance State/Replacement Designee Administered Programs
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862, 2023-2024 Refugee Program, 2312-47904, 2312-52290, 2412-55901
Criteria: Recipients of federal awards must establish verifiable controls over reports that are prepared and submitted.
Condition: For the two performance reports selected for testing in the Emergency Rental Assistance Program, appropriate documentation was not available to evidence review of the report prior to submission. For one out of 33 reports tested in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program, the report was not submitted to the grantor. For one of ten performance reports tested in the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs, the report was not submitted to the grantor.
Cause: While the Organization has a policy in place that requires the program director or controller to review performance reports and to ensure required reports are submitted to the grantor, proper documentation and implementation to support the policy was not available nor performed.
Effect or Potential Effect: A required report was not submitted to the grantor. The Organization does not have the documentation required regarding review/approval of performance reports. As such, reports could be submitted that are inaccurate or incomplete.
Questioned Costs: N/A
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements, not using a statistically valid sample. There were three performance reports submitted for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program during the fiscal year. There were 218 reports submitted for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program during the fiscal year. There were 34 reports submitted for the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs during the fiscal year.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2023-004
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implement controls to ensure proper documentation of review and approval of performance reports and to ensure all required reports are submitted to the grantor.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding and will ensure policies and procedures are properly implemented to ensure all reports and submitted and have appropriate review and approval.
Federal Agencies: Department of Treasury and Department of Health and Human Services
Federal Assistance Listing Number: 21.023, 21.027, 93.566
Program: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, Refugee and Entrant Assistance State/Replacement Designee Administered Programs
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862, 2023-2024 Refugee Program, 2312-47904, 2312-52290, 2412-55901
Criteria: Recipients of federal awards must establish verifiable controls over reports that are prepared and submitted.
Condition: For the two performance reports selected for testing in the Emergency Rental Assistance Program, appropriate documentation was not available to evidence review of the report prior to submission. For one out of 33 reports tested in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program, the report was not submitted to the grantor. For one of ten performance reports tested in the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs, the report was not submitted to the grantor.
Cause: While the Organization has a policy in place that requires the program director or controller to review performance reports and to ensure required reports are submitted to the grantor, proper documentation and implementation to support the policy was not available nor performed.
Effect or Potential Effect: A required report was not submitted to the grantor. The Organization does not have the documentation required regarding review/approval of performance reports. As such, reports could be submitted that are inaccurate or incomplete.
Questioned Costs: N/A
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements, not using a statistically valid sample. There were three performance reports submitted for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program during the fiscal year. There were 218 reports submitted for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program during the fiscal year. There were 34 reports submitted for the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs during the fiscal year.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2023-004
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implement controls to ensure proper documentation of review and approval of performance reports and to ensure all required reports are submitted to the grantor.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding and will ensure policies and procedures are properly implemented to ensure all reports and submitted and have appropriate review and approval.
Federal Agencies: Department of Treasury and Department of Health and Human Services
Federal Assistance Listing Number: 21.023, 21.027, 93.566
Program: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, Refugee and Entrant Assistance State/Replacement Designee Administered Programs
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862, 2023-2024 Refugee Program, 2312-47904, 2312-52290, 2412-55901
Criteria: Recipients of federal awards must establish verifiable controls over reports that are prepared and submitted.
Condition: For the two performance reports selected for testing in the Emergency Rental Assistance Program, appropriate documentation was not available to evidence review of the report prior to submission. For one out of 33 reports tested in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program, the report was not submitted to the grantor. For one of ten performance reports tested in the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs, the report was not submitted to the grantor.
Cause: While the Organization has a policy in place that requires the program director or controller to review performance reports and to ensure required reports are submitted to the grantor, proper documentation and implementation to support the policy was not available nor performed.
Effect or Potential Effect: A required report was not submitted to the grantor. The Organization does not have the documentation required regarding review/approval of performance reports. As such, reports could be submitted that are inaccurate or incomplete.
Questioned Costs: N/A
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements, not using a statistically valid sample. There were three performance reports submitted for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program during the fiscal year. There were 218 reports submitted for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program during the fiscal year. There were 34 reports submitted for the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs during the fiscal year.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2023-004
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implement controls to ensure proper documentation of review and approval of performance reports and to ensure all required reports are submitted to the grantor.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding and will ensure policies and procedures are properly implemented to ensure all reports and submitted and have appropriate review and approval.
Federal Agencies: Department of Treasury and Department of Health and Human Services
Federal Assistance Listing Number: 21.023, 21.027, 93.566
Program: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, Refugee and Entrant Assistance State/Replacement Designee Administered Programs
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862, 2023-2024 Refugee Program, 2312-47904, 2312-52290, 2412-55901
Criteria: Recipients of federal awards must establish verifiable controls over reports that are prepared and submitted.
Condition: For the two performance reports selected for testing in the Emergency Rental Assistance Program, appropriate documentation was not available to evidence review of the report prior to submission. For one out of 33 reports tested in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program, the report was not submitted to the grantor. For one of ten performance reports tested in the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs, the report was not submitted to the grantor.
Cause: While the Organization has a policy in place that requires the program director or controller to review performance reports and to ensure required reports are submitted to the grantor, proper documentation and implementation to support the policy was not available nor performed.
Effect or Potential Effect: A required report was not submitted to the grantor. The Organization does not have the documentation required regarding review/approval of performance reports. As such, reports could be submitted that are inaccurate or incomplete.
Questioned Costs: N/A
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements, not using a statistically valid sample. There were three performance reports submitted for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program during the fiscal year. There were 218 reports submitted for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program during the fiscal year. There were 34 reports submitted for the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs during the fiscal year.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2023-004
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implement controls to ensure proper documentation of review and approval of performance reports and to ensure all required reports are submitted to the grantor.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding and will ensure policies and procedures are properly implemented to ensure all reports and submitted and have appropriate review and approval.
Federal Agencies: Department of Treasury and Department of Health and Human Services
Federal Assistance Listing Number: 21.023, 21.027, 93.566
Program: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, Refugee and Entrant Assistance State/Replacement Designee Administered Programs
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862, 2023-2024 Refugee Program, 2312-47904, 2312-52290, 2412-55901
Criteria: Recipients of federal awards must establish verifiable controls over reports that are prepared and submitted.
Condition: For the two performance reports selected for testing in the Emergency Rental Assistance Program, appropriate documentation was not available to evidence review of the report prior to submission. For one out of 33 reports tested in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program, the report was not submitted to the grantor. For one of ten performance reports tested in the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs, the report was not submitted to the grantor.
Cause: While the Organization has a policy in place that requires the program director or controller to review performance reports and to ensure required reports are submitted to the grantor, proper documentation and implementation to support the policy was not available nor performed.
Effect or Potential Effect: A required report was not submitted to the grantor. The Organization does not have the documentation required regarding review/approval of performance reports. As such, reports could be submitted that are inaccurate or incomplete.
Questioned Costs: N/A
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements, not using a statistically valid sample. There were three performance reports submitted for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program during the fiscal year. There were 218 reports submitted for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program during the fiscal year. There were 34 reports submitted for the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs during the fiscal year.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2023-004
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implement controls to ensure proper documentation of review and approval of performance reports and to ensure all required reports are submitted to the grantor.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding and will ensure policies and procedures are properly implemented to ensure all reports and submitted and have appropriate review and approval.
Federal Agencies: Department of Treasury and Department of Health and Human Services
Federal Assistance Listing Number: 21.023, 21.027, 93.566
Program: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, Refugee and Entrant Assistance State/Replacement Designee Administered Programs
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862, 2023-2024 Refugee Program, 2312-47904, 2312-52290, 2412-55901
Criteria: Recipients of federal awards must establish verifiable controls over reports that are prepared and submitted.
Condition: For the two performance reports selected for testing in the Emergency Rental Assistance Program, appropriate documentation was not available to evidence review of the report prior to submission. For one out of 33 reports tested in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program, the report was not submitted to the grantor. For one of ten performance reports tested in the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs, the report was not submitted to the grantor.
Cause: While the Organization has a policy in place that requires the program director or controller to review performance reports and to ensure required reports are submitted to the grantor, proper documentation and implementation to support the policy was not available nor performed.
Effect or Potential Effect: A required report was not submitted to the grantor. The Organization does not have the documentation required regarding review/approval of performance reports. As such, reports could be submitted that are inaccurate or incomplete.
Questioned Costs: N/A
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements, not using a statistically valid sample. There were three performance reports submitted for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program during the fiscal year. There were 218 reports submitted for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program during the fiscal year. There were 34 reports submitted for the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs during the fiscal year.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2023-004
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implement controls to ensure proper documentation of review and approval of performance reports and to ensure all required reports are submitted to the grantor.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding and will ensure policies and procedures are properly implemented to ensure all reports and submitted and have appropriate review and approval.
Federal Agencies: Department of Treasury and Department of Health and Human Services
Federal Assistance Listing Number: 21.023, 21.027, 93.566
Program: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, Refugee and Entrant Assistance State/Replacement Designee Administered Programs
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862, 2023-2024 Refugee Program, 2312-47904, 2312-52290, 2412-55901
Criteria: Recipients of federal awards must establish verifiable controls over reports that are prepared and submitted.
Condition: For the two performance reports selected for testing in the Emergency Rental Assistance Program, appropriate documentation was not available to evidence review of the report prior to submission. For one out of 33 reports tested in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program, the report was not submitted to the grantor. For one of ten performance reports tested in the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs, the report was not submitted to the grantor.
Cause: While the Organization has a policy in place that requires the program director or controller to review performance reports and to ensure required reports are submitted to the grantor, proper documentation and implementation to support the policy was not available nor performed.
Effect or Potential Effect: A required report was not submitted to the grantor. The Organization does not have the documentation required regarding review/approval of performance reports. As such, reports could be submitted that are inaccurate or incomplete.
Questioned Costs: N/A
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements, not using a statistically valid sample. There were three performance reports submitted for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program during the fiscal year. There were 218 reports submitted for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program during the fiscal year. There were 34 reports submitted for the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs during the fiscal year.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2023-004
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implement controls to ensure proper documentation of review and approval of performance reports and to ensure all required reports are submitted to the grantor.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding and will ensure policies and procedures are properly implemented to ensure all reports and submitted and have appropriate review and approval.
Federal Agencies: Department of Treasury and Department of Health and Human Services
Federal Assistance Listing Number: 21.023, 21.027, 93.566
Program: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, Refugee and Entrant Assistance State/Replacement Designee Administered Programs
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862, 2023-2024 Refugee Program, 2312-47904, 2312-52290, 2412-55901
Criteria: Recipients of federal awards must establish verifiable controls over reports that are prepared and submitted.
Condition: For the two performance reports selected for testing in the Emergency Rental Assistance Program, appropriate documentation was not available to evidence review of the report prior to submission. For one out of 33 reports tested in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program, the report was not submitted to the grantor. For one of ten performance reports tested in the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs, the report was not submitted to the grantor.
Cause: While the Organization has a policy in place that requires the program director or controller to review performance reports and to ensure required reports are submitted to the grantor, proper documentation and implementation to support the policy was not available nor performed.
Effect or Potential Effect: A required report was not submitted to the grantor. The Organization does not have the documentation required regarding review/approval of performance reports. As such, reports could be submitted that are inaccurate or incomplete.
Questioned Costs: N/A
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements, not using a statistically valid sample. There were three performance reports submitted for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program during the fiscal year. There were 218 reports submitted for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program during the fiscal year. There were 34 reports submitted for the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs during the fiscal year.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2023-004
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implement controls to ensure proper documentation of review and approval of performance reports and to ensure all required reports are submitted to the grantor.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding and will ensure policies and procedures are properly implemented to ensure all reports and submitted and have appropriate review and approval.
Federal Agencies: Department of Treasury and Department of Health and Human Services
Federal Assistance Listing Number: 21.023, 21.027, 93.566
Program: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, Refugee and Entrant Assistance State/Replacement Designee Administered Programs
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862, 2023-2024 Refugee Program, 2312-47904, 2312-52290, 2412-55901
Criteria: Recipients of federal awards must establish verifiable controls over reports that are prepared and submitted.
Condition: For the two performance reports selected for testing in the Emergency Rental Assistance Program, appropriate documentation was not available to evidence review of the report prior to submission. For one out of 33 reports tested in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program, the report was not submitted to the grantor. For one of ten performance reports tested in the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs, the report was not submitted to the grantor.
Cause: While the Organization has a policy in place that requires the program director or controller to review performance reports and to ensure required reports are submitted to the grantor, proper documentation and implementation to support the policy was not available nor performed.
Effect or Potential Effect: A required report was not submitted to the grantor. The Organization does not have the documentation required regarding review/approval of performance reports. As such, reports could be submitted that are inaccurate or incomplete.
Questioned Costs: N/A
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements, not using a statistically valid sample. There were three performance reports submitted for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program during the fiscal year. There were 218 reports submitted for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program during the fiscal year. There were 34 reports submitted for the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs during the fiscal year.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2023-004
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implement controls to ensure proper documentation of review and approval of performance reports and to ensure all required reports are submitted to the grantor.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding and will ensure policies and procedures are properly implemented to ensure all reports and submitted and have appropriate review and approval.
Federal Agencies: Department of Treasury and Department of Health and Human Services
Federal Assistance Listing Number: 21.023, 21.027, 93.566
Program: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, Refugee and Entrant Assistance State/Replacement Designee Administered Programs
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862, 2023-2024 Refugee Program, 2312-47904, 2312-52290, 2412-55901
Criteria: Recipients of federal awards must establish verifiable controls over reports that are prepared and submitted.
Condition: For the two performance reports selected for testing in the Emergency Rental Assistance Program, appropriate documentation was not available to evidence review of the report prior to submission. For one out of 33 reports tested in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program, the report was not submitted to the grantor. For one of ten performance reports tested in the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs, the report was not submitted to the grantor.
Cause: While the Organization has a policy in place that requires the program director or controller to review performance reports and to ensure required reports are submitted to the grantor, proper documentation and implementation to support the policy was not available nor performed.
Effect or Potential Effect: A required report was not submitted to the grantor. The Organization does not have the documentation required regarding review/approval of performance reports. As such, reports could be submitted that are inaccurate or incomplete.
Questioned Costs: N/A
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements, not using a statistically valid sample. There were three performance reports submitted for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program during the fiscal year. There were 218 reports submitted for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program during the fiscal year. There were 34 reports submitted for the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs during the fiscal year.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2023-004
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implement controls to ensure proper documentation of review and approval of performance reports and to ensure all required reports are submitted to the grantor.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding and will ensure policies and procedures are properly implemented to ensure all reports and submitted and have appropriate review and approval.
Federal Agencies: Department of Treasury and Department of Health and Human Services
Federal Assistance Listing Number: 21.023, 21.027, 93.566
Program: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, Refugee and Entrant Assistance State/Replacement Designee Administered Programs
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862, 2023-2024 Refugee Program, 2312-47904, 2312-52290, 2412-55901
Criteria: Recipients of federal awards must establish verifiable controls over reports that are prepared and submitted.
Condition: For the two performance reports selected for testing in the Emergency Rental Assistance Program, appropriate documentation was not available to evidence review of the report prior to submission. For one out of 33 reports tested in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program, the report was not submitted to the grantor. For one of ten performance reports tested in the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs, the report was not submitted to the grantor.
Cause: While the Organization has a policy in place that requires the program director or controller to review performance reports and to ensure required reports are submitted to the grantor, proper documentation and implementation to support the policy was not available nor performed.
