Notes to SEFA
Amounts shown as paid via Third-Party Administrator (TPA) are payments made by a TPA for County authorized services. The TPA makes payments directly to the service providers and receives reimbursement for these services directly from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS). The activity between the TPA and service providers is not recorded in the County’s financial accounting system; however, DHS guidance dictates that these transactions are to be included in the schedules of expenditures of federal awards and state financial assistance.
Payments made directly to recipients and vendors by the State of Wisconsin on behalf of the County totaled $17,760,719 for 2024. The amounts are not included in the schedule of expenditures of federal awards and schedule of expenditures of state financial assistance. Detail by program of the direct payments by the State during 2024 follows: Program: Food Stamps $17,760,719
Detail of the sources and uses of the SWRM program for County Staff and Support and Land and Water Resource Management (LWRM) Plan Implementation for 2024 are as follows: SWRM Plan Implementation 115.150 Sources: Receipts from state $24,653 Plus ending receivable $142,719 Total sources $167,372 Uses: Reimbursed staff and support $167,372 LWRM Plan Implementation 115.400 Sources: Receipts from state $132,538 Less - Beginning receivable (14,927) Plus ending receivable 9,118 Total state sources $126,729 Uses: Total cost share payments $126,729 Total Uses $126,729
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) utilizes the Grant Enrollment, Application, and Reporting System (GEARS) for reimbursing the County for various federal and state program expenditures. The expenditures reported on the schedule of expenditures of federal awards and the schedule of expenditures of state financial assistance for various DHS programs agree with the expenditures reported on May 1, 2025, GEARS report.