Notes to SEFA
The accompanying Schedule of Expenditures of Federal and State awards includes the federal grant activity and state grant activity of the County and is presented on the modified cash basis of accounting. 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 (“OMB Uniform Guidance”) and Texas Grant Management Standards (“TxGMS”); as applicable. Therefore, some amounts presented in this schedule may differ from amounts presented in, or used in the preparation of, the basic financial statements. Federal and State awards provided to subrecipients are treated as expenditures when paid to the sub-recipient.
The County did not elect to use the 15 percent de minimis indirect cost rate as covered in 2.CFR.200.414. Uniform Guidance 200.510(6) requires the County to disclose whether or not it elected to use the 15 percent de minimis cost rate that 200.414(f) allows for nonfederal entities that have never received a negotiated indirect cost rate.
Reconciliation of the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal and State Awards to Grants Special Revenue Fund of the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2025. See the Notes to the SEFA for table. Certain costs reflected in the schedule of the federal and state awards in the current year may represent costs incurred in prior years that have been approved for reimbursement by the granting agency and recorded in the current year financials.
The County, for purposes of the supplementary schedule of expenditures of federal and state awards includes all the funds of the primary government as defined by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 14, “The Financial Reporting Entity.” It does not include the following component units of the County as follows: Harris County Hospital District, Harris County Flood Control District, Harris County Juvenile Board, Harris Center for Mental Health and IDD (formerly MHMRA) and The Children's Assessment Center Foundation. These component units also receive federal financial assistance but separately satisfy the audit requirements of OMB Uniform Grant Guidance and TxGMS and by engaging other auditors to perform an audit in accordance with OMB Uniform Grant Guidance and TxGMS.
The negative amounts shown in the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal and State Awards resulted from adjustments or credits made in the normal course of business to amounts reported as expenditures in prior fiscal years.