Effect or Potential Effect: A required report was not submitted to the grantor. The Organization does not have the documentation required regarding review/approval of performance reports. As such, reports could be submitted that are inaccurate or incomplete.
Questioned Costs: N/A
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements, not using a statistically valid sample. There were three performance reports submitted for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program during the fiscal year. There were 218 reports submitted for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program during the fiscal year. There were 34 reports submitted for the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs during the fiscal year.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2023-004
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implement controls to ensure proper documentation of review and approval of performance reports and to ensure all required reports are submitted to the grantor.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding and will ensure policies and procedures are properly implemented to ensure all reports and submitted and have appropriate review and approval.
Federal Agencies: Department of Treasury and Department of Health and Human Services
Federal Assistance Listing Number: 21.023, 21.027, 93.566
Program: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, Refugee and Entrant Assistance State/Replacement Designee Administered Programs
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862, 2023-2024 Refugee Program, 2312-47904, 2312-52290, 2412-55901
Criteria: Recipients of federal awards must establish verifiable controls over reports that are prepared and submitted.
Condition: For the two performance reports selected for testing in the Emergency Rental Assistance Program, appropriate documentation was not available to evidence review of the report prior to submission. For one out of 33 reports tested in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program, the report was not submitted to the grantor. For one of ten performance reports tested in the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs, the report was not submitted to the grantor.
Cause: While the Organization has a policy in place that requires the program director or controller to review performance reports and to ensure required reports are submitted to the grantor, proper documentation and implementation to support the policy was not available nor performed.
Effect or Potential Effect: A required report was not submitted to the grantor. The Organization does not have the documentation required regarding review/approval of performance reports. As such, reports could be submitted that are inaccurate or incomplete.
Questioned Costs: N/A
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements, not using a statistically valid sample. There were three performance reports submitted for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program during the fiscal year. There were 218 reports submitted for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program during the fiscal year. There were 34 reports submitted for the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs during the fiscal year.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2023-004
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implement controls to ensure proper documentation of review and approval of performance reports and to ensure all required reports are submitted to the grantor.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding and will ensure policies and procedures are properly implemented to ensure all reports and submitted and have appropriate review and approval.
Federal Agencies: Department of Treasury and Department of Health and Human Services
Federal Assistance Listing Number: 21.023, 21.027, 93.566
Program: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, Refugee and Entrant Assistance State/Replacement Designee Administered Programs
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862, 2023-2024 Refugee Program, 2312-47904, 2312-52290, 2412-55901
Criteria: Recipients of federal awards must establish verifiable controls over reports that are prepared and submitted.
Condition: For the two performance reports selected for testing in the Emergency Rental Assistance Program, appropriate documentation was not available to evidence review of the report prior to submission. For one out of 33 reports tested in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program, the report was not submitted to the grantor. For one of ten performance reports tested in the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs, the report was not submitted to the grantor.
Cause: While the Organization has a policy in place that requires the program director or controller to review performance reports and to ensure required reports are submitted to the grantor, proper documentation and implementation to support the policy was not available nor performed.
Effect or Potential Effect: A required report was not submitted to the grantor. The Organization does not have the documentation required regarding review/approval of performance reports. As such, reports could be submitted that are inaccurate or incomplete.
Questioned Costs: N/A
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements, not using a statistically valid sample. There were three performance reports submitted for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program during the fiscal year. There were 218 reports submitted for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program during the fiscal year. There were 34 reports submitted for the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs during the fiscal year.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2023-004
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implement controls to ensure proper documentation of review and approval of performance reports and to ensure all required reports are submitted to the grantor.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding and will ensure policies and procedures are properly implemented to ensure all reports and submitted and have appropriate review and approval.
Federal Agencies: Department of Treasury and Department of Health and Human Services
Federal Assistance Listing Number: 21.023, 21.027, 93.566
Program: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, Refugee and Entrant Assistance State/Replacement Designee Administered Programs
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862, 2023-2024 Refugee Program, 2312-47904, 2312-52290, 2412-55901
Criteria: Recipients of federal awards must establish verifiable controls over reports that are prepared and submitted.
Condition: For the two performance reports selected for testing in the Emergency Rental Assistance Program, appropriate documentation was not available to evidence review of the report prior to submission. For one out of 33 reports tested in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program, the report was not submitted to the grantor. For one of ten performance reports tested in the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs, the report was not submitted to the grantor.
Cause: While the Organization has a policy in place that requires the program director or controller to review performance reports and to ensure required reports are submitted to the grantor, proper documentation and implementation to support the policy was not available nor performed.
Effect or Potential Effect: A required report was not submitted to the grantor. The Organization does not have the documentation required regarding review/approval of performance reports. As such, reports could be submitted that are inaccurate or incomplete.
Questioned Costs: N/A
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements, not using a statistically valid sample. There were three performance reports submitted for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program during the fiscal year. There were 218 reports submitted for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program during the fiscal year. There were 34 reports submitted for the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs during the fiscal year.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2023-004
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implement controls to ensure proper documentation of review and approval of performance reports and to ensure all required reports are submitted to the grantor.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding and will ensure policies and procedures are properly implemented to ensure all reports and submitted and have appropriate review and approval.
Federal Agencies: Department of Treasury and Department of Health and Human Services
Federal Assistance Listing Number: 21.023, 21.027, 93.566
Program: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, Refugee and Entrant Assistance State/Replacement Designee Administered Programs
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862, 2023-2024 Refugee Program, 2312-47904, 2312-52290, 2412-55901
Criteria: Recipients of federal awards must establish verifiable controls over reports that are prepared and submitted.
Condition: For the two performance reports selected for testing in the Emergency Rental Assistance Program, appropriate documentation was not available to evidence review of the report prior to submission. For one out of 33 reports tested in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program, the report was not submitted to the grantor. For one of ten performance reports tested in the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs, the report was not submitted to the grantor.
Cause: While the Organization has a policy in place that requires the program director or controller to review performance reports and to ensure required reports are submitted to the grantor, proper documentation and implementation to support the policy was not available nor performed.
Effect or Potential Effect: A required report was not submitted to the grantor. The Organization does not have the documentation required regarding review/approval of performance reports. As such, reports could be submitted that are inaccurate or incomplete.
Questioned Costs: N/A
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements, not using a statistically valid sample. There were three performance reports submitted for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program during the fiscal year. There were 218 reports submitted for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program during the fiscal year. There were 34 reports submitted for the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs during the fiscal year.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2023-004
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implement controls to ensure proper documentation of review and approval of performance reports and to ensure all required reports are submitted to the grantor.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding and will ensure policies and procedures are properly implemented to ensure all reports and submitted and have appropriate review and approval.
Federal Agencies: Department of Treasury and Department of Health and Human Services
Federal Assistance Listing Number: 21.023, 21.027, 93.566
Program: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, Refugee and Entrant Assistance State/Replacement Designee Administered Programs
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862, 2023-2024 Refugee Program, 2312-47904, 2312-52290, 2412-55901
Criteria: Recipients of federal awards must establish verifiable controls over reports that are prepared and submitted.
Condition: For the two performance reports selected for testing in the Emergency Rental Assistance Program, appropriate documentation was not available to evidence review of the report prior to submission. For one out of 33 reports tested in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program, the report was not submitted to the grantor. For one of ten performance reports tested in the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs, the report was not submitted to the grantor.
Cause: While the Organization has a policy in place that requires the program director or controller to review performance reports and to ensure required reports are submitted to the grantor, proper documentation and implementation to support the policy was not available nor performed.
Effect or Potential Effect: A required report was not submitted to the grantor. The Organization does not have the documentation required regarding review/approval of performance reports. As such, reports could be submitted that are inaccurate or incomplete.
Questioned Costs: N/A
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements, not using a statistically valid sample. There were three performance reports submitted for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program during the fiscal year. There were 218 reports submitted for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program during the fiscal year. There were 34 reports submitted for the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs during the fiscal year.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2023-004
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implement controls to ensure proper documentation of review and approval of performance reports and to ensure all required reports are submitted to the grantor.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding and will ensure policies and procedures are properly implemented to ensure all reports and submitted and have appropriate review and approval.
Federal Agencies: Department of Treasury and Department of Health and Human Services
Federal Assistance Listing Number: 21.023, 21.027, 93.566
Program: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, Refugee and Entrant Assistance State/Replacement Designee Administered Programs
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862, 2023-2024 Refugee Program, 2312-47904, 2312-52290, 2412-55901
Criteria: Recipients of federal awards must establish verifiable controls over reports that are prepared and submitted.
Condition: For the two performance reports selected for testing in the Emergency Rental Assistance Program, appropriate documentation was not available to evidence review of the report prior to submission. For one out of 33 reports tested in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program, the report was not submitted to the grantor. For one of ten performance reports tested in the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs, the report was not submitted to the grantor.
Cause: While the Organization has a policy in place that requires the program director or controller to review performance reports and to ensure required reports are submitted to the grantor, proper documentation and implementation to support the policy was not available nor performed.
Effect or Potential Effect: A required report was not submitted to the grantor. The Organization does not have the documentation required regarding review/approval of performance reports. As such, reports could be submitted that are inaccurate or incomplete.
Questioned Costs: N/A
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements, not using a statistically valid sample. There were three performance reports submitted for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program during the fiscal year. There were 218 reports submitted for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program during the fiscal year. There were 34 reports submitted for the Refugee and Entrant Assistance/Replacement Designee Administer Programs during the fiscal year.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2023-004
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implement controls to ensure proper documentation of review and approval of performance reports and to ensure all required reports are submitted to the grantor.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding and will ensure policies and procedures are properly implemented to ensure all reports and submitted and have appropriate review and approval.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: 21.023, 21.027
Programs: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non-Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – personal services:
(g) Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses.
(vii) “Budget estimates (meaning, estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity performed;
(B) Significant changes in the related work activity (as defined by the recipient's or subrecipient's written policies) are promptly identified and entered into the records. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuations between workload categories do not need to be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The recipient's or subrecipient's system of internal controls includes processes to perform periodic after-the-fact reviews of interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustments must be made so that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Per 2 CFR §200.465 Rental Costs of Real Property and Equipment:
(b) “Rental costs under ‘sale and lease back’ arrangements are allowable only up to the amount that would have been allowed if the recipient or subrecipient had continued to own the property. This amount would include expenses such as depreciation, maintenance, taxes, and insurance.
(c) Rental costs under “less-than-arm's-length” leases are allowable only up to the amount described in paragraph (b) of this section. For this purpose, a less-than-arm's-length lease is one under which one party to the lease agreement can control or substantially influence the actions of the other...”
Condition: Policies and procedures were not adequately established to ensure allowability of rent charges and other cross-charges to federally funded programs. We noted the Organization’s subsidiary charges rent to the Organization’s programs to utilize office spaces for their operations and cross-charges certain other miscellaneous costs. The rent and certain other costs are based on budgeted costs plus a market rate, which is an unallowable method under the Uniform Grant Guidance. Since these transactions are less-than-arm’s-length due to the Organization’s control and significant influence over its subsidiary, costs charged should be based on actual costs incurred.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program:
o 1 out of 25 selections was charged based on a market rate and budgeted costs. This selection was for a rent expense.
• Allocated cost pool of IT costs:
o 2 out of 25 selections were charged based on a market rate and/or budgeted costs. One of the selections was for a rent expense and the other was for building maintenance performed by an employee.
Cause: The Organization’s policies and procedures lacked a step to reconcile and/or true-up budget and market rates to actual expenditures.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls in place to ensure expenditures represent actual costs, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the Federal program, or not request the appropriate reimbursement the Organization is entitled to under the grant.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, nonpayroll costs were $1,166,466 and rent charged to the program was $12,743.
• IT costs are accumulated and allocated to grants on an allowable basis. The total IT cost pool was $759,731,which was allocated across all programs (federal and nonfederal).
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implements policies and procedures to timely reconcile and, if necessary, true-up rent charges to actual expenditures incurred.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating procedures for how certain costs are cross-charged to federal programs.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: 21.023, 21.027
Programs: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non-Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – personal services:
(g) Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses.
(vii) “Budget estimates (meaning, estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity performed;
(B) Significant changes in the related work activity (as defined by the recipient's or subrecipient's written policies) are promptly identified and entered into the records. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuations between workload categories do not need to be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The recipient's or subrecipient's system of internal controls includes processes to perform periodic after-the-fact reviews of interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustments must be made so that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Per 2 CFR §200.465 Rental Costs of Real Property and Equipment:
(b) “Rental costs under ‘sale and lease back’ arrangements are allowable only up to the amount that would have been allowed if the recipient or subrecipient had continued to own the property. This amount would include expenses such as depreciation, maintenance, taxes, and insurance.
(c) Rental costs under “less-than-arm's-length” leases are allowable only up to the amount described in paragraph (b) of this section. For this purpose, a less-than-arm's-length lease is one under which one party to the lease agreement can control or substantially influence the actions of the other...”
Condition: Policies and procedures were not adequately established to ensure allowability of rent charges and other cross-charges to federally funded programs. We noted the Organization’s subsidiary charges rent to the Organization’s programs to utilize office spaces for their operations and cross-charges certain other miscellaneous costs. The rent and certain other costs are based on budgeted costs plus a market rate, which is an unallowable method under the Uniform Grant Guidance. Since these transactions are less-than-arm’s-length due to the Organization’s control and significant influence over its subsidiary, costs charged should be based on actual costs incurred.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program:
o 1 out of 25 selections was charged based on a market rate and budgeted costs. This selection was for a rent expense.
• Allocated cost pool of IT costs:
o 2 out of 25 selections were charged based on a market rate and/or budgeted costs. One of the selections was for a rent expense and the other was for building maintenance performed by an employee.
Cause: The Organization’s policies and procedures lacked a step to reconcile and/or true-up budget and market rates to actual expenditures.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls in place to ensure expenditures represent actual costs, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the Federal program, or not request the appropriate reimbursement the Organization is entitled to under the grant.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, nonpayroll costs were $1,166,466 and rent charged to the program was $12,743.
• IT costs are accumulated and allocated to grants on an allowable basis. The total IT cost pool was $759,731,which was allocated across all programs (federal and nonfederal).
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implements policies and procedures to timely reconcile and, if necessary, true-up rent charges to actual expenditures incurred.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating procedures for how certain costs are cross-charged to federal programs.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: 21.023, 21.027
Programs: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non-Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – personal services:
(g) Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses.
(vii) “Budget estimates (meaning, estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity performed;
(B) Significant changes in the related work activity (as defined by the recipient's or subrecipient's written policies) are promptly identified and entered into the records. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuations between workload categories do not need to be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The recipient's or subrecipient's system of internal controls includes processes to perform periodic after-the-fact reviews of interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustments must be made so that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Per 2 CFR §200.465 Rental Costs of Real Property and Equipment:
(b) “Rental costs under ‘sale and lease back’ arrangements are allowable only up to the amount that would have been allowed if the recipient or subrecipient had continued to own the property. This amount would include expenses such as depreciation, maintenance, taxes, and insurance.
(c) Rental costs under “less-than-arm's-length” leases are allowable only up to the amount described in paragraph (b) of this section. For this purpose, a less-than-arm's-length lease is one under which one party to the lease agreement can control or substantially influence the actions of the other...”
