Audit 38139

FY End
2022-09-30
Total Expended
$4.72M
Findings
8
Programs
7
Year: 2022 Accepted: 2023-07-25
Auditor: Bert Smith & CO

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Findings

ID Ref Severity Repeat Requirement
38904 2022-001 Significant Deficiency - P
38905 2022-002 Material Weakness - B
38906 2022-001 Significant Deficiency - P
38907 2022-002 Material Weakness - B
615346 2022-001 Significant Deficiency - P
615347 2022-002 Material Weakness - B
615348 2022-001 Significant Deficiency - P
615349 2022-002 Material Weakness - B

Programs

ALN Program Spent Major Findings
93.667 Social Services Block Grant $673,121 Yes 1
16.318 Children Exposed to Violence $251,686 - 0
21.027 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds $212,866 Yes 1
93.569 Community Services Block Grant $113,685 - 0
16.123 Community-Based Violence Prevention Program $81,281 - 0
84.425 Education Stabilization Fund $51,627 - 0
93.590 Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention Grants $50,000 - 0

Contacts

Name Title Type
C6DUE4H33231 Johnny Mammen Auditee
2022818779 Mary E. Rullow Auditor
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Notes to SEFA

Title: BASIS OF PRESENTATION Accounting Policies: 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. De Minimis Rate Used: N Rate Explanation: The auditee did not use the de minimis cost rate. The accompanying schedule of expenditures of federal awards (the Schedule) includes the federal grant activity of the Collaborative Solutions for Communities (CSC), under programs of the federal government for the year ended September 30, 2022. 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 (Uniform Guidance). Because the Schedule presents only a selected portion of the operations of CSC, it is not intended to and does not present the financial position, changes in net assets or cash flows of CSC.

