Audit 385452

FY End
2025-06-30
Total Expended
$11.76M
Findings
1
Programs
3
Year: 2025 Accepted: 2026-02-04

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Findings

ID Ref Severity Repeat Requirement
1172396 2025-001 Material Weakness Yes G

Programs

ALN Program Spent Major Findings
17.278 WIOA DISLOCATED WORKER FORMULA GRANTS $8.56M Yes 0
17.258 WIOA ADULT PROGRAM $1.69M Yes 0
17.259 WIOA YOUTH ACTIVITIES $1.50M Yes 1

Contacts

Name Title Type
VDF9UMZNJCC5 Sheila M Velez Auditee
7878793095 CPA Marco Rivera Auditor
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Notes to SEFA

The accompanying Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (the “Schedule”) includes the federal award activity of the Local Area under programs of the federal government for the year ended June 30, 2025. 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). Therefore, some amounts presented in this Schedule may differ from the amounts presented in, or used in the preparation of, the basic financial statements. Because the Schedule presents only a selected portion of the operations of the Local Area, it is not intended to and does not present the financial position and changes in net position of the Local Area.
Expenditures reported on the Schedule are reported on the modified 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 Assistance Listing Number is a program identification number. The first two digits identify the federal department or agency that administers the program, and the last three numbers are assigned by numerical sequence. State or local government redistributions of federal awards to the Local Area, known as “pass–through awards”, should be treated by the Local Area as though they were received directly from the federal government. The Uniform Guidance requires the schedule to include the name of the pass–through entity and the identifying number assigned by the pass-through entity for the federal awards received as a sub recipient. Numbers identified as N/A are not applicable and numbers identified as N/AV are not available.
Assistance Listing Numbers/Description Amount Total federal awards expenditure per SEFA $ 11,755,036 Plus: Other non federal expenditures used in WOIA activities 51,074 Total expenditures, statement of revenues, expenditures, and change in fund balance $ 11,806,110
The Local Area has elected not to use the ten percent the minimus indirect cost rate allowed under the Uniform Guidance.

Finding Details

Finding: 2025-001 Federal Agency: Uinted States Department of Labor Pass Through Agency: Puerto Rico Department of Economic Development Federal Program Title: WIOA Youth Activities Assistance Listing Number: 17.259 Compliance Requirement: Matching, Level of Effort, Earmarking Type of Finding: Significant Deficiency in Internal Control Over Compliance (SD) Responsible Official: Yasira Vélez, Executive Director Condition During our audits test of the earmarking compliance requirements for the Youth Program funds of the program 2024-2025, we noted that the Local Area only expended 48% of the funds allocated to provided services to out-of-school youth. Criteria A minimum of 75 percent of the Youth Activities funds allocated to State and local area, except for the area expenditure for administration, must be used to provide services to out-of-school youth (Section129(a)(4)(A), WIOA, 128 Stat.1506). However, pursuant to a waiver granted by the U.S. Department of Labor, the required utilization rate was reduced to 50 percent. Cause The Local Area failed to timely identify the noncompliance with the earmarking requirements for the Youth Program and did not adequately plan activities for outof-school youth to ensure compliance with the established requirements. Effect As a result, the Local Area did not comply with the earmarking requirements for the Youth Activities program. Recommendation We recommend that the Local Area establish monitoring procedures and perform periodic reviews of expenditures to ensure compliance with earmarking requirements throughout the grant period. Questioned Costs N/A