Condition: Policies and procedures were not adequately established to ensure allowability of rent charges and other cross-charges to federally funded programs. We noted the Organization’s subsidiary charges rent to the Organization’s programs to utilize office spaces for their operations and cross-charges certain other miscellaneous costs. The rent and certain other costs are based on budgeted costs plus a market rate, which is an unallowable method under the Uniform Grant Guidance. Since these transactions are less-than-arm’s-length due to the Organization’s control and significant influence over its subsidiary, costs charged should be based on actual costs incurred.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program:
o 1 out of 25 selections was charged based on a market rate and budgeted costs. This selection was for a rent expense.
• Allocated cost pool of IT costs:
o 2 out of 25 selections were charged based on a market rate and/or budgeted costs. One of the selections was for a rent expense and the other was for building maintenance performed by an employee.
Cause: The Organization’s policies and procedures lacked a step to reconcile and/or true-up budget and market rates to actual expenditures.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls in place to ensure expenditures represent actual costs, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the Federal program, or not request the appropriate reimbursement the Organization is entitled to under the grant.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, nonpayroll costs were $1,166,466 and rent charged to the program was $12,743.
• IT costs are accumulated and allocated to grants on an allowable basis. The total IT cost pool was $759,731,which was allocated across all programs (federal and nonfederal).
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implements policies and procedures to timely reconcile and, if necessary, true-up rent charges to actual expenditures incurred.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating procedures for how certain costs are cross-charged to federal programs.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: 21.023, 21.027
Programs: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non-Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – personal services:
(g) Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses.
(vii) “Budget estimates (meaning, estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity performed;
(B) Significant changes in the related work activity (as defined by the recipient's or subrecipient's written policies) are promptly identified and entered into the records. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuations between workload categories do not need to be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The recipient's or subrecipient's system of internal controls includes processes to perform periodic after-the-fact reviews of interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustments must be made so that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Per 2 CFR §200.465 Rental Costs of Real Property and Equipment:
(b) “Rental costs under ‘sale and lease back’ arrangements are allowable only up to the amount that would have been allowed if the recipient or subrecipient had continued to own the property. This amount would include expenses such as depreciation, maintenance, taxes, and insurance.
(c) Rental costs under “less-than-arm's-length” leases are allowable only up to the amount described in paragraph (b) of this section. For this purpose, a less-than-arm's-length lease is one under which one party to the lease agreement can control or substantially influence the actions of the other...”
Condition: Policies and procedures were not adequately established to ensure allowability of rent charges and other cross-charges to federally funded programs. We noted the Organization’s subsidiary charges rent to the Organization’s programs to utilize office spaces for their operations and cross-charges certain other miscellaneous costs. The rent and certain other costs are based on budgeted costs plus a market rate, which is an unallowable method under the Uniform Grant Guidance. Since these transactions are less-than-arm’s-length due to the Organization’s control and significant influence over its subsidiary, costs charged should be based on actual costs incurred.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program:
o 1 out of 25 selections was charged based on a market rate and budgeted costs. This selection was for a rent expense.
• Allocated cost pool of IT costs:
o 2 out of 25 selections were charged based on a market rate and/or budgeted costs. One of the selections was for a rent expense and the other was for building maintenance performed by an employee.
Cause: The Organization’s policies and procedures lacked a step to reconcile and/or true-up budget and market rates to actual expenditures.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls in place to ensure expenditures represent actual costs, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the Federal program, or not request the appropriate reimbursement the Organization is entitled to under the grant.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, nonpayroll costs were $1,166,466 and rent charged to the program was $12,743.
• IT costs are accumulated and allocated to grants on an allowable basis. The total IT cost pool was $759,731,which was allocated across all programs (federal and nonfederal).
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implements policies and procedures to timely reconcile and, if necessary, true-up rent charges to actual expenditures incurred.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating procedures for how certain costs are cross-charged to federal programs.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: 21.023, 21.027
Programs: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non-Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – personal services:
(g) Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses.
(vii) “Budget estimates (meaning, estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity performed;
(B) Significant changes in the related work activity (as defined by the recipient's or subrecipient's written policies) are promptly identified and entered into the records. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuations between workload categories do not need to be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The recipient's or subrecipient's system of internal controls includes processes to perform periodic after-the-fact reviews of interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustments must be made so that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Per 2 CFR §200.465 Rental Costs of Real Property and Equipment:
(b) “Rental costs under ‘sale and lease back’ arrangements are allowable only up to the amount that would have been allowed if the recipient or subrecipient had continued to own the property. This amount would include expenses such as depreciation, maintenance, taxes, and insurance.
(c) Rental costs under “less-than-arm's-length” leases are allowable only up to the amount described in paragraph (b) of this section. For this purpose, a less-than-arm's-length lease is one under which one party to the lease agreement can control or substantially influence the actions of the other...”
Condition: Policies and procedures were not adequately established to ensure allowability of rent charges and other cross-charges to federally funded programs. We noted the Organization’s subsidiary charges rent to the Organization’s programs to utilize office spaces for their operations and cross-charges certain other miscellaneous costs. The rent and certain other costs are based on budgeted costs plus a market rate, which is an unallowable method under the Uniform Grant Guidance. Since these transactions are less-than-arm’s-length due to the Organization’s control and significant influence over its subsidiary, costs charged should be based on actual costs incurred.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program:
o 1 out of 25 selections was charged based on a market rate and budgeted costs. This selection was for a rent expense.
• Allocated cost pool of IT costs:
o 2 out of 25 selections were charged based on a market rate and/or budgeted costs. One of the selections was for a rent expense and the other was for building maintenance performed by an employee.
Cause: The Organization’s policies and procedures lacked a step to reconcile and/or true-up budget and market rates to actual expenditures.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls in place to ensure expenditures represent actual costs, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the Federal program, or not request the appropriate reimbursement the Organization is entitled to under the grant.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, nonpayroll costs were $1,166,466 and rent charged to the program was $12,743.
• IT costs are accumulated and allocated to grants on an allowable basis. The total IT cost pool was $759,731,which was allocated across all programs (federal and nonfederal).
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implements policies and procedures to timely reconcile and, if necessary, true-up rent charges to actual expenditures incurred.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating procedures for how certain costs are cross-charged to federal programs.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: 21.023, 21.027
Programs: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non-Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – personal services:
(g) Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses.
(vii) “Budget estimates (meaning, estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity performed;
(B) Significant changes in the related work activity (as defined by the recipient's or subrecipient's written policies) are promptly identified and entered into the records. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuations between workload categories do not need to be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The recipient's or subrecipient's system of internal controls includes processes to perform periodic after-the-fact reviews of interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustments must be made so that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Per 2 CFR §200.465 Rental Costs of Real Property and Equipment:
(b) “Rental costs under ‘sale and lease back’ arrangements are allowable only up to the amount that would have been allowed if the recipient or subrecipient had continued to own the property. This amount would include expenses such as depreciation, maintenance, taxes, and insurance.
(c) Rental costs under “less-than-arm's-length” leases are allowable only up to the amount described in paragraph (b) of this section. For this purpose, a less-than-arm's-length lease is one under which one party to the lease agreement can control or substantially influence the actions of the other...”
Condition: Policies and procedures were not adequately established to ensure allowability of rent charges and other cross-charges to federally funded programs. We noted the Organization’s subsidiary charges rent to the Organization’s programs to utilize office spaces for their operations and cross-charges certain other miscellaneous costs. The rent and certain other costs are based on budgeted costs plus a market rate, which is an unallowable method under the Uniform Grant Guidance. Since these transactions are less-than-arm’s-length due to the Organization’s control and significant influence over its subsidiary, costs charged should be based on actual costs incurred.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program:
o 1 out of 25 selections was charged based on a market rate and budgeted costs. This selection was for a rent expense.
• Allocated cost pool of IT costs:
o 2 out of 25 selections were charged based on a market rate and/or budgeted costs. One of the selections was for a rent expense and the other was for building maintenance performed by an employee.
Cause: The Organization’s policies and procedures lacked a step to reconcile and/or true-up budget and market rates to actual expenditures.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls in place to ensure expenditures represent actual costs, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the Federal program, or not request the appropriate reimbursement the Organization is entitled to under the grant.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, nonpayroll costs were $1,166,466 and rent charged to the program was $12,743.
• IT costs are accumulated and allocated to grants on an allowable basis. The total IT cost pool was $759,731,which was allocated across all programs (federal and nonfederal).
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implements policies and procedures to timely reconcile and, if necessary, true-up rent charges to actual expenditures incurred.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating procedures for how certain costs are cross-charged to federal programs.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: 21.023, 21.027
Programs: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non-Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – personal services:
(g) Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses.
(vii) “Budget estimates (meaning, estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity performed;
(B) Significant changes in the related work activity (as defined by the recipient's or subrecipient's written policies) are promptly identified and entered into the records. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuations between workload categories do not need to be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The recipient's or subrecipient's system of internal controls includes processes to perform periodic after-the-fact reviews of interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustments must be made so that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Per 2 CFR §200.465 Rental Costs of Real Property and Equipment:
(b) “Rental costs under ‘sale and lease back’ arrangements are allowable only up to the amount that would have been allowed if the recipient or subrecipient had continued to own the property. This amount would include expenses such as depreciation, maintenance, taxes, and insurance.
(c) Rental costs under “less-than-arm's-length” leases are allowable only up to the amount described in paragraph (b) of this section. For this purpose, a less-than-arm's-length lease is one under which one party to the lease agreement can control or substantially influence the actions of the other...”
Condition: Policies and procedures were not adequately established to ensure allowability of rent charges and other cross-charges to federally funded programs. We noted the Organization’s subsidiary charges rent to the Organization’s programs to utilize office spaces for their operations and cross-charges certain other miscellaneous costs. The rent and certain other costs are based on budgeted costs plus a market rate, which is an unallowable method under the Uniform Grant Guidance. Since these transactions are less-than-arm’s-length due to the Organization’s control and significant influence over its subsidiary, costs charged should be based on actual costs incurred.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program:
o 1 out of 25 selections was charged based on a market rate and budgeted costs. This selection was for a rent expense.
• Allocated cost pool of IT costs:
o 2 out of 25 selections were charged based on a market rate and/or budgeted costs. One of the selections was for a rent expense and the other was for building maintenance performed by an employee.
Cause: The Organization’s policies and procedures lacked a step to reconcile and/or true-up budget and market rates to actual expenditures.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls in place to ensure expenditures represent actual costs, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the Federal program, or not request the appropriate reimbursement the Organization is entitled to under the grant.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, nonpayroll costs were $1,166,466 and rent charged to the program was $12,743.
• IT costs are accumulated and allocated to grants on an allowable basis. The total IT cost pool was $759,731,which was allocated across all programs (federal and nonfederal).
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implements policies and procedures to timely reconcile and, if necessary, true-up rent charges to actual expenditures incurred.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating procedures for how certain costs are cross-charged to federal programs.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: 21.023, 21.027
Programs: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non-Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – personal services:
(g) Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses.
(vii) “Budget estimates (meaning, estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity performed;
(B) Significant changes in the related work activity (as defined by the recipient's or subrecipient's written policies) are promptly identified and entered into the records. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuations between workload categories do not need to be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The recipient's or subrecipient's system of internal controls includes processes to perform periodic after-the-fact reviews of interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustments must be made so that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Per 2 CFR §200.465 Rental Costs of Real Property and Equipment:
(b) “Rental costs under ‘sale and lease back’ arrangements are allowable only up to the amount that would have been allowed if the recipient or subrecipient had continued to own the property. This amount would include expenses such as depreciation, maintenance, taxes, and insurance.
(c) Rental costs under “less-than-arm's-length” leases are allowable only up to the amount described in paragraph (b) of this section. For this purpose, a less-than-arm's-length lease is one under which one party to the lease agreement can control or substantially influence the actions of the other...”
Condition: Policies and procedures were not adequately established to ensure allowability of rent charges and other cross-charges to federally funded programs. We noted the Organization’s subsidiary charges rent to the Organization’s programs to utilize office spaces for their operations and cross-charges certain other miscellaneous costs. The rent and certain other costs are based on budgeted costs plus a market rate, which is an unallowable method under the Uniform Grant Guidance. Since these transactions are less-than-arm’s-length due to the Organization’s control and significant influence over its subsidiary, costs charged should be based on actual costs incurred.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program:
o 1 out of 25 selections was charged based on a market rate and budgeted costs. This selection was for a rent expense.
• Allocated cost pool of IT costs:
o 2 out of 25 selections were charged based on a market rate and/or budgeted costs. One of the selections was for a rent expense and the other was for building maintenance performed by an employee.
Cause: The Organization’s policies and procedures lacked a step to reconcile and/or true-up budget and market rates to actual expenditures.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls in place to ensure expenditures represent actual costs, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the Federal program, or not request the appropriate reimbursement the Organization is entitled to under the grant.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, nonpayroll costs were $1,166,466 and rent charged to the program was $12,743.
• IT costs are accumulated and allocated to grants on an allowable basis. The total IT cost pool was $759,731,which was allocated across all programs (federal and nonfederal).
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implements policies and procedures to timely reconcile and, if necessary, true-up rent charges to actual expenditures incurred.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating procedures for how certain costs are cross-charged to federal programs.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: 21.023, 21.027
Programs: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non-Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – personal services:
(g) Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses.
(vii) “Budget estimates (meaning, estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity performed;
(B) Significant changes in the related work activity (as defined by the recipient's or subrecipient's written policies) are promptly identified and entered into the records. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuations between workload categories do not need to be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The recipient's or subrecipient's system of internal controls includes processes to perform periodic after-the-fact reviews of interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustments must be made so that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Per 2 CFR §200.465 Rental Costs of Real Property and Equipment:
(b) “Rental costs under ‘sale and lease back’ arrangements are allowable only up to the amount that would have been allowed if the recipient or subrecipient had continued to own the property. This amount would include expenses such as depreciation, maintenance, taxes, and insurance.
(c) Rental costs under “less-than-arm's-length” leases are allowable only up to the amount described in paragraph (b) of this section. For this purpose, a less-than-arm's-length lease is one under which one party to the lease agreement can control or substantially influence the actions of the other...”
Condition: Policies and procedures were not adequately established to ensure allowability of rent charges and other cross-charges to federally funded programs. We noted the Organization’s subsidiary charges rent to the Organization’s programs to utilize office spaces for their operations and cross-charges certain other miscellaneous costs. The rent and certain other costs are based on budgeted costs plus a market rate, which is an unallowable method under the Uniform Grant Guidance. Since these transactions are less-than-arm’s-length due to the Organization’s control and significant influence over its subsidiary, costs charged should be based on actual costs incurred.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program:
o 1 out of 25 selections was charged based on a market rate and budgeted costs. This selection was for a rent expense.
• Allocated cost pool of IT costs:
o 2 out of 25 selections were charged based on a market rate and/or budgeted costs. One of the selections was for a rent expense and the other was for building maintenance performed by an employee.
Cause: The Organization’s policies and procedures lacked a step to reconcile and/or true-up budget and market rates to actual expenditures.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls in place to ensure expenditures represent actual costs, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the Federal program, or not request the appropriate reimbursement the Organization is entitled to under the grant.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, nonpayroll costs were $1,166,466 and rent charged to the program was $12,743.
• IT costs are accumulated and allocated to grants on an allowable basis. The total IT cost pool was $759,731,which was allocated across all programs (federal and nonfederal).
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implements policies and procedures to timely reconcile and, if necessary, true-up rent charges to actual expenditures incurred.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating procedures for how certain costs are cross-charged to federal programs.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: 21.023, 21.027
Programs: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non-Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – personal services:
(g) Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses.