Finding Details

Section III: Federal Award Findings and Questioned Costs Finding Number: 2022-001 Prior Year Finding Number: N/A Compliance Requirement: Data Collection Reporting Package Program: CSLRF and SSBG CFDA #: 21.027/93.667 Award #: Award Year: 10/01/2021-09/30/2022 Criteria: 2 CFR 200.512 requires that an entity?s single audit is to be submitted the earlier of thirty days after the receipt of the auditor?s report or nine months after the end of the audit period to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse (FAC). Condition: CSC?s audited financial statements for the September 30, 2022, year-end were not submitted to the Federal Audit Clearing House within the stipulated nine months after year-end. Questioned Costs: $-0- Context: This is a condition identified based on review of Uniform Guidance requirements. Effect: The project is not in compliance with reporting compliance of the Office of Management and Budget for non-profit, state and local government entities. Cause: There were transitions in financial personnel during and after year-end, which resulted in delays in the closing of the books and the report being submitted within the stipulated timeframe. Recommendation: We recommend that CSC work to have its audits completed more timely in the upcoming year to comply with federal guidelines for submission to the FAC.
Finding Number: Prior Year Finding Number:N/A Compliance Requirement:Allowable Costs/Cost Principles Program:CSLRF Pass through Entity: Office of Out of School Times Grant and Youth Outcomes and NAARC - Safe Passage Safe Blocks CFDA #:21.027 Award #:SY2021-22-SPSB-008-CSC: Award Year:10/01/2021-09/30/2022 Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR Section 200.303, Internal Controls, requires that non-federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statutes, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the federal award. In addition, 2 CFR 200.430 ? Factors Affecting Allowability of Costs - Except where otherwise authorized by statute, costs must meet the following general criteria in order to be allowable under Federal awards: (a)Be necessary and reasonable for the performance of the Federal award and be allocable thereto under these principles.(b) Conform to any limitations or exclusions set forth in these principles or in the Federal award as to types or amount of cost items.(c) Be consistent with policies and procedures that apply uniformly to both federally financed and other activities of the non-Federal entity. (d) Be accorded consistent treatment. A cost may not be assigned to a federal award as a direct cost if any other incurred for the same purpose in like circumstances has been allocated to the Federal award as an indirect cost.(e) Be determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), except, for state and local governments and Indian tribes only, as otherwise provided for in this part. (f) Not included as a cost or used to meet cost sharing or matching requirements of any other federally financed program in either the current or a prior period. (g)Be adequately documented. (h)Cost must be incurred during the approved budget period. The Federal awarding agency is authorized, at its discretion, to waive prior written approvals to carry forward unobligated balances to subsequent budget periods pursuant to ?200.308(e)(3). Condition: We sampled 40 payroll expense transactions and noted the following: ? 17 payroll transactions did not satisfy the prohibited felony background requirements as specified in the Safe Passage Safe Block grant agreement for personnel hired under this award. ? 14 payroll transactions from the Safe Passage Safe Block award did not show evidence of clearance by the D.C. Child and Family Services Child Protection Registry (CPR) and four (4) transactions did not show evidence of Metropolitan Police Department Criminal Background Check as a condition for employment. ? CSC received four (4) separate awards funded under this CFDA number. Two of the four awards were funded under the Safe Passage Safe Blocks program and CSC failed to provide the detail expenses of $212,866 to support federal revenues received from one of the grantors. Questioned Costs:$242,698 Context: This is a condition identified per review of CSC?s compliance with the specified requirements using a statistically valid sample. The known amount of the payroll transactions totaled $29,832 and the total of the pass-through award without detail expenses amounted to $212,866. Effect:CSC is not in compliance with the stated provisions of the grant awards. Failure to properly review and support expenses can result in noncompliance with laws and regulations along with loss of funding. Cause:CSC did not appear to have adequate policies and procedures in place to ensure compliance with the required stipulations regarding background and other checks and ensuring that expenses exist prior to funds being reimbursed. Recommendation:We recommend that CSC ensure that personnel hired under the grant meet all the background and other checks within the stipulated time frame outlined in the grant agreement. We recommend that CSC strengthen its processes with respect to setting up and charging expenditures between various grant awards. We also recommend that CSC improve internal controls to ensure adherence to Federal regulations related to the fiscal and administrative requirements for expending and accounting for expenses incurred and reported.
Section III: Federal Award Findings and Questioned Costs Finding Number: 2022-001 Prior Year Finding Number: N/A Compliance Requirement: Data Collection Reporting Package Program: CSLRF and SSBG CFDA #: 21.027/93.667 Award #: Award Year: 10/01/2021-09/30/2022 Criteria: 2 CFR 200.512 requires that an entity?s single audit is to be submitted the earlier of thirty days after the receipt of the auditor?s report or nine months after the end of the audit period to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse (FAC). Condition: CSC?s audited financial statements for the September 30, 2022, year-end were not submitted to the Federal Audit Clearing House within the stipulated nine months after year-end. Questioned Costs: $-0- Context: This is a condition identified based on review of Uniform Guidance requirements. Effect: The project is not in compliance with reporting compliance of the Office of Management and Budget for non-profit, state and local government entities. Cause: There were transitions in financial personnel during and after year-end, which resulted in delays in the closing of the books and the report being submitted within the stipulated timeframe. Recommendation: We recommend that CSC work to have its audits completed more timely in the upcoming year to comply with federal guidelines for submission to the FAC.
