Audit 370058

FY End
2024-12-31
Total Expended
$54.66M
Findings
1
Programs
33
Organization: County of Essex (NJ)
Year: 2024 Accepted: 2025-09-30

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Findings

ID Ref Severity Repeat Requirement
1158131 2024-001 Material Weakness Yes C

Programs

ALN Program Spent Major Findings
21.027 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds $20.21M Yes 0
14.218 Community Development Block Grants/entitlement Grants $10.09M Yes 1
14.239 Home Investment Partnerships Program $4.16M Yes 0
93.045 Special Programs for the Aging, Title Iii, Part C, Nutrition Services $2.87M Yes 0
14.231 Emergency Solutions Grant Program $1.84M Yes 0
93.044 Special Programs for the Aging, Title Iii, Part B, Grants for Supportive Services and Senior Centers $1.51M Yes 0
93.569 Community Services Block Grant $1.18M Yes 0
14.267 Continuum of Care Program $1.08M Yes 0
97.067 Homeland Security Grant Program $946,046 Yes 0
16.575 Crime Victim Assistance $944,317 Yes 0
17.278 Wioa Dislocated Worker Formula Grants $677,239 Yes 0
17.259 Wioa Youth Activities $667,971 Yes 0
21.019 Coronavirus Relief Fund $544,956 Yes 0
16.710 Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants $527,066 Yes 0
14.241 Housing Opportunities for Persons with Aids $438,695 Yes 0
93.788 Opioid Str $392,120 Yes 0
16.838 Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Other Substances Use Program $379,191 Yes 0
93.568 Low-Income Home Energy Assistance $375,669 Yes 0
16.606 State Criminal Alien Assistance Program $297,331 Yes 0
93.052 National Family Caregiver Support, Title Iii, Part E $291,118 Yes 0
20.521 New Freedom Program $198,589 Yes 0
10.561 State Administrative Matching Grants for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program $189,345 Yes 0
20.931 Transportation Planning, Research and Education $144,551 Yes 0
16.738 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program $140,435 Yes 0
20.205 Highway Planning and Construction $114,472 Yes 0
93.354 Public Health Emergency Response: Cooperative Agreement for Emergency Response: Public Health Crisis Response $99,349 Yes 0
16.588 Violence Against Women Formula Grants $90,635 Yes 0
16.752 Economic, High-Tech, and Cyber Crime Prevention $64,623 Yes 0
16.590 Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program $64,016 Yes 0
17.258 Wioa Adult Program $58,927 Yes 0
93.053 Nutrition Services Incentive Program $42,227 Yes 0
93.778 Medical Assistance Program $26,598 Yes 0
10.576 Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program $4,076 Yes 0

Contacts

Name Title Type
V4M8FU2JN5T8 Ehab Salama Auditee
9736216318 Joseph J. Faccone Auditor
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Finding Details

We recommend that management strengthen internal controls to ensure compliance with HUD cash management requirements. Drawdowns should be requeste4d only for actuaql, eligible expenditures submitted in a timely manner after costs are incurred, and not made in advance of need. Procedures should be implemented to ensure all eligible expenditures are promptly drawn from the IDIS system. Any funds drawn in error or prematurely should be returned promptly to HUD or the grantee to avoid noncompliance.