(vii) “Budget estimates (meaning, estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity performed;
(B) Significant changes in the related work activity (as defined by the recipient's or subrecipient's written policies) are promptly identified and entered into the records. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuations between workload categories do not need to be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The recipient's or subrecipient's system of internal controls includes processes to perform periodic after-the-fact reviews of interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustments must be made so that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Per 2 CFR §200.465 Rental Costs of Real Property and Equipment:
(b) “Rental costs under ‘sale and lease back’ arrangements are allowable only up to the amount that would have been allowed if the recipient or subrecipient had continued to own the property. This amount would include expenses such as depreciation, maintenance, taxes, and insurance.
(c) Rental costs under “less-than-arm's-length” leases are allowable only up to the amount described in paragraph (b) of this section. For this purpose, a less-than-arm's-length lease is one under which one party to the lease agreement can control or substantially influence the actions of the other...”
Condition: Policies and procedures were not adequately established to ensure allowability of rent charges and other cross-charges to federally funded programs. We noted the Organization’s subsidiary charges rent to the Organization’s programs to utilize office spaces for their operations and cross-charges certain other miscellaneous costs. The rent and certain other costs are based on budgeted costs plus a market rate, which is an unallowable method under the Uniform Grant Guidance. Since these transactions are less-than-arm’s-length due to the Organization’s control and significant influence over its subsidiary, costs charged should be based on actual costs incurred.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program:
o 1 out of 25 selections was charged based on a market rate and budgeted costs. This selection was for a rent expense.
• Allocated cost pool of IT costs:
o 2 out of 25 selections were charged based on a market rate and/or budgeted costs. One of the selections was for a rent expense and the other was for building maintenance performed by an employee.
Cause: The Organization’s policies and procedures lacked a step to reconcile and/or true-up budget and market rates to actual expenditures.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls in place to ensure expenditures represent actual costs, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the Federal program, or not request the appropriate reimbursement the Organization is entitled to under the grant.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, nonpayroll costs were $1,166,466 and rent charged to the program was $12,743.
• IT costs are accumulated and allocated to grants on an allowable basis. The total IT cost pool was $759,731,which was allocated across all programs (federal and nonfederal).
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implements policies and procedures to timely reconcile and, if necessary, true-up rent charges to actual expenditures incurred.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating procedures for how certain costs are cross-charged to federal programs.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: 21.023, 21.027
Programs: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non-Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – personal services:
(g) Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses.
(vii) “Budget estimates (meaning, estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity performed;
(B) Significant changes in the related work activity (as defined by the recipient's or subrecipient's written policies) are promptly identified and entered into the records. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuations between workload categories do not need to be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The recipient's or subrecipient's system of internal controls includes processes to perform periodic after-the-fact reviews of interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustments must be made so that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Per 2 CFR §200.465 Rental Costs of Real Property and Equipment:
(b) “Rental costs under ‘sale and lease back’ arrangements are allowable only up to the amount that would have been allowed if the recipient or subrecipient had continued to own the property. This amount would include expenses such as depreciation, maintenance, taxes, and insurance.
(c) Rental costs under “less-than-arm's-length” leases are allowable only up to the amount described in paragraph (b) of this section. For this purpose, a less-than-arm's-length lease is one under which one party to the lease agreement can control or substantially influence the actions of the other...”
Condition: Policies and procedures were not adequately established to ensure allowability of rent charges and other cross-charges to federally funded programs. We noted the Organization’s subsidiary charges rent to the Organization’s programs to utilize office spaces for their operations and cross-charges certain other miscellaneous costs. The rent and certain other costs are based on budgeted costs plus a market rate, which is an unallowable method under the Uniform Grant Guidance. Since these transactions are less-than-arm’s-length due to the Organization’s control and significant influence over its subsidiary, costs charged should be based on actual costs incurred.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program:
o 1 out of 25 selections was charged based on a market rate and budgeted costs. This selection was for a rent expense.
• Allocated cost pool of IT costs:
o 2 out of 25 selections were charged based on a market rate and/or budgeted costs. One of the selections was for a rent expense and the other was for building maintenance performed by an employee.
Cause: The Organization’s policies and procedures lacked a step to reconcile and/or true-up budget and market rates to actual expenditures.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls in place to ensure expenditures represent actual costs, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the Federal program, or not request the appropriate reimbursement the Organization is entitled to under the grant.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, nonpayroll costs were $1,166,466 and rent charged to the program was $12,743.
• IT costs are accumulated and allocated to grants on an allowable basis. The total IT cost pool was $759,731,which was allocated across all programs (federal and nonfederal).
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implements policies and procedures to timely reconcile and, if necessary, true-up rent charges to actual expenditures incurred.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating procedures for how certain costs are cross-charged to federal programs.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: 21.023, 21.027
Programs: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non-Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – personal services:
(g) Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses.
(vii) “Budget estimates (meaning, estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity performed;
(B) Significant changes in the related work activity (as defined by the recipient's or subrecipient's written policies) are promptly identified and entered into the records. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuations between workload categories do not need to be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The recipient's or subrecipient's system of internal controls includes processes to perform periodic after-the-fact reviews of interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustments must be made so that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Per 2 CFR §200.465 Rental Costs of Real Property and Equipment:
(b) “Rental costs under ‘sale and lease back’ arrangements are allowable only up to the amount that would have been allowed if the recipient or subrecipient had continued to own the property. This amount would include expenses such as depreciation, maintenance, taxes, and insurance.
(c) Rental costs under “less-than-arm's-length” leases are allowable only up to the amount described in paragraph (b) of this section. For this purpose, a less-than-arm's-length lease is one under which one party to the lease agreement can control or substantially influence the actions of the other...”
Condition: Policies and procedures were not adequately established to ensure allowability of rent charges and other cross-charges to federally funded programs. We noted the Organization’s subsidiary charges rent to the Organization’s programs to utilize office spaces for their operations and cross-charges certain other miscellaneous costs. The rent and certain other costs are based on budgeted costs plus a market rate, which is an unallowable method under the Uniform Grant Guidance. Since these transactions are less-than-arm’s-length due to the Organization’s control and significant influence over its subsidiary, costs charged should be based on actual costs incurred.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program:
o 1 out of 25 selections was charged based on a market rate and budgeted costs. This selection was for a rent expense.
• Allocated cost pool of IT costs:
o 2 out of 25 selections were charged based on a market rate and/or budgeted costs. One of the selections was for a rent expense and the other was for building maintenance performed by an employee.
Cause: The Organization’s policies and procedures lacked a step to reconcile and/or true-up budget and market rates to actual expenditures.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls in place to ensure expenditures represent actual costs, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the Federal program, or not request the appropriate reimbursement the Organization is entitled to under the grant.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, nonpayroll costs were $1,166,466 and rent charged to the program was $12,743.
• IT costs are accumulated and allocated to grants on an allowable basis. The total IT cost pool was $759,731,which was allocated across all programs (federal and nonfederal).
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implements policies and procedures to timely reconcile and, if necessary, true-up rent charges to actual expenditures incurred.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating procedures for how certain costs are cross-charged to federal programs.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: 21.023, 21.027
Programs: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non-Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – personal services:
(g) Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses.
(vii) “Budget estimates (meaning, estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity performed;
(B) Significant changes in the related work activity (as defined by the recipient's or subrecipient's written policies) are promptly identified and entered into the records. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuations between workload categories do not need to be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The recipient's or subrecipient's system of internal controls includes processes to perform periodic after-the-fact reviews of interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustments must be made so that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Per 2 CFR §200.465 Rental Costs of Real Property and Equipment:
(b) “Rental costs under ‘sale and lease back’ arrangements are allowable only up to the amount that would have been allowed if the recipient or subrecipient had continued to own the property. This amount would include expenses such as depreciation, maintenance, taxes, and insurance.
(c) Rental costs under “less-than-arm's-length” leases are allowable only up to the amount described in paragraph (b) of this section. For this purpose, a less-than-arm's-length lease is one under which one party to the lease agreement can control or substantially influence the actions of the other...”
Condition: Policies and procedures were not adequately established to ensure allowability of rent charges and other cross-charges to federally funded programs. We noted the Organization’s subsidiary charges rent to the Organization’s programs to utilize office spaces for their operations and cross-charges certain other miscellaneous costs. The rent and certain other costs are based on budgeted costs plus a market rate, which is an unallowable method under the Uniform Grant Guidance. Since these transactions are less-than-arm’s-length due to the Organization’s control and significant influence over its subsidiary, costs charged should be based on actual costs incurred.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program:
o 1 out of 25 selections was charged based on a market rate and budgeted costs. This selection was for a rent expense.
• Allocated cost pool of IT costs:
o 2 out of 25 selections were charged based on a market rate and/or budgeted costs. One of the selections was for a rent expense and the other was for building maintenance performed by an employee.
Cause: The Organization’s policies and procedures lacked a step to reconcile and/or true-up budget and market rates to actual expenditures.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls in place to ensure expenditures represent actual costs, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the Federal program, or not request the appropriate reimbursement the Organization is entitled to under the grant.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, nonpayroll costs were $1,166,466 and rent charged to the program was $12,743.
• IT costs are accumulated and allocated to grants on an allowable basis. The total IT cost pool was $759,731,which was allocated across all programs (federal and nonfederal).
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implements policies and procedures to timely reconcile and, if necessary, true-up rent charges to actual expenditures incurred.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating procedures for how certain costs are cross-charged to federal programs.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: 21.023, 21.027
Programs: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non-Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – personal services:
(g) Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses.
(vii) “Budget estimates (meaning, estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity performed;
(B) Significant changes in the related work activity (as defined by the recipient's or subrecipient's written policies) are promptly identified and entered into the records. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuations between workload categories do not need to be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The recipient's or subrecipient's system of internal controls includes processes to perform periodic after-the-fact reviews of interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustments must be made so that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Per 2 CFR §200.465 Rental Costs of Real Property and Equipment:
(b) “Rental costs under ‘sale and lease back’ arrangements are allowable only up to the amount that would have been allowed if the recipient or subrecipient had continued to own the property. This amount would include expenses such as depreciation, maintenance, taxes, and insurance.
(c) Rental costs under “less-than-arm's-length” leases are allowable only up to the amount described in paragraph (b) of this section. For this purpose, a less-than-arm's-length lease is one under which one party to the lease agreement can control or substantially influence the actions of the other...”
Condition: Policies and procedures were not adequately established to ensure allowability of rent charges and other cross-charges to federally funded programs. We noted the Organization’s subsidiary charges rent to the Organization’s programs to utilize office spaces for their operations and cross-charges certain other miscellaneous costs. The rent and certain other costs are based on budgeted costs plus a market rate, which is an unallowable method under the Uniform Grant Guidance. Since these transactions are less-than-arm’s-length due to the Organization’s control and significant influence over its subsidiary, costs charged should be based on actual costs incurred.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program:
o 1 out of 25 selections was charged based on a market rate and budgeted costs. This selection was for a rent expense.
• Allocated cost pool of IT costs:
o 2 out of 25 selections were charged based on a market rate and/or budgeted costs. One of the selections was for a rent expense and the other was for building maintenance performed by an employee.
Cause: The Organization’s policies and procedures lacked a step to reconcile and/or true-up budget and market rates to actual expenditures.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls in place to ensure expenditures represent actual costs, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the Federal program, or not request the appropriate reimbursement the Organization is entitled to under the grant.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, nonpayroll costs were $1,166,466 and rent charged to the program was $12,743.
• IT costs are accumulated and allocated to grants on an allowable basis. The total IT cost pool was $759,731,which was allocated across all programs (federal and nonfederal).
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implements policies and procedures to timely reconcile and, if necessary, true-up rent charges to actual expenditures incurred.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating procedures for how certain costs are cross-charged to federal programs.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: 21.023, 21.027
Programs: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non-Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – personal services:
(g) Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses.
(vii) “Budget estimates (meaning, estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity performed;
(B) Significant changes in the related work activity (as defined by the recipient's or subrecipient's written policies) are promptly identified and entered into the records. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuations between workload categories do not need to be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The recipient's or subrecipient's system of internal controls includes processes to perform periodic after-the-fact reviews of interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustments must be made so that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Per 2 CFR §200.465 Rental Costs of Real Property and Equipment:
(b) “Rental costs under ‘sale and lease back’ arrangements are allowable only up to the amount that would have been allowed if the recipient or subrecipient had continued to own the property. This amount would include expenses such as depreciation, maintenance, taxes, and insurance.
(c) Rental costs under “less-than-arm's-length” leases are allowable only up to the amount described in paragraph (b) of this section. For this purpose, a less-than-arm's-length lease is one under which one party to the lease agreement can control or substantially influence the actions of the other...”
Condition: Policies and procedures were not adequately established to ensure allowability of rent charges and other cross-charges to federally funded programs. We noted the Organization’s subsidiary charges rent to the Organization’s programs to utilize office spaces for their operations and cross-charges certain other miscellaneous costs. The rent and certain other costs are based on budgeted costs plus a market rate, which is an unallowable method under the Uniform Grant Guidance. Since these transactions are less-than-arm’s-length due to the Organization’s control and significant influence over its subsidiary, costs charged should be based on actual costs incurred.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program:
o 1 out of 25 selections was charged based on a market rate and budgeted costs. This selection was for a rent expense.
• Allocated cost pool of IT costs:
o 2 out of 25 selections were charged based on a market rate and/or budgeted costs. One of the selections was for a rent expense and the other was for building maintenance performed by an employee.
Cause: The Organization’s policies and procedures lacked a step to reconcile and/or true-up budget and market rates to actual expenditures.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls in place to ensure expenditures represent actual costs, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the Federal program, or not request the appropriate reimbursement the Organization is entitled to under the grant.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, nonpayroll costs were $1,166,466 and rent charged to the program was $12,743.
• IT costs are accumulated and allocated to grants on an allowable basis. The total IT cost pool was $759,731,which was allocated across all programs (federal and nonfederal).
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implements policies and procedures to timely reconcile and, if necessary, true-up rent charges to actual expenditures incurred.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating procedures for how certain costs are cross-charged to federal programs.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: 21.023, 21.027
Programs: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non-Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – personal services:
(g) Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses.
(vii) “Budget estimates (meaning, estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity performed;
(B) Significant changes in the related work activity (as defined by the recipient's or subrecipient's written policies) are promptly identified and entered into the records. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuations between workload categories do not need to be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The recipient's or subrecipient's system of internal controls includes processes to perform periodic after-the-fact reviews of interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustments must be made so that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Per 2 CFR §200.465 Rental Costs of Real Property and Equipment:
(b) “Rental costs under ‘sale and lease back’ arrangements are allowable only up to the amount that would have been allowed if the recipient or subrecipient had continued to own the property. This amount would include expenses such as depreciation, maintenance, taxes, and insurance.
(c) Rental costs under “less-than-arm's-length” leases are allowable only up to the amount described in paragraph (b) of this section. For this purpose, a less-than-arm's-length lease is one under which one party to the lease agreement can control or substantially influence the actions of the other...”
Condition: Policies and procedures were not adequately established to ensure allowability of rent charges and other cross-charges to federally funded programs. We noted the Organization’s subsidiary charges rent to the Organization’s programs to utilize office spaces for their operations and cross-charges certain other miscellaneous costs. The rent and certain other costs are based on budgeted costs plus a market rate, which is an unallowable method under the Uniform Grant Guidance. Since these transactions are less-than-arm’s-length due to the Organization’s control and significant influence over its subsidiary, costs charged should be based on actual costs incurred.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program:
o 1 out of 25 selections was charged based on a market rate and budgeted costs. This selection was for a rent expense.
