Audit 399834

FY End
2025-06-30
Total Expended
$6.06M
Findings
6
Programs
3
Year: 2025 Accepted: 2026-04-27

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Findings

ID Ref Severity Repeat Requirement
1208883 2025-001 Material Weakness Yes L
1208884 2025-002 Material Weakness Yes P
1208885 2025-001 Material Weakness Yes L
1208886 2025-002 Material Weakness Yes P
1208887 2025-001 Material Weakness Yes L
1208888 2025-002 Material Weakness Yes P

Programs

ALN Program Spent Major Findings
17.278 WIOA DISLOCATED WORKER FORMULA GRANTS $3.97M Yes 2
17.259 WIOA YOUTH ACTIVITIES $1.14M Yes 2
17.258 WIOA ADULT PROGRAM $954,867 Yes 2

Contacts

Name Title Type
FPHPKL4DSMC3 Rosa J. La Torre Santiago Auditee
7874717369 Angel Alfredo Lopez Vega Auditor
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Notes to SEFA

The accompanying Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards includes the federal grant activity of the Local Area Workforce Development– South Central, (Local Area) under programs of the federal government for the fiscal 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 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, changes in net position, or cash flows 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. a. Negative amounts, if any, shown on the Schedule represent adjustments or credits made in the normal course of business to amounts reported as expenditures in prior years. b. Pass-through entity identifying numbers are presented where available. c. The Local Area elected not to use the 10 percent de minimis indirect cost rate allowed under the Uniform Guidance. d. Major programs are identified in the Summary of Auditors’ Results Section of the Schedule of Findings and Questioned Costs. e. During fiscal year 2024-2025, there were no awards passed through to sub-recipients.
The Assistance Listing Number, formerly known as the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number, is a five-digit number assigned in the awarding document for all Federal assistance award mechanisms, including Federal grants and cooperative agreements. 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.

Finding Details

Finding Reference 2025-001 Federal Agency: U.S. Department of Labor Pass-through Agency: P.R. Department of Economic Development and Commerce (DDEC) Federal Program Title and Assistance Listing Number (ALN): WIOA Cluster: WIOA Adult Program (ALN 17.258) WIOA Youth Activities (ALN 17.259) WIOA Dislocated Worker Formula Grants (ALN 17.278) Compliance Requirement: Reporting (L) Type of finding: Material Weakness in Internal Control over Compliance (MW), Instance of Noncompliance (NC) This finding is similar to prior-year finding 2024-002 and 2023-002. Statement of Condition The financial information related to the quarterly accumulated expense report corresponding to the quarter ended on June 30, 2025 was not submitted on or before July 15, 2025. The closing report for June 30, 2025 was not submitted on or before July 15, 2025. The liquidation closing report for June 30, 2025 was not submitted on or before July 31, 2025. Criteria The Local Area Workforce Development must comply with the established dates by the DDEC for performing and submitting the required information. Cause of Condition The LAWD – South Central did not submit the quarterly accumulated expense report and the closing report to the quarter ended and for the fiscal year ended on June 30, 2025, to the DDEC during the required submission deadline dates. Effect of Condition The continued occurrence of this situation could result in possible significant limitations on available funds. Recommendation We recommend the LAWD – South Central implements internal control procedures to meet submission deadlines. Questioned Costs None Views of Responsible Officials and Planned Corrective Action We gave instructions to the Finance Department Director to strengthen internal procedures and controls to ensure submission of financial reports within the required timeframe. Implementation Date: July 1, 2026. Responsible Person: Mrs. Rosa J. La Torre Santiago, Executive Director
Finding Reference 2025-002 Federal Agency: U.S. Department of Labor Pass-through Agency: P.R. Department of Economic Development and Commerce (DDEC) Federal Program Title and Assistance Listing Number (ALN): WIOA Cluster: WIOA Adult Program (ALN 17.258) WIOA Youth Activities (ALN 17.259) WIOA Dislocated Worker Formula Grants (ALN 17.278) Compliance Requirement: Single Audit Act Type of finding: Significant Deficiency in Internal Control over Compliance (SD), Instance of Noncompliance (NC) Statement of Condition The LAWD – South Central did not submit, in a timely manner, to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse, the Single Audit Reporting package for the fiscal year ending on June 30, 2025. The due date for this report was no later than March 31, 2026. Criteria Uniform Guidance, Section 500.512, states that the audit must be completed, and the data collection form and reporting package must be submitted within or earlier of 30 calendar days after receipt of the auditors’ report, or nine (9) months after the end of the audit period. Cause of Condition Due to the delay in the preparation of the financial statements, the LAWD – South Central did not comply with the requirements established in the Uniform Guidance. Effect of Condition The LAWD – South Central could be sanctioned by the Federal government for the noncompliance of this requirement. Recommendation We recommend management to continue strengthening the internal controls over the accounting records to complete in a timely manner the process of preparation of the financial statements of the LAWD – South Central. Questioned Costs None Views of Responsible Officials and Planned Corrective Action The fiscal year 2024-2025 Single Audit Report will be submitted through the Federal Audit Clearinghouse (FAC) no later than April 30, 2026. In terms of the subsequent year Single Audit Report (FY 2025-2026), we engaged the audit services on March 24, 2026, and we are in the process to request professional services proposals to assist our Finance Department staff to compile the fiscal year 2025-2026 financial statements no later than December 31, 2026 to comply with fiscal year 2025-2026 Single Audit Report submission dateline. Implementation Date: March 31, 2027. Responsible Person: Mrs. Rosa J. La Torre Santiago, Executive Director