Finding Number: Prior Year Finding Number:N/A Compliance Requirement:Allowable Costs/Cost Principles Program:CSLRF Pass through Entity: Office of Out of School Times Grant and Youth Outcomes and NAARC - Safe Passage Safe Blocks CFDA #:21.027 Award #:SY2021-22-SPSB-008-CSC: Award Year:10/01/2021-09/30/2022 Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR Section 200.303, Internal Controls, requires that non-federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statutes, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the federal award. In addition, 2 CFR 200.430 ? Factors Affecting Allowability of Costs - Except where otherwise authorized by statute, costs must meet the following general criteria in order to be allowable under Federal awards: (a)Be necessary and reasonable for the performance of the Federal award and be allocable thereto under these principles.(b) Conform to any limitations or exclusions set forth in these principles or in the Federal award as to types or amount of cost items.(c) Be consistent with policies and procedures that apply uniformly to both federally financed and other activities of the non-Federal entity. (d) Be accorded consistent treatment. A cost may not be assigned to a federal award as a direct cost if any other incurred for the same purpose in like circumstances has been allocated to the Federal award as an indirect cost.(e) Be determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), except, for state and local governments and Indian tribes only, as otherwise provided for in this part. (f) Not included as a cost or used to meet cost sharing or matching requirements of any other federally financed program in either the current or a prior period. (g)Be adequately documented. (h)Cost must be incurred during the approved budget period. The Federal awarding agency is authorized, at its discretion, to waive prior written approvals to carry forward unobligated balances to subsequent budget periods pursuant to ?200.308(e)(3). Condition: We sampled 40 payroll expense transactions and noted the following: ? 17 payroll transactions did not satisfy the prohibited felony background requirements as specified in the Safe Passage Safe Block grant agreement for personnel hired under this award. ? 14 payroll transactions from the Safe Passage Safe Block award did not show evidence of clearance by the D.C. Child and Family Services Child Protection Registry (CPR) and four (4) transactions did not show evidence of Metropolitan Police Department Criminal Background Check as a condition for employment. ? CSC received four (4) separate awards funded under this CFDA number. Two of the four awards were funded under the Safe Passage Safe Blocks program and CSC failed to provide the detail expenses of $212,866 to support federal revenues received from one of the grantors. Questioned Costs:$242,698 Context: This is a condition identified per review of CSC?s compliance with the specified requirements using a statistically valid sample. The known amount of the payroll transactions totaled $29,832 and the total of the pass-through award without detail expenses amounted to $212,866. Effect:CSC is not in compliance with the stated provisions of the grant awards. Failure to properly review and support expenses can result in noncompliance with laws and regulations along with loss of funding. Cause:CSC did not appear to have adequate policies and procedures in place to ensure compliance with the required stipulations regarding background and other checks and ensuring that expenses exist prior to funds being reimbursed. Recommendation:We recommend that CSC ensure that personnel hired under the grant meet all the background and other checks within the stipulated time frame outlined in the grant agreement. We recommend that CSC strengthen its processes with respect to setting up and charging expenditures between various grant awards. We also recommend that CSC improve internal controls to ensure adherence to Federal regulations related to the fiscal and administrative requirements for expending and accounting for expenses incurred and reported.
Section III: Federal Award Findings and Questioned Costs Finding Number: 2022-001 Prior Year Finding Number: N/A Compliance Requirement: Data Collection Reporting Package Program: CSLRF and SSBG CFDA #: 21.027/93.667 Award #: Award Year: 10/01/2021-09/30/2022 Criteria: 2 CFR 200.512 requires that an entity?s single audit is to be submitted the earlier of thirty days after the receipt of the auditor?s report or nine months after the end of the audit period to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse (FAC). Condition: CSC?s audited financial statements for the September 30, 2022, year-end were not submitted to the Federal Audit Clearing House within the stipulated nine months after year-end. Questioned Costs: $-0- Context: This is a condition identified based on review of Uniform Guidance requirements. Effect: The project is not in compliance with reporting compliance of the Office of Management and Budget for non-profit, state and local government entities. Cause: There were transitions in financial personnel during and after year-end, which resulted in delays in the closing of the books and the report being submitted within the stipulated timeframe. Recommendation: We recommend that CSC work to have its audits completed more timely in the upcoming year to comply with federal guidelines for submission to the FAC.
Finding Number: Prior Year Finding Number:N/A Compliance Requirement:Allowable Costs/Cost Principles Program:CSLRF Pass through Entity: Office of Out of School Times Grant and Youth Outcomes and NAARC - Safe Passage Safe Blocks CFDA #:21.027 Award #:SY2021-22-SPSB-008-CSC: Award Year:10/01/2021-09/30/2022 Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR Section 200.303, Internal Controls, requires that non-federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statutes, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the federal award. In addition, 2 CFR 200.430 ? Factors Affecting Allowability of Costs - Except where otherwise authorized by statute, costs must meet the following general criteria in order to be allowable under Federal awards: (a)Be necessary and reasonable for the performance of the Federal award and be allocable thereto under these principles.(b) Conform to any limitations or exclusions set forth in these principles or in the Federal award as to types or amount of cost items.(c) Be consistent with policies and procedures that apply uniformly to both federally financed and other activities of the non-Federal entity. (d) Be accorded consistent treatment. A cost may not be assigned to a federal award as a direct cost if any other incurred for the same purpose in like circumstances has been allocated to the Federal award as an indirect cost.(e) Be determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), except, for state and local governments and Indian tribes only, as otherwise provided for in this part. (f) Not included as a cost or used to meet cost sharing or matching requirements of any other federally financed program in either the current or a prior period. (g)Be adequately documented. (h)Cost must be incurred during the approved budget period. The Federal awarding agency is authorized, at its discretion, to waive prior written approvals to carry forward unobligated balances to subsequent budget periods pursuant to ?200.308(e)(3). Condition: We sampled 40 payroll expense transactions and noted the following: ? 17 payroll transactions did not satisfy the prohibited felony background requirements as specified in the Safe Passage Safe Block grant agreement for personnel hired under this award. ? 