Notes to SEFA
The accompany schedule of expenditures of federal awards (the “Schedule”) includes the federal grant activity of Metropolitan Public Defender Services, Inc. under programs of the federal government for the year ended December 31, 2024. The information in this Schedule is presented in accordance with the requirements of Title 2, U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, Part 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (the “Uniform Guidance”). Because the Schedule presents only a selected portion of the operations of Metropolitan Public Defender Services, Inc., it is not intended to and does not present the financial position, changes in net assets, or cash flows of Metropolitan Public Defender Services, Inc. For purposes of the Schedule, federal awards include all grants, contracts, and similar agreements entered into directly between Metropolitan Public Defender Services, Inc. and agencies and departments of the federal government and all sub-awards to the organization by non-federal organizations pursuant to federal grants, contracts and similar agreements.
Expenditures reported on the Schedule are reported on the accrual basis of accounting. Such expenditures are recognized following the cost principles contained in the Uniform Guidance, wherein certain types of expenditures are not allowable or are limited as to reimbursement.
The Metropolitan Public Defender Services, Inc. elected not to use the 10 percent de minimis indirect cost rate or the 15 percent de minimis indirect cost rate after October 1, 2024, as allowed under the Uniform Guidance.