• Allocated cost pool of IT costs:
o 2 out of 25 selections were charged based on a market rate and/or budgeted costs. One of the selections was for a rent expense and the other was for building maintenance performed by an employee.
Cause: The Organization’s policies and procedures lacked a step to reconcile and/or true-up budget and market rates to actual expenditures.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls in place to ensure expenditures represent actual costs, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the Federal program, or not request the appropriate reimbursement the Organization is entitled to under the grant.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, nonpayroll costs were $1,166,466 and rent charged to the program was $12,743.
• IT costs are accumulated and allocated to grants on an allowable basis. The total IT cost pool was $759,731,which was allocated across all programs (federal and nonfederal).
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implements policies and procedures to timely reconcile and, if necessary, true-up rent charges to actual expenditures incurred.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating procedures for how certain costs are cross-charged to federal programs.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: 21.023, 21.027
Programs: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non-Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – personal services:
(g) Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses.
(vii) “Budget estimates (meaning, estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity performed;
(B) Significant changes in the related work activity (as defined by the recipient's or subrecipient's written policies) are promptly identified and entered into the records. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuations between workload categories do not need to be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The recipient's or subrecipient's system of internal controls includes processes to perform periodic after-the-fact reviews of interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustments must be made so that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Per 2 CFR §200.465 Rental Costs of Real Property and Equipment:
(b) “Rental costs under ‘sale and lease back’ arrangements are allowable only up to the amount that would have been allowed if the recipient or subrecipient had continued to own the property. This amount would include expenses such as depreciation, maintenance, taxes, and insurance.
(c) Rental costs under “less-than-arm's-length” leases are allowable only up to the amount described in paragraph (b) of this section. For this purpose, a less-than-arm's-length lease is one under which one party to the lease agreement can control or substantially influence the actions of the other...”
Condition: Policies and procedures were not adequately established to ensure allowability of rent charges and other cross-charges to federally funded programs. We noted the Organization’s subsidiary charges rent to the Organization’s programs to utilize office spaces for their operations and cross-charges certain other miscellaneous costs. The rent and certain other costs are based on budgeted costs plus a market rate, which is an unallowable method under the Uniform Grant Guidance. Since these transactions are less-than-arm’s-length due to the Organization’s control and significant influence over its subsidiary, costs charged should be based on actual costs incurred.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program:
o 1 out of 25 selections was charged based on a market rate and budgeted costs. This selection was for a rent expense.
• Allocated cost pool of IT costs:
o 2 out of 25 selections were charged based on a market rate and/or budgeted costs. One of the selections was for a rent expense and the other was for building maintenance performed by an employee.
Cause: The Organization’s policies and procedures lacked a step to reconcile and/or true-up budget and market rates to actual expenditures.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls in place to ensure expenditures represent actual costs, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the Federal program, or not request the appropriate reimbursement the Organization is entitled to under the grant.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, nonpayroll costs were $1,166,466 and rent charged to the program was $12,743.
• IT costs are accumulated and allocated to grants on an allowable basis. The total IT cost pool was $759,731,which was allocated across all programs (federal and nonfederal).
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implements policies and procedures to timely reconcile and, if necessary, true-up rent charges to actual expenditures incurred.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating procedures for how certain costs are cross-charged to federal programs.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: 21.023, 21.027
Programs: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non-Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – personal services:
(g) Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses.
(vii) “Budget estimates (meaning, estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity performed;
(B) Significant changes in the related work activity (as defined by the recipient's or subrecipient's written policies) are promptly identified and entered into the records. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuations between workload categories do not need to be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The recipient's or subrecipient's system of internal controls includes processes to perform periodic after-the-fact reviews of interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustments must be made so that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Per 2 CFR §200.465 Rental Costs of Real Property and Equipment:
(b) “Rental costs under ‘sale and lease back’ arrangements are allowable only up to the amount that would have been allowed if the recipient or subrecipient had continued to own the property. This amount would include expenses such as depreciation, maintenance, taxes, and insurance.
(c) Rental costs under “less-than-arm's-length” leases are allowable only up to the amount described in paragraph (b) of this section. For this purpose, a less-than-arm's-length lease is one under which one party to the lease agreement can control or substantially influence the actions of the other...”
Condition: Policies and procedures were not adequately established to ensure allowability of rent charges and other cross-charges to federally funded programs. We noted the Organization’s subsidiary charges rent to the Organization’s programs to utilize office spaces for their operations and cross-charges certain other miscellaneous costs. The rent and certain other costs are based on budgeted costs plus a market rate, which is an unallowable method under the Uniform Grant Guidance. Since these transactions are less-than-arm’s-length due to the Organization’s control and significant influence over its subsidiary, costs charged should be based on actual costs incurred.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program:
o 1 out of 25 selections was charged based on a market rate and budgeted costs. This selection was for a rent expense.
• Allocated cost pool of IT costs:
o 2 out of 25 selections were charged based on a market rate and/or budgeted costs. One of the selections was for a rent expense and the other was for building maintenance performed by an employee.
Cause: The Organization’s policies and procedures lacked a step to reconcile and/or true-up budget and market rates to actual expenditures.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls in place to ensure expenditures represent actual costs, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the Federal program, or not request the appropriate reimbursement the Organization is entitled to under the grant.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, nonpayroll costs were $1,166,466 and rent charged to the program was $12,743.
• IT costs are accumulated and allocated to grants on an allowable basis. The total IT cost pool was $759,731,which was allocated across all programs (federal and nonfederal).
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implements policies and procedures to timely reconcile and, if necessary, true-up rent charges to actual expenditures incurred.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating procedures for how certain costs are cross-charged to federal programs.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: 21.023, 21.027
Programs: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non-Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – personal services:
(g) Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses.
(vii) “Budget estimates (meaning, estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity performed;
(B) Significant changes in the related work activity (as defined by the recipient's or subrecipient's written policies) are promptly identified and entered into the records. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuations between workload categories do not need to be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The recipient's or subrecipient's system of internal controls includes processes to perform periodic after-the-fact reviews of interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustments must be made so that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Per 2 CFR §200.465 Rental Costs of Real Property and Equipment:
(b) “Rental costs under ‘sale and lease back’ arrangements are allowable only up to the amount that would have been allowed if the recipient or subrecipient had continued to own the property. This amount would include expenses such as depreciation, maintenance, taxes, and insurance.
(c) Rental costs under “less-than-arm's-length” leases are allowable only up to the amount described in paragraph (b) of this section. For this purpose, a less-than-arm's-length lease is one under which one party to the lease agreement can control or substantially influence the actions of the other...”
Condition: Policies and procedures were not adequately established to ensure allowability of rent charges and other cross-charges to federally funded programs. We noted the Organization’s subsidiary charges rent to the Organization’s programs to utilize office spaces for their operations and cross-charges certain other miscellaneous costs. The rent and certain other costs are based on budgeted costs plus a market rate, which is an unallowable method under the Uniform Grant Guidance. Since these transactions are less-than-arm’s-length due to the Organization’s control and significant influence over its subsidiary, costs charged should be based on actual costs incurred.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program:
o 1 out of 25 selections was charged based on a market rate and budgeted costs. This selection was for a rent expense.
• Allocated cost pool of IT costs:
o 2 out of 25 selections were charged based on a market rate and/or budgeted costs. One of the selections was for a rent expense and the other was for building maintenance performed by an employee.
Cause: The Organization’s policies and procedures lacked a step to reconcile and/or true-up budget and market rates to actual expenditures.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls in place to ensure expenditures represent actual costs, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the Federal program, or not request the appropriate reimbursement the Organization is entitled to under the grant.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, nonpayroll costs were $1,166,466 and rent charged to the program was $12,743.
• IT costs are accumulated and allocated to grants on an allowable basis. The total IT cost pool was $759,731,which was allocated across all programs (federal and nonfederal).
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implements policies and procedures to timely reconcile and, if necessary, true-up rent charges to actual expenditures incurred.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating procedures for how certain costs are cross-charged to federal programs.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: 21.023, 21.027
Programs: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non-Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – personal services:
(g) Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses.
(vii) “Budget estimates (meaning, estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity performed;
(B) Significant changes in the related work activity (as defined by the recipient's or subrecipient's written policies) are promptly identified and entered into the records. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuations between workload categories do not need to be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The recipient's or subrecipient's system of internal controls includes processes to perform periodic after-the-fact reviews of interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustments must be made so that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Per 2 CFR §200.465 Rental Costs of Real Property and Equipment:
(b) “Rental costs under ‘sale and lease back’ arrangements are allowable only up to the amount that would have been allowed if the recipient or subrecipient had continued to own the property. This amount would include expenses such as depreciation, maintenance, taxes, and insurance.
(c) Rental costs under “less-than-arm's-length” leases are allowable only up to the amount described in paragraph (b) of this section. For this purpose, a less-than-arm's-length lease is one under which one party to the lease agreement can control or substantially influence the actions of the other...”
Condition: Policies and procedures were not adequately established to ensure allowability of rent charges and other cross-charges to federally funded programs. We noted the Organization’s subsidiary charges rent to the Organization’s programs to utilize office spaces for their operations and cross-charges certain other miscellaneous costs. The rent and certain other costs are based on budgeted costs plus a market rate, which is an unallowable method under the Uniform Grant Guidance. Since these transactions are less-than-arm’s-length due to the Organization’s control and significant influence over its subsidiary, costs charged should be based on actual costs incurred.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program:
o 1 out of 25 selections was charged based on a market rate and budgeted costs. This selection was for a rent expense.
• Allocated cost pool of IT costs:
o 2 out of 25 selections were charged based on a market rate and/or budgeted costs. One of the selections was for a rent expense and the other was for building maintenance performed by an employee.
Cause: The Organization’s policies and procedures lacked a step to reconcile and/or true-up budget and market rates to actual expenditures.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls in place to ensure expenditures represent actual costs, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the Federal program, or not request the appropriate reimbursement the Organization is entitled to under the grant.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, nonpayroll costs were $1,166,466 and rent charged to the program was $12,743.
• IT costs are accumulated and allocated to grants on an allowable basis. The total IT cost pool was $759,731,which was allocated across all programs (federal and nonfederal).
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implements policies and procedures to timely reconcile and, if necessary, true-up rent charges to actual expenditures incurred.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating procedures for how certain costs are cross-charged to federal programs.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: 21.023, 21.027
Programs: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non-Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – personal services:
(g) Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses.
(vii) “Budget estimates (meaning, estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity performed;
(B) Significant changes in the related work activity (as defined by the recipient's or subrecipient's written policies) are promptly identified and entered into the records. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuations between workload categories do not need to be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The recipient's or subrecipient's system of internal controls includes processes to perform periodic after-the-fact reviews of interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustments must be made so that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Per 2 CFR §200.465 Rental Costs of Real Property and Equipment:
(b) “Rental costs under ‘sale and lease back’ arrangements are allowable only up to the amount that would have been allowed if the recipient or subrecipient had continued to own the property. This amount would include expenses such as depreciation, maintenance, taxes, and insurance.
(c) Rental costs under “less-than-arm's-length” leases are allowable only up to the amount described in paragraph (b) of this section. For this purpose, a less-than-arm's-length lease is one under which one party to the lease agreement can control or substantially influence the actions of the other...”
Condition: Policies and procedures were not adequately established to ensure allowability of rent charges and other cross-charges to federally funded programs. We noted the Organization’s subsidiary charges rent to the Organization’s programs to utilize office spaces for their operations and cross-charges certain other miscellaneous costs. The rent and certain other costs are based on budgeted costs plus a market rate, which is an unallowable method under the Uniform Grant Guidance. Since these transactions are less-than-arm’s-length due to the Organization’s control and significant influence over its subsidiary, costs charged should be based on actual costs incurred.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program:
o 1 out of 25 selections was charged based on a market rate and budgeted costs. This selection was for a rent expense.
• Allocated cost pool of IT costs:
o 2 out of 25 selections were charged based on a market rate and/or budgeted costs. One of the selections was for a rent expense and the other was for building maintenance performed by an employee.
Cause: The Organization’s policies and procedures lacked a step to reconcile and/or true-up budget and market rates to actual expenditures.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls in place to ensure expenditures represent actual costs, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the Federal program, or not request the appropriate reimbursement the Organization is entitled to under the grant.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, nonpayroll costs were $1,166,466 and rent charged to the program was $12,743.
• IT costs are accumulated and allocated to grants on an allowable basis. The total IT cost pool was $759,731,which was allocated across all programs (federal and nonfederal).
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implements policies and procedures to timely reconcile and, if necessary, true-up rent charges to actual expenditures incurred.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating procedures for how certain costs are cross-charged to federal programs.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: 21.023, 21.027
Programs: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: COVID-19 HCS-21-37-2103-018(7), HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non-Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – personal services:
(g) Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses.
(vii) “Budget estimates (meaning, estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity performed;
(B) Significant changes in the related work activity (as defined by the recipient's or subrecipient's written policies) are promptly identified and entered into the records. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuations between workload categories do not need to be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The recipient's or subrecipient's system of internal controls includes processes to perform periodic after-the-fact reviews of interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustments must be made so that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Per 2 CFR §200.465 Rental Costs of Real Property and Equipment:
(b) “Rental costs under ‘sale and lease back’ arrangements are allowable only up to the amount that would have been allowed if the recipient or subrecipient had continued to own the property. This amount would include expenses such as depreciation, maintenance, taxes, and insurance.
(c) Rental costs under “less-than-arm's-length” leases are allowable only up to the amount described in paragraph (b) of this section. For this purpose, a less-than-arm's-length lease is one under which one party to the lease agreement can control or substantially influence the actions of the other...”
Condition: Policies and procedures were not adequately established to ensure allowability of rent charges and other cross-charges to federally funded programs. We noted the Organization’s subsidiary charges rent to the Organization’s programs to utilize office spaces for their operations and cross-charges certain other miscellaneous costs. The rent and certain other costs are based on budgeted costs plus a market rate, which is an unallowable method under the Uniform Grant Guidance. Since these transactions are less-than-arm’s-length due to the Organization’s control and significant influence over its subsidiary, costs charged should be based on actual costs incurred.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program:
o 1 out of 25 selections was charged based on a market rate and budgeted costs. This selection was for a rent expense.
• Allocated cost pool of IT costs:
o 2 out of 25 selections were charged based on a market rate and/or budgeted costs. One of the selections was for a rent expense and the other was for building maintenance performed by an employee.
Cause: The Organization’s policies and procedures lacked a step to reconcile and/or true-up budget and market rates to actual expenditures.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls in place to ensure expenditures represent actual costs, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the Federal program, or not request the appropriate reimbursement the Organization is entitled to under the grant.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample.
• For the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, nonpayroll costs were $1,166,466 and rent charged to the program was $12,743.
• IT costs are accumulated and allocated to grants on an allowable basis. The total IT cost pool was $759,731,which was allocated across all programs (federal and nonfederal).