14 payroll transactions from the Safe Passage Safe Block award did not show evidence of clearance by the D.C. Child and Family Services Child Protection Registry (CPR) and four (4) transactions did not show evidence of Metropolitan Police Department Criminal Background Check as a condition for employment. ? CSC received four (4) separate awards funded under this CFDA number. Two of the four awards were funded under the Safe Passage Safe Blocks program and CSC failed to provide the detail expenses of $212,866 to support federal revenues received from one of the grantors. Questioned Costs:$242,698 Context: This is a condition identified per review of CSC?s compliance with the specified requirements using a statistically valid sample. The known amount of the payroll transactions totaled $29,832 and the total of the pass-through award without detail expenses amounted to $212,866. Effect:CSC is not in compliance with the stated provisions of the grant awards. Failure to properly review and support expenses can result in noncompliance with laws and regulations along with loss of funding. Cause:CSC did not appear to have adequate policies and procedures in place to ensure compliance with the required stipulations regarding background and other checks and ensuring that expenses exist prior to funds being reimbursed. Recommendation:We recommend that CSC ensure that personnel hired under the grant meet all the background and other checks within the stipulated time frame outlined in the grant agreement. We recommend that CSC strengthen its processes with respect to setting up and charging expenditures between various grant awards. We also recommend that CSC improve internal controls to ensure adherence to Federal regulations related to the fiscal and administrative requirements for expending and accounting for expenses incurred and reported.
Section III: Federal Award Findings and Questioned Costs Finding Number: 2022-001 Prior Year Finding Number: N/A Compliance Requirement: Data Collection Reporting Package Program: CSLRF and SSBG CFDA #: 21.027/93.667 Award #: Award Year: 10/01/2021-09/30/2022 Criteria: 2 CFR 200.512 requires that an entity?s single audit is to be submitted the earlier of thirty days after the receipt of the auditor?s report or nine months after the end of the audit period to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse (FAC). Condition: CSC?s audited financial statements for the September 30, 2022, year-end were not submitted to the Federal Audit Clearing House within the stipulated nine months after year-end. Questioned Costs: $-0- Context: This is a condition identified based on review of Uniform Guidance requirements. Effect: The project is not in compliance with reporting compliance of the Office of Management and Budget for non-profit, state and local government entities. Cause: There were transitions in financial personnel during and after year-end, which resulted in delays in the closing of the books and the report being submitted within the stipulated timeframe. Recommendation: We recommend that CSC work to have its audits completed more timely in the upcoming year to comply with federal guidelines for submission to the FAC.
Finding Number: Prior Year Finding Number:N/A Compliance Requirement:Allowable Costs/Cost Principles Program:CSLRF Pass through Entity: Office of Out of School Times Grant and Youth Outcomes and NAARC - Safe Passage Safe Blocks CFDA #:21.027 Award #:SY2021-22-SPSB-008-CSC: Award Year:10/01/2021-09/30/2022 Criteria: The Uniform Guidance in 2 CFR Section 200.303, Internal Controls, requires that non-federal entities receiving Federal awards (i.e., auditee management) establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with Federal statutes, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the federal award. In addition, 2 CFR 200.430 ? Factors Affecting Allowability of Costs - Except where otherwise authorized by statute, costs must meet the following general criteria in order to be allowable under Federal awards: (a)Be necessary and reasonable for the performance of the Federal award and be allocable thereto under these principles.(b) Conform to any limitations or exclusions set forth in these principles or in the Federal award as to types or amount of cost items.(c) Be consistent with policies and procedures that apply uniformly to both federally financed and other activities of the non-Federal entity. (d) Be accorded consistent treatment. A cost may not be assigned to a federal award as a direct cost if any other incurred for the same purpose in like circumstances has been allocated to the Federal award as an indirect cost.(e) Be determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), except, for state and local governments and Indian tribes only, as otherwise provided for in this part. (f) Not included as a cost or used to meet cost sharing or matching requirements of any other federally financed program in either the current or a prior period. (g)Be adequately documented. (h)Cost must be incurred during the approved budget period. The Federal awarding agency is authorized, at its discretion, to waive prior written approvals to carry forward unobligated balances to subsequent budget periods pursuant to ?200.308(e)(3). Condition: We sampled 40 payroll expense transactions and noted the following: ? 17 payroll transactions did not satisfy the prohibited felony background requirements as specified in the Safe Passage Safe Block grant agreement for personnel hired under this award. ? 14 payroll transactions from the Safe Passage Safe Block award did not show evidence of clearance by the D.C. Child and Family Services Child Protection Registry (CPR) and four (4) transactions did not show evidence of Metropolitan Police Department Criminal Background Check as a condition for employment. ? CSC received four (4) separate awards funded under this CFDA number. Two of the four awards were funded under the Safe Passage Safe Blocks program and CSC failed to provide the detail expenses of $212,866 to support federal revenues received from one of the grantors. Questioned Costs:$242,698 Context: This is a condition identified per review of CSC?s compliance with the specified requirements using a statistically valid sample. The known amount of the payroll transactions totaled $29,832 and the total of the pass-through award without detail expenses amounted to $212,866. Effect:CSC is not in compliance with the stated provisions of the grant awards. Failure to properly review and support expenses can result in noncompliance with laws and regulations along with loss of funding. Cause:CSC did not appear to have adequate policies and procedures in place to ensure compliance with the required stipulations regarding background and other checks and ensuring that expenses exist prior to funds being reimbursed. Recommendation:We recommend that CSC ensure that personnel hired under the grant meet all the background and other checks within the stipulated time frame outlined in the grant agreement. We recommend that CSC strengthen its processes with respect to setting up and charging expenditures between various grant awards. We also recommend that CSC improve internal controls to ensure adherence to Federal regulations related to the fiscal and administrative requirements for expending and accounting for expenses incurred and reported.