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization implements policies and procedures to timely reconcile and, if necessary, true-up rent charges to actual expenditures incurred.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating procedures for how certain costs are cross-charged to federal programs.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Programs: 21.027
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – Personal Services:
“Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses
(1) Charges to Federal awards for salaries and wages must be based on records that accurately reflect the work performed. These records must:
(i) Be supported by a system of internal control, which provides reasonable assurance that the charges are accurate, allowable, and properly allocated;
(ii) Be incorporated into the official records of the non-Federal entity;
(iii) Reasonably reflect the total activity for which the employee is compensated by the non-Federal entity, not exceeding 100% of compensated activities;
(iv) Encompass federally assisted and all other activities compensated by the non-Federal entity on an integrated basis, but may include the use of subsidiary records as defined in the non Federal entity’s written policy;
(v) Comply with the established accounting policies and practices of the non Federal entity; and
(vi) [Reserved]
(vii) Support the distribution of the employee’s salary or wages among specific activities or cost objectives if the employee works on more than one Federal award; a Federal award and non-Federal award; an indirect cost activity and a direct cost activity; two or more indirect activities, which are allocated using different allocation bases; or an unallowable activity and a direct or indirect cost activity.
(viii) Budget estimates (i.e., estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity actually performed;
(B) Significant changes in the corresponding work activity (as defined by the non-Federal entity’s written policies) are identified and entered into the records in a timely manner. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuation between workload categories need not be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The non-Federal entity’s system of internal controls includes processes to review after the fact interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustment must be made such that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Condition: We noted that the Organization allocated payroll expenditures using timecards that were not fully reviewed and approved. Two out of 43 selections for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program did not have employee and/or supervisor approvals.
Cause: The Organization did not have adequate policies/procedures in place to ensure timesheet allocations are obtained for all employees charging time to federal grants and that they are appropriately reviewed.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls to ensure that costs allocated to federal programs are supported, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the federal program.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample. Payroll costs charged to the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program were $1,320,137 in fiscal year 2024. Any costs not adequately supported by approved timesheet or subsequent attestation are considered questioned costs.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: The Organization should consistently obtain and retain timesheet approvals from both employees and supervisors for each pay period requested for reimbursement. Subsequent attestations of time worked should be timely obtained if detective controls identify missing timesheet approvals.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating and implementing mitigating controls to ensure approvals are sufficiently documented.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Programs: 21.027
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – Personal Services:
“Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses
(1) Charges to Federal awards for salaries and wages must be based on records that accurately reflect the work performed. These records must:
(i) Be supported by a system of internal control, which provides reasonable assurance that the charges are accurate, allowable, and properly allocated;
(ii) Be incorporated into the official records of the non-Federal entity;
(iii) Reasonably reflect the total activity for which the employee is compensated by the non-Federal entity, not exceeding 100% of compensated activities;
(iv) Encompass federally assisted and all other activities compensated by the non-Federal entity on an integrated basis, but may include the use of subsidiary records as defined in the non Federal entity’s written policy;
(v) Comply with the established accounting policies and practices of the non Federal entity; and
(vi) [Reserved]
(vii) Support the distribution of the employee’s salary or wages among specific activities or cost objectives if the employee works on more than one Federal award; a Federal award and non-Federal award; an indirect cost activity and a direct cost activity; two or more indirect activities, which are allocated using different allocation bases; or an unallowable activity and a direct or indirect cost activity.
(viii) Budget estimates (i.e., estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity actually performed;
(B) Significant changes in the corresponding work activity (as defined by the non-Federal entity’s written policies) are identified and entered into the records in a timely manner. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuation between workload categories need not be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The non-Federal entity’s system of internal controls includes processes to review after the fact interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustment must be made such that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Condition: We noted that the Organization allocated payroll expenditures using timecards that were not fully reviewed and approved. Two out of 43 selections for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program did not have employee and/or supervisor approvals.
Cause: The Organization did not have adequate policies/procedures in place to ensure timesheet allocations are obtained for all employees charging time to federal grants and that they are appropriately reviewed.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls to ensure that costs allocated to federal programs are supported, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the federal program.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample. Payroll costs charged to the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program were $1,320,137 in fiscal year 2024. Any costs not adequately supported by approved timesheet or subsequent attestation are considered questioned costs.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: The Organization should consistently obtain and retain timesheet approvals from both employees and supervisors for each pay period requested for reimbursement. Subsequent attestations of time worked should be timely obtained if detective controls identify missing timesheet approvals.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating and implementing mitigating controls to ensure approvals are sufficiently documented.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Programs: 21.027
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – Personal Services:
“Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses
(1) Charges to Federal awards for salaries and wages must be based on records that accurately reflect the work performed. These records must:
(i) Be supported by a system of internal control, which provides reasonable assurance that the charges are accurate, allowable, and properly allocated;
(ii) Be incorporated into the official records of the non-Federal entity;
(iii) Reasonably reflect the total activity for which the employee is compensated by the non-Federal entity, not exceeding 100% of compensated activities;
(iv) Encompass federally assisted and all other activities compensated by the non-Federal entity on an integrated basis, but may include the use of subsidiary records as defined in the non Federal entity’s written policy;
(v) Comply with the established accounting policies and practices of the non Federal entity; and
(vi) [Reserved]
(vii) Support the distribution of the employee’s salary or wages among specific activities or cost objectives if the employee works on more than one Federal award; a Federal award and non-Federal award; an indirect cost activity and a direct cost activity; two or more indirect activities, which are allocated using different allocation bases; or an unallowable activity and a direct or indirect cost activity.
(viii) Budget estimates (i.e., estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity actually performed;
(B) Significant changes in the corresponding work activity (as defined by the non-Federal entity’s written policies) are identified and entered into the records in a timely manner. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuation between workload categories need not be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The non-Federal entity’s system of internal controls includes processes to review after the fact interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustment must be made such that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Condition: We noted that the Organization allocated payroll expenditures using timecards that were not fully reviewed and approved. Two out of 43 selections for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program did not have employee and/or supervisor approvals.
Cause: The Organization did not have adequate policies/procedures in place to ensure timesheet allocations are obtained for all employees charging time to federal grants and that they are appropriately reviewed.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls to ensure that costs allocated to federal programs are supported, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the federal program.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample. Payroll costs charged to the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program were $1,320,137 in fiscal year 2024. Any costs not adequately supported by approved timesheet or subsequent attestation are considered questioned costs.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: The Organization should consistently obtain and retain timesheet approvals from both employees and supervisors for each pay period requested for reimbursement. Subsequent attestations of time worked should be timely obtained if detective controls identify missing timesheet approvals.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating and implementing mitigating controls to ensure approvals are sufficiently documented.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Programs: 21.027
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – Personal Services:
“Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses
(1) Charges to Federal awards for salaries and wages must be based on records that accurately reflect the work performed. These records must:
(i) Be supported by a system of internal control, which provides reasonable assurance that the charges are accurate, allowable, and properly allocated;
(ii) Be incorporated into the official records of the non-Federal entity;
(iii) Reasonably reflect the total activity for which the employee is compensated by the non-Federal entity, not exceeding 100% of compensated activities;
(iv) Encompass federally assisted and all other activities compensated by the non-Federal entity on an integrated basis, but may include the use of subsidiary records as defined in the non Federal entity’s written policy;
(v) Comply with the established accounting policies and practices of the non Federal entity; and
(vi) [Reserved]
(vii) Support the distribution of the employee’s salary or wages among specific activities or cost objectives if the employee works on more than one Federal award; a Federal award and non-Federal award; an indirect cost activity and a direct cost activity; two or more indirect activities, which are allocated using different allocation bases; or an unallowable activity and a direct or indirect cost activity.
(viii) Budget estimates (i.e., estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity actually performed;
(B) Significant changes in the corresponding work activity (as defined by the non-Federal entity’s written policies) are identified and entered into the records in a timely manner. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuation between workload categories need not be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The non-Federal entity’s system of internal controls includes processes to review after the fact interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustment must be made such that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Condition: We noted that the Organization allocated payroll expenditures using timecards that were not fully reviewed and approved. Two out of 43 selections for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program did not have employee and/or supervisor approvals.
Cause: The Organization did not have adequate policies/procedures in place to ensure timesheet allocations are obtained for all employees charging time to federal grants and that they are appropriately reviewed.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls to ensure that costs allocated to federal programs are supported, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the federal program.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample. Payroll costs charged to the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program were $1,320,137 in fiscal year 2024. Any costs not adequately supported by approved timesheet or subsequent attestation are considered questioned costs.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: The Organization should consistently obtain and retain timesheet approvals from both employees and supervisors for each pay period requested for reimbursement. Subsequent attestations of time worked should be timely obtained if detective controls identify missing timesheet approvals.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating and implementing mitigating controls to ensure approvals are sufficiently documented.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Programs: 21.027
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – Personal Services:
“Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses
(1) Charges to Federal awards for salaries and wages must be based on records that accurately reflect the work performed. These records must:
(i) Be supported by a system of internal control, which provides reasonable assurance that the charges are accurate, allowable, and properly allocated;
(ii) Be incorporated into the official records of the non-Federal entity;
(iii) Reasonably reflect the total activity for which the employee is compensated by the non-Federal entity, not exceeding 100% of compensated activities;
(iv) Encompass federally assisted and all other activities compensated by the non-Federal entity on an integrated basis, but may include the use of subsidiary records as defined in the non Federal entity’s written policy;
(v) Comply with the established accounting policies and practices of the non Federal entity; and
(vi) [Reserved]
(vii) Support the distribution of the employee’s salary or wages among specific activities or cost objectives if the employee works on more than one Federal award; a Federal award and non-Federal award; an indirect cost activity and a direct cost activity; two or more indirect activities, which are allocated using different allocation bases; or an unallowable activity and a direct or indirect cost activity.
(viii) Budget estimates (i.e., estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity actually performed;
(B) Significant changes in the corresponding work activity (as defined by the non-Federal entity’s written policies) are identified and entered into the records in a timely manner. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuation between workload categories need not be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The non-Federal entity’s system of internal controls includes processes to review after the fact interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustment must be made such that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Condition: We noted that the Organization allocated payroll expenditures using timecards that were not fully reviewed and approved. Two out of 43 selections for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program did not have employee and/or supervisor approvals.
Cause: The Organization did not have adequate policies/procedures in place to ensure timesheet allocations are obtained for all employees charging time to federal grants and that they are appropriately reviewed.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls to ensure that costs allocated to federal programs are supported, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the federal program.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample. Payroll costs charged to the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program were $1,320,137 in fiscal year 2024. Any costs not adequately supported by approved timesheet or subsequent attestation are considered questioned costs.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: The Organization should consistently obtain and retain timesheet approvals from both employees and supervisors for each pay period requested for reimbursement. Subsequent attestations of time worked should be timely obtained if detective controls identify missing timesheet approvals.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating and implementing mitigating controls to ensure approvals are sufficiently documented.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Programs: 21.027
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – Personal Services:
“Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses
(1) Charges to Federal awards for salaries and wages must be based on records that accurately reflect the work performed. These records must:
(i) Be supported by a system of internal control, which provides reasonable assurance that the charges are accurate, allowable, and properly allocated;
(ii) Be incorporated into the official records of the non-Federal entity;
(iii) Reasonably reflect the total activity for which the employee is compensated by the non-Federal entity, not exceeding 100% of compensated activities;
(iv) Encompass federally assisted and all other activities compensated by the non-Federal entity on an integrated basis, but may include the use of subsidiary records as defined in the non Federal entity’s written policy;
(v) Comply with the established accounting policies and practices of the non Federal entity; and
(vi) [Reserved]
(vii) Support the distribution of the employee’s salary or wages among specific activities or cost objectives if the employee works on more than one Federal award; a Federal award and non-Federal award; an indirect cost activity and a direct cost activity; two or more indirect activities, which are allocated using different allocation bases; or an unallowable activity and a direct or indirect cost activity.
(viii) Budget estimates (i.e., estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity actually performed;
(B) Significant changes in the corresponding work activity (as defined by the non-Federal entity’s written policies) are identified and entered into the records in a timely manner. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuation between workload categories need not be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The non-Federal entity’s system of internal controls includes processes to review after the fact interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustment must be made such that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Condition: We noted that the Organization allocated payroll expenditures using timecards that were not fully reviewed and approved. Two out of 43 selections for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program did not have employee and/or supervisor approvals.
Cause: The Organization did not have adequate policies/procedures in place to ensure timesheet allocations are obtained for all employees charging time to federal grants and that they are appropriately reviewed.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls to ensure that costs allocated to federal programs are supported, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the federal program.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample. Payroll costs charged to the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program were $1,320,137 in fiscal year 2024. Any costs not adequately supported by approved timesheet or subsequent attestation are considered questioned costs.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: The Organization should consistently obtain and retain timesheet approvals from both employees and supervisors for each pay period requested for reimbursement. Subsequent attestations of time worked should be timely obtained if detective controls identify missing timesheet approvals.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating and implementing mitigating controls to ensure approvals are sufficiently documented.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Programs: 21.027
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – Personal Services:
“Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses
(1) Charges to Federal awards for salaries and wages must be based on records that accurately reflect the work performed. These records must:
(i) Be supported by a system of internal control, which provides reasonable assurance that the charges are accurate, allowable, and properly allocated;
(ii) Be incorporated into the official records of the non-Federal entity;
(iii) Reasonably reflect the total activity for which the employee is compensated by the non-Federal entity, not exceeding 100% of compensated activities;
(iv) Encompass federally assisted and all other activities compensated by the non-Federal entity on an integrated basis, but may include the use of subsidiary records as defined in the non Federal entity’s written policy;
(v) Comply with the established accounting policies and practices of the non Federal entity; and
(vi) [Reserved]
(vii) Support the distribution of the employee’s salary or wages among specific activities or cost objectives if the employee works on more than one Federal award; a Federal award and non-Federal award; an indirect cost activity and a direct cost activity; two or more indirect activities, which are allocated using different allocation bases; or an unallowable activity and a direct or indirect cost activity.
(viii) Budget estimates (i.e., estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity actually performed;
(B) Significant changes in the corresponding work activity (as defined by the non-Federal entity’s written policies) are identified and entered into the records in a timely manner. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuation between workload categories need not be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The non-Federal entity’s system of internal controls includes processes to review after the fact interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustment must be made such that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Condition: We noted that the Organization allocated payroll expenditures using timecards that were not fully reviewed and approved. Two out of 43 selections for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program did not have employee and/or supervisor approvals.
Cause: The Organization did not have adequate policies/procedures in place to ensure timesheet allocations are obtained for all employees charging time to federal grants and that they are appropriately reviewed.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls to ensure that costs allocated to federal programs are supported, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the federal program.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample. Payroll costs charged to the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program were $1,320,137 in fiscal year 2024. Any costs not adequately supported by approved timesheet or subsequent attestation are considered questioned costs.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: The Organization should consistently obtain and retain timesheet approvals from both employees and supervisors for each pay period requested for reimbursement. Subsequent attestations of time worked should be timely obtained if detective controls identify missing timesheet approvals.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating and implementing mitigating controls to ensure approvals are sufficiently documented.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Programs: 21.027
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – Personal Services:
“Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses
(1) Charges to Federal awards for salaries and wages must be based on records that accurately reflect the work performed. These records must:
(i) Be supported by a system of internal control, which provides reasonable assurance that the charges are accurate, allowable, and properly allocated;
(ii) Be incorporated into the official records of the non-Federal entity;
(iii) Reasonably reflect the total activity for which the employee is compensated by the non-Federal entity, not exceeding 100% of compensated activities;
(iv) Encompass federally assisted and all other activities compensated by the non-Federal entity on an integrated basis, but may include the use of subsidiary records as defined in the non Federal entity’s written policy;
(v) Comply with the established accounting policies and practices of the non Federal entity; and
(vi) [Reserved]
(vii) Support the distribution of the employee’s salary or wages among specific activities or cost objectives if the employee works on more than one Federal award; a Federal award and non-Federal award; an indirect cost activity and a direct cost activity; two or more indirect activities, which are allocated using different allocation bases; or an unallowable activity and a direct or indirect cost activity.
(viii) Budget estimates (i.e., estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity actually performed;
(B) Significant changes in the corresponding work activity (as defined by the non-Federal entity’s written policies) are identified and entered into the records in a timely manner. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuation between workload categories need not be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The non-Federal entity’s system of internal controls includes processes to review after the fact interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustment must be made such that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Condition: We noted that the Organization allocated payroll expenditures using timecards that were not fully reviewed and approved. Two out of 43 selections for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program did not have employee and/or supervisor approvals.
Cause: The Organization did not have adequate policies/procedures in place to ensure timesheet allocations are obtained for all employees charging time to federal grants and that they are appropriately reviewed.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls to ensure that costs allocated to federal programs are supported, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the federal program.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample. Payroll costs charged to the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program were $1,320,137 in fiscal year 2024. Any costs not adequately supported by approved timesheet or subsequent attestation are considered questioned costs.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: The Organization should consistently obtain and retain timesheet approvals from both employees and supervisors for each pay period requested for reimbursement. Subsequent attestations of time worked should be timely obtained if detective controls identify missing timesheet approvals.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating and implementing mitigating controls to ensure approvals are sufficiently documented.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Programs: 21.027
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – Personal Services:
“Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses
(1) Charges to Federal awards for salaries and wages must be based on records that accurately reflect the work performed. These records must:
(i) Be supported by a system of internal control, which provides reasonable assurance that the charges are accurate, allowable, and properly allocated;
(ii) Be incorporated into the official records of the non-Federal entity;
(iii) Reasonably reflect the total activity for which the employee is compensated by the non-Federal entity, not exceeding 100% of compensated activities;
(iv) Encompass federally assisted and all other activities compensated by the non-Federal entity on an integrated basis, but may include the use of subsidiary records as defined in the non Federal entity’s written policy;
(v) Comply with the established accounting policies and practices of the non Federal entity; and
(vi) [Reserved]
(vii) Support the distribution of the employee’s salary or wages among specific activities or cost objectives if the employee works on more than one Federal award; a Federal award and non-Federal award; an indirect cost activity and a direct cost activity; two or more indirect activities, which are allocated using different allocation bases; or an unallowable activity and a direct or indirect cost activity.
(viii) Budget estimates (i.e., estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity actually performed;
(B) Significant changes in the corresponding work activity (as defined by the non-Federal entity’s written policies) are identified and entered into the records in a timely manner. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuation between workload categories need not be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The non-Federal entity’s system of internal controls includes processes to review after the fact interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustment must be made such that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Condition: We noted that the Organization allocated payroll expenditures using timecards that were not fully reviewed and approved. Two out of 43 selections for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program did not have employee and/or supervisor approvals.
Cause: The Organization did not have adequate policies/procedures in place to ensure timesheet allocations are obtained for all employees charging time to federal grants and that they are appropriately reviewed.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls to ensure that costs allocated to federal programs are supported, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the federal program.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample. Payroll costs charged to the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program were $1,320,137 in fiscal year 2024. Any costs not adequately supported by approved timesheet or subsequent attestation are considered questioned costs.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: The Organization should consistently obtain and retain timesheet approvals from both employees and supervisors for each pay period requested for reimbursement. Subsequent attestations of time worked should be timely obtained if detective controls identify missing timesheet approvals.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating and implementing mitigating controls to ensure approvals are sufficiently documented.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Programs: 21.027
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – Personal Services:
“Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses
(1) Charges to Federal awards for salaries and wages must be based on records that accurately reflect the work performed. These records must:
(i) Be supported by a system of internal control, which provides reasonable assurance that the charges are accurate, allowable, and properly allocated;
(ii) Be incorporated into the official records of the non-Federal entity;
(iii) Reasonably reflect the total activity for which the employee is compensated by the non-Federal entity, not exceeding 100% of compensated activities;
(iv) Encompass federally assisted and all other activities compensated by the non-Federal entity on an integrated basis, but may include the use of subsidiary records as defined in the non Federal entity’s written policy;
(v) Comply with the established accounting policies and practices of the non Federal entity; and
(vi) [Reserved]
(vii) Support the distribution of the employee’s salary or wages among specific activities or cost objectives if the employee works on more than one Federal award; a Federal award and non-Federal award; an indirect cost activity and a direct cost activity; two or more indirect activities, which are allocated using different allocation bases; or an unallowable activity and a direct or indirect cost activity.
(viii) Budget estimates (i.e., estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity actually performed;
(B) Significant changes in the corresponding work activity (as defined by the non-Federal entity’s written policies) are identified and entered into the records in a timely manner. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuation between workload categories need not be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The non-Federal entity’s system of internal controls includes processes to review after the fact interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustment must be made such that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Condition: We noted that the Organization allocated payroll expenditures using timecards that were not fully reviewed and approved. Two out of 43 selections for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program did not have employee and/or supervisor approvals.
Cause: The Organization did not have adequate policies/procedures in place to ensure timesheet allocations are obtained for all employees charging time to federal grants and that they are appropriately reviewed.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls to ensure that costs allocated to federal programs are supported, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the federal program.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample. Payroll costs charged to the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program were $1,320,137 in fiscal year 2024. Any costs not adequately supported by approved timesheet or subsequent attestation are considered questioned costs.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: The Organization should consistently obtain and retain timesheet approvals from both employees and supervisors for each pay period requested for reimbursement. Subsequent attestations of time worked should be timely obtained if detective controls identify missing timesheet approvals.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating and implementing mitigating controls to ensure approvals are sufficiently documented.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Programs: 21.027
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – Personal Services:
“Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses
(1) Charges to Federal awards for salaries and wages must be based on records that accurately reflect the work performed. These records must:
(i) Be supported by a system of internal control, which provides reasonable assurance that the charges are accurate, allowable, and properly allocated;
(ii) Be incorporated into the official records of the non-Federal entity;
(iii) Reasonably reflect the total activity for which the employee is compensated by the non-Federal entity, not exceeding 100% of compensated activities;
(iv) Encompass federally assisted and all other activities compensated by the non-Federal entity on an integrated basis, but may include the use of subsidiary records as defined in the non Federal entity’s written policy;
(v) Comply with the established accounting policies and practices of the non Federal entity; and
(vi) [Reserved]
(vii) Support the distribution of the employee’s salary or wages among specific activities or cost objectives if the employee works on more than one Federal award; a Federal award and non-Federal award; an indirect cost activity and a direct cost activity; two or more indirect activities, which are allocated using different allocation bases; or an unallowable activity and a direct or indirect cost activity.
(viii) Budget estimates (i.e., estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity actually performed;
(B) Significant changes in the corresponding work activity (as defined by the non-Federal entity’s written policies) are identified and entered into the records in a timely manner. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuation between workload categories need not be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The non-Federal entity’s system of internal controls includes processes to review after the fact interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustment must be made such that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Condition: We noted that the Organization allocated payroll expenditures using timecards that were not fully reviewed and approved. Two out of 43 selections for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program did not have employee and/or supervisor approvals.
Cause: The Organization did not have adequate policies/procedures in place to ensure timesheet allocations are obtained for all employees charging time to federal grants and that they are appropriately reviewed.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls to ensure that costs allocated to federal programs are supported, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the federal program.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample. Payroll costs charged to the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program were $1,320,137 in fiscal year 2024. Any costs not adequately supported by approved timesheet or subsequent attestation are considered questioned costs.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: The Organization should consistently obtain and retain timesheet approvals from both employees and supervisors for each pay period requested for reimbursement. Subsequent attestations of time worked should be timely obtained if detective controls identify missing timesheet approvals.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating and implementing mitigating controls to ensure approvals are sufficiently documented.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Programs: 21.027
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – Personal Services:
“Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses
(1) Charges to Federal awards for salaries and wages must be based on records that accurately reflect the work performed. These records must:
(i) Be supported by a system of internal control, which provides reasonable assurance that the charges are accurate, allowable, and properly allocated;
(ii) Be incorporated into the official records of the non-Federal entity;
(iii) Reasonably reflect the total activity for which the employee is compensated by the non-Federal entity, not exceeding 100% of compensated activities;
(iv) Encompass federally assisted and all other activities compensated by the non-Federal entity on an integrated basis, but may include the use of subsidiary records as defined in the non Federal entity’s written policy;
(v) Comply with the established accounting policies and practices of the non Federal entity; and
(vi) [Reserved]
(vii) Support the distribution of the employee’s salary or wages among specific activities or cost objectives if the employee works on more than one Federal award; a Federal award and non-Federal award; an indirect cost activity and a direct cost activity; two or more indirect activities, which are allocated using different allocation bases; or an unallowable activity and a direct or indirect cost activity.
(viii) Budget estimates (i.e., estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity actually performed;
(B) Significant changes in the corresponding work activity (as defined by the non-Federal entity’s written policies) are identified and entered into the records in a timely manner. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuation between workload categories need not be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The non-Federal entity’s system of internal controls includes processes to review after the fact interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustment must be made such that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Condition: We noted that the Organization allocated payroll expenditures using timecards that were not fully reviewed and approved. Two out of 43 selections for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program did not have employee and/or supervisor approvals.
Cause: The Organization did not have adequate policies/procedures in place to ensure timesheet allocations are obtained for all employees charging time to federal grants and that they are appropriately reviewed.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls to ensure that costs allocated to federal programs are supported, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the federal program.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample. Payroll costs charged to the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program were $1,320,137 in fiscal year 2024. Any costs not adequately supported by approved timesheet or subsequent attestation are considered questioned costs.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: The Organization should consistently obtain and retain timesheet approvals from both employees and supervisors for each pay period requested for reimbursement. Subsequent attestations of time worked should be timely obtained if detective controls identify missing timesheet approvals.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating and implementing mitigating controls to ensure approvals are sufficiently documented.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Programs: 21.027
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – Personal Services:
“Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses
(1) Charges to Federal awards for salaries and wages must be based on records that accurately reflect the work performed. These records must:
(i) Be supported by a system of internal control, which provides reasonable assurance that the charges are accurate, allowable, and properly allocated;
(ii) Be incorporated into the official records of the non-Federal entity;
(iii) Reasonably reflect the total activity for which the employee is compensated by the non-Federal entity, not exceeding 100% of compensated activities;
(iv) Encompass federally assisted and all other activities compensated by the non-Federal entity on an integrated basis, but may include the use of subsidiary records as defined in the non Federal entity’s written policy;
(v) Comply with the established accounting policies and practices of the non Federal entity; and
(vi) [Reserved]
(vii) Support the distribution of the employee’s salary or wages among specific activities or cost objectives if the employee works on more than one Federal award; a Federal award and non-Federal award; an indirect cost activity and a direct cost activity; two or more indirect activities, which are allocated using different allocation bases; or an unallowable activity and a direct or indirect cost activity.
(viii) Budget estimates (i.e., estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity actually performed;
(B) Significant changes in the corresponding work activity (as defined by the non-Federal entity’s written policies) are identified and entered into the records in a timely manner. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuation between workload categories need not be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The non-Federal entity’s system of internal controls includes processes to review after the fact interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustment must be made such that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Condition: We noted that the Organization allocated payroll expenditures using timecards that were not fully reviewed and approved. Two out of 43 selections for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program did not have employee and/or supervisor approvals.
Cause: The Organization did not have adequate policies/procedures in place to ensure timesheet allocations are obtained for all employees charging time to federal grants and that they are appropriately reviewed.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls to ensure that costs allocated to federal programs are supported, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the federal program.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample. Payroll costs charged to the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program were $1,320,137 in fiscal year 2024. Any costs not adequately supported by approved timesheet or subsequent attestation are considered questioned costs.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: The Organization should consistently obtain and retain timesheet approvals from both employees and supervisors for each pay period requested for reimbursement. Subsequent attestations of time worked should be timely obtained if detective controls identify missing timesheet approvals.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating and implementing mitigating controls to ensure approvals are sufficiently documented.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Programs: 21.027
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – Personal Services:
“Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses
(1) Charges to Federal awards for salaries and wages must be based on records that accurately reflect the work performed. These records must:
(i) Be supported by a system of internal control, which provides reasonable assurance that the charges are accurate, allowable, and properly allocated;
(ii) Be incorporated into the official records of the non-Federal entity;
(iii) Reasonably reflect the total activity for which the employee is compensated by the non-Federal entity, not exceeding 100% of compensated activities;
(iv) Encompass federally assisted and all other activities compensated by the non-Federal entity on an integrated basis, but may include the use of subsidiary records as defined in the non Federal entity’s written policy;
(v) Comply with the established accounting policies and practices of the non Federal entity; and
(vi) [Reserved]
(vii) Support the distribution of the employee’s salary or wages among specific activities or cost objectives if the employee works on more than one Federal award; a Federal award and non-Federal award; an indirect cost activity and a direct cost activity; two or more indirect activities, which are allocated using different allocation bases; or an unallowable activity and a direct or indirect cost activity.
(viii) Budget estimates (i.e., estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity actually performed;
(B) Significant changes in the corresponding work activity (as defined by the non-Federal entity’s written policies) are identified and entered into the records in a timely manner. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuation between workload categories need not be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The non-Federal entity’s system of internal controls includes processes to review after the fact interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustment must be made such that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Condition: We noted that the Organization allocated payroll expenditures using timecards that were not fully reviewed and approved. Two out of 43 selections for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program did not have employee and/or supervisor approvals.
Cause: The Organization did not have adequate policies/procedures in place to ensure timesheet allocations are obtained for all employees charging time to federal grants and that they are appropriately reviewed.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls to ensure that costs allocated to federal programs are supported, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the federal program.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample. Payroll costs charged to the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program were $1,320,137 in fiscal year 2024. Any costs not adequately supported by approved timesheet or subsequent attestation are considered questioned costs.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: The Organization should consistently obtain and retain timesheet approvals from both employees and supervisors for each pay period requested for reimbursement. Subsequent attestations of time worked should be timely obtained if detective controls identify missing timesheet approvals.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating and implementing mitigating controls to ensure approvals are sufficiently documented.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Programs: 21.027
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – Personal Services:
“Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses
(1) Charges to Federal awards for salaries and wages must be based on records that accurately reflect the work performed. These records must:
(i) Be supported by a system of internal control, which provides reasonable assurance that the charges are accurate, allowable, and properly allocated;
(ii) Be incorporated into the official records of the non-Federal entity;
(iii) Reasonably reflect the total activity for which the employee is compensated by the non-Federal entity, not exceeding 100% of compensated activities;
(iv) Encompass federally assisted and all other activities compensated by the non-Federal entity on an integrated basis, but may include the use of subsidiary records as defined in the non Federal entity’s written policy;
(v) Comply with the established accounting policies and practices of the non Federal entity; and
(vi) [Reserved]
(vii) Support the distribution of the employee’s salary or wages among specific activities or cost objectives if the employee works on more than one Federal award; a Federal award and non-Federal award; an indirect cost activity and a direct cost activity; two or more indirect activities, which are allocated using different allocation bases; or an unallowable activity and a direct or indirect cost activity.
(viii) Budget estimates (i.e., estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity actually performed;
(B) Significant changes in the corresponding work activity (as defined by the non-Federal entity’s written policies) are identified and entered into the records in a timely manner. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuation between workload categories need not be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The non-Federal entity’s system of internal controls includes processes to review after the fact interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustment must be made such that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Condition: We noted that the Organization allocated payroll expenditures using timecards that were not fully reviewed and approved. Two out of 43 selections for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program did not have employee and/or supervisor approvals.
Cause: The Organization did not have adequate policies/procedures in place to ensure timesheet allocations are obtained for all employees charging time to federal grants and that they are appropriately reviewed.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls to ensure that costs allocated to federal programs are supported, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the federal program.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample. Payroll costs charged to the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program were $1,320,137 in fiscal year 2024. Any costs not adequately supported by approved timesheet or subsequent attestation are considered questioned costs.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: The Organization should consistently obtain and retain timesheet approvals from both employees and supervisors for each pay period requested for reimbursement. Subsequent attestations of time worked should be timely obtained if detective controls identify missing timesheet approvals.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating and implementing mitigating controls to ensure approvals are sufficiently documented.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Programs: 21.027
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – Personal Services:
“Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses
(1) Charges to Federal awards for salaries and wages must be based on records that accurately reflect the work performed. These records must:
(i) Be supported by a system of internal control, which provides reasonable assurance that the charges are accurate, allowable, and properly allocated;
(ii) Be incorporated into the official records of the non-Federal entity;
(iii) Reasonably reflect the total activity for which the employee is compensated by the non-Federal entity, not exceeding 100% of compensated activities;
(iv) Encompass federally assisted and all other activities compensated by the non-Federal entity on an integrated basis, but may include the use of subsidiary records as defined in the non Federal entity’s written policy;
(v) Comply with the established accounting policies and practices of the non Federal entity; and
(vi) [Reserved]
(vii) Support the distribution of the employee’s salary or wages among specific activities or cost objectives if the employee works on more than one Federal award; a Federal award and non-Federal award; an indirect cost activity and a direct cost activity; two or more indirect activities, which are allocated using different allocation bases; or an unallowable activity and a direct or indirect cost activity.
(viii) Budget estimates (i.e., estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity actually performed;
(B) Significant changes in the corresponding work activity (as defined by the non-Federal entity’s written policies) are identified and entered into the records in a timely manner. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuation between workload categories need not be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The non-Federal entity’s system of internal controls includes processes to review after the fact interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustment must be made such that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Condition: We noted that the Organization allocated payroll expenditures using timecards that were not fully reviewed and approved. Two out of 43 selections for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program did not have employee and/or supervisor approvals.
Cause: The Organization did not have adequate policies/procedures in place to ensure timesheet allocations are obtained for all employees charging time to federal grants and that they are appropriately reviewed.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls to ensure that costs allocated to federal programs are supported, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the federal program.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample. Payroll costs charged to the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program were $1,320,137 in fiscal year 2024. Any costs not adequately supported by approved timesheet or subsequent attestation are considered questioned costs.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: The Organization should consistently obtain and retain timesheet approvals from both employees and supervisors for each pay period requested for reimbursement. Subsequent attestations of time worked should be timely obtained if detective controls identify missing timesheet approvals.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating and implementing mitigating controls to ensure approvals are sufficiently documented.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Programs: 21.027
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – Personal Services:
“Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses
(1) Charges to Federal awards for salaries and wages must be based on records that accurately reflect the work performed. These records must:
(i) Be supported by a system of internal control, which provides reasonable assurance that the charges are accurate, allowable, and properly allocated;
(ii) Be incorporated into the official records of the non-Federal entity;
(iii) Reasonably reflect the total activity for which the employee is compensated by the non-Federal entity, not exceeding 100% of compensated activities;
(iv) Encompass federally assisted and all other activities compensated by the non-Federal entity on an integrated basis, but may include the use of subsidiary records as defined in the non Federal entity’s written policy;
(v) Comply with the established accounting policies and practices of the non Federal entity; and
(vi) [Reserved]
(vii) Support the distribution of the employee’s salary or wages among specific activities or cost objectives if the employee works on more than one Federal award; a Federal award and non-Federal award; an indirect cost activity and a direct cost activity; two or more indirect activities, which are allocated using different allocation bases; or an unallowable activity and a direct or indirect cost activity.
(viii) Budget estimates (i.e., estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity actually performed;
(B) Significant changes in the corresponding work activity (as defined by the non-Federal entity’s written policies) are identified and entered into the records in a timely manner. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuation between workload categories need not be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The non-Federal entity’s system of internal controls includes processes to review after the fact interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustment must be made such that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Condition: We noted that the Organization allocated payroll expenditures using timecards that were not fully reviewed and approved. Two out of 43 selections for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program did not have employee and/or supervisor approvals.
Cause: The Organization did not have adequate policies/procedures in place to ensure timesheet allocations are obtained for all employees charging time to federal grants and that they are appropriately reviewed.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls to ensure that costs allocated to federal programs are supported, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the federal program.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample. Payroll costs charged to the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program were $1,320,137 in fiscal year 2024. Any costs not adequately supported by approved timesheet or subsequent attestation are considered questioned costs.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: The Organization should consistently obtain and retain timesheet approvals from both employees and supervisors for each pay period requested for reimbursement. Subsequent attestations of time worked should be timely obtained if detective controls identify missing timesheet approvals.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating and implementing mitigating controls to ensure approvals are sufficiently documented.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Programs: 21.027
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – Personal Services:
“Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses
(1) Charges to Federal awards for salaries and wages must be based on records that accurately reflect the work performed. These records must:
(i) Be supported by a system of internal control, which provides reasonable assurance that the charges are accurate, allowable, and properly allocated;
(ii) Be incorporated into the official records of the non-Federal entity;
(iii) Reasonably reflect the total activity for which the employee is compensated by the non-Federal entity, not exceeding 100% of compensated activities;
(iv) Encompass federally assisted and all other activities compensated by the non-Federal entity on an integrated basis, but may include the use of subsidiary records as defined in the non Federal entity’s written policy;
(v) Comply with the established accounting policies and practices of the non Federal entity; and
(vi) [Reserved]
(vii) Support the distribution of the employee’s salary or wages among specific activities or cost objectives if the employee works on more than one Federal award; a Federal award and non-Federal award; an indirect cost activity and a direct cost activity; two or more indirect activities, which are allocated using different allocation bases; or an unallowable activity and a direct or indirect cost activity.
(viii) Budget estimates (i.e., estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity actually performed;
(B) Significant changes in the corresponding work activity (as defined by the non-Federal entity’s written policies) are identified and entered into the records in a timely manner. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuation between workload categories need not be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The non-Federal entity’s system of internal controls includes processes to review after the fact interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustment must be made such that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Condition: We noted that the Organization allocated payroll expenditures using timecards that were not fully reviewed and approved. Two out of 43 selections for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program did not have employee and/or supervisor approvals.
Cause: The Organization did not have adequate policies/procedures in place to ensure timesheet allocations are obtained for all employees charging time to federal grants and that they are appropriately reviewed.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls to ensure that costs allocated to federal programs are supported, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the federal program.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample. Payroll costs charged to the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program were $1,320,137 in fiscal year 2024. Any costs not adequately supported by approved timesheet or subsequent attestation are considered questioned costs.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: The Organization should consistently obtain and retain timesheet approvals from both employees and supervisors for each pay period requested for reimbursement. Subsequent attestations of time worked should be timely obtained if detective controls identify missing timesheet approvals.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating and implementing mitigating controls to ensure approvals are sufficiently documented.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Programs: 21.027
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – Personal Services:
“Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses
(1) Charges to Federal awards for salaries and wages must be based on records that accurately reflect the work performed. These records must:
(i) Be supported by a system of internal control, which provides reasonable assurance that the charges are accurate, allowable, and properly allocated;
(ii) Be incorporated into the official records of the non-Federal entity;
(iii) Reasonably reflect the total activity for which the employee is compensated by the non-Federal entity, not exceeding 100% of compensated activities;
(iv) Encompass federally assisted and all other activities compensated by the non-Federal entity on an integrated basis, but may include the use of subsidiary records as defined in the non Federal entity’s written policy;
(v) Comply with the established accounting policies and practices of the non Federal entity; and
(vi) [Reserved]
(vii) Support the distribution of the employee’s salary or wages among specific activities or cost objectives if the employee works on more than one Federal award; a Federal award and non-Federal award; an indirect cost activity and a direct cost activity; two or more indirect activities, which are allocated using different allocation bases; or an unallowable activity and a direct or indirect cost activity.
(viii) Budget estimates (i.e., estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity actually performed;
(B) Significant changes in the corresponding work activity (as defined by the non-Federal entity’s written policies) are identified and entered into the records in a timely manner. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuation between workload categories need not be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The non-Federal entity’s system of internal controls includes processes to review after the fact interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustment must be made such that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Condition: We noted that the Organization allocated payroll expenditures using timecards that were not fully reviewed and approved. Two out of 43 selections for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program did not have employee and/or supervisor approvals.
Cause: The Organization did not have adequate policies/procedures in place to ensure timesheet allocations are obtained for all employees charging time to federal grants and that they are appropriately reviewed.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls to ensure that costs allocated to federal programs are supported, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the federal program.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample. Payroll costs charged to the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program were $1,320,137 in fiscal year 2024. Any costs not adequately supported by approved timesheet or subsequent attestation are considered questioned costs.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: The Organization should consistently obtain and retain timesheet approvals from both employees and supervisors for each pay period requested for reimbursement. Subsequent attestations of time worked should be timely obtained if detective controls identify missing timesheet approvals.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating and implementing mitigating controls to ensure approvals are sufficiently documented.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Programs: 21.027
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – Personal Services:
“Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses
(1) Charges to Federal awards for salaries and wages must be based on records that accurately reflect the work performed. These records must:
(i) Be supported by a system of internal control, which provides reasonable assurance that the charges are accurate, allowable, and properly allocated;
(ii) Be incorporated into the official records of the non-Federal entity;
(iii) Reasonably reflect the total activity for which the employee is compensated by the non-Federal entity, not exceeding 100% of compensated activities;
(iv) Encompass federally assisted and all other activities compensated by the non-Federal entity on an integrated basis, but may include the use of subsidiary records as defined in the non Federal entity’s written policy;
(v) Comply with the established accounting policies and practices of the non Federal entity; and
(vi) [Reserved]
(vii) Support the distribution of the employee’s salary or wages among specific activities or cost objectives if the employee works on more than one Federal award; a Federal award and non-Federal award; an indirect cost activity and a direct cost activity; two or more indirect activities, which are allocated using different allocation bases; or an unallowable activity and a direct or indirect cost activity.
(viii) Budget estimates (i.e., estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity actually performed;
(B) Significant changes in the corresponding work activity (as defined by the non-Federal entity’s written policies) are identified and entered into the records in a timely manner. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuation between workload categories need not be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The non-Federal entity’s system of internal controls includes processes to review after the fact interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustment must be made such that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Condition: We noted that the Organization allocated payroll expenditures using timecards that were not fully reviewed and approved. Two out of 43 selections for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program did not have employee and/or supervisor approvals.
Cause: The Organization did not have adequate policies/procedures in place to ensure timesheet allocations are obtained for all employees charging time to federal grants and that they are appropriately reviewed.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls to ensure that costs allocated to federal programs are supported, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the federal program.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample. Payroll costs charged to the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program were $1,320,137 in fiscal year 2024. Any costs not adequately supported by approved timesheet or subsequent attestation are considered questioned costs.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: The Organization should consistently obtain and retain timesheet approvals from both employees and supervisors for each pay period requested for reimbursement. Subsequent attestations of time worked should be timely obtained if detective controls identify missing timesheet approvals.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating and implementing mitigating controls to ensure approvals are sufficiently documented.
Federal Agencies: Department of the Treasury
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Programs: 21.027
Award/Pass-Through Entity Identifying Numbers: HCS-23-AR-2111-018, ARPA - HCS-22-AR-2104-018, COVID-19 - EL-22-AR-27-018, ARPA - EL-22-AR-35-018(1), ARPA - EL-21-AR-03-018(4), ARPA - EL-21-AR-04-018(5), ARPA - EL-22-AR-29-018(2), ARPA - HS-21-AR-01-018(2), BH-22-AR-02-018(1), HCS-23-67-2301-018, HCS-23-AR-2107-018, ARP – 19911, CRF-2024-01, Agreement, 3733, COVID-19 – Agreement, K501, K4893, K4786, K4560, K4862
Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR §200.303 requires that non Federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
Per 2 CFR §200.430 Compensation – Personal Services:
“Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses
(1) Charges to Federal awards for salaries and wages must be based on records that accurately reflect the work performed. These records must:
(i) Be supported by a system of internal control, which provides reasonable assurance that the charges are accurate, allowable, and properly allocated;
(ii) Be incorporated into the official records of the non-Federal entity;
(iii) Reasonably reflect the total activity for which the employee is compensated by the non-Federal entity, not exceeding 100% of compensated activities;
(iv) Encompass federally assisted and all other activities compensated by the non-Federal entity on an integrated basis, but may include the use of subsidiary records as defined in the non Federal entity’s written policy;
(v) Comply with the established accounting policies and practices of the non Federal entity; and
(vi) [Reserved]
(vii) Support the distribution of the employee’s salary or wages among specific activities or cost objectives if the employee works on more than one Federal award; a Federal award and non-Federal award; an indirect cost activity and a direct cost activity; two or more indirect activities, which are allocated using different allocation bases; or an unallowable activity and a direct or indirect cost activity.
(viii) Budget estimates (i.e., estimates determined before the services are performed) alone do not qualify as support for charges to Federal awards, but may be used for interim accounting purposes, provided that:
(A) The system for establishing the estimates produces reasonable approximations of the activity actually performed;
(B) Significant changes in the corresponding work activity (as defined by the non-Federal entity’s written policies) are identified and entered into the records in a timely manner. Short-term (such as one or two months) fluctuation between workload categories need not be considered as long as the distribution of salaries and wages is reasonable over the longer term; and
(C) The non-Federal entity’s system of internal controls includes processes to review after the fact interim charges made to a Federal award based on budget estimates. All necessary adjustment must be made such that the final amount charged to the Federal award is accurate, allowable, and properly allocated.”
Condition: We noted that the Organization allocated payroll expenditures using timecards that were not fully reviewed and approved. Two out of 43 selections for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program did not have employee and/or supervisor approvals.
Cause: The Organization did not have adequate policies/procedures in place to ensure timesheet allocations are obtained for all employees charging time to federal grants and that they are appropriately reviewed.
Effect or Potential Effect: Without adequate controls to ensure that costs allocated to federal programs are supported, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the federal program.
Questioned Costs: None above the $25,000 reporting threshold.
Context: This is a condition identified per review of the Organization’s compliance with specified requirements not using a statistically valid sample. Payroll costs charged to the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program were $1,320,137 in fiscal year 2024. Any costs not adequately supported by approved timesheet or subsequent attestation are considered questioned costs.
Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding noted in the prior year.
Recommendation: The Organization should consistently obtain and retain timesheet approvals from both employees and supervisors for each pay period requested for reimbursement. Subsequent attestations of time worked should be timely obtained if detective controls identify missing timesheet approvals.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Management is updating and implementing mitigating controls to ensure approvals are sufficiently documented.