The accompanying Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards presents the federal award activity of North Central Alabama Regional Council of Governments for the program included within the scope of its program-specific single audit for the year ended September 30, 2024. In many program-specific audits, the program financial statements consist solely of the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards and related notes. Accordingly, this schedule is intended to serve as the principal financial statement presentation for the audited program. The schedule has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (Uniform Guidance), including 2 CFR 200.510(b), which requires the auditee to prepare a Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards for the same period covered by the financial statements and to include specified presentation and note disclosures. Federal awards expended are reported in accordance with the basis for determining expenditures prescribed by the Uniform Guidance. For loan and loan guarantee programs, expenditures are determined in accordance with 2 CFR 200.502(b), which generally requires inclusion of new loans made or received during the audit period and, when applicable, the beginning balance of loans from previous years for which the Federal Government imposes continuing compliance requirements. Because this is a program-specific single audit, the schedule does not purport to present the full federal award activity of the Entity that would be reported in an entity-wide single audit.
Expenditures reported on the Schedule are reported on the modified accrual basis of accounting. The modified accrual basis differs from the full accrual basis of accounting in that expenditures for property and equipment are expensed when incurred, rather than being capitalized and depreciated over their useful lives. 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 Agency has elected not to use the 10-percent de minimis indirect cost rate as allowed under the Uniform Guidance.
The Program did not receive any noncash awards during the year ended September 30, 2024. The Federal loan programs had a total beginning balance of loans outstanding of $1,008,929 and processed no new loans during the fiscal year ended September 30, 2024. The loans outstanding at year end totaled $864,240. There were no new federal loan draw downs in 2024. The amount recorded on the Schedule of Federal Expenditures for the Economic Adjustment Assistance Program is calculated using the following Formula:
Grant monies received and disbursed by the Agency are for specific purposes and are subject to review by the grantor agencies. Such audits may result in requests for reimbursement due to disallowed expenditures. Based upon prior experience, the Agency does not believe that such disallowance, if any, would have a material effect on the financial position of the Agency. As of September 30, 2024 there were no material questioned or disallowed costs as a result of grant audits in process or completed.
Under the Uniform Guidance, the auditor uses a risk-based approach prescribed by 2 CFR 200.518 to determine major programs in a single audit, and the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards serves as the primary basis for that determination. In a program-specific audit, however, the audit scope is limited to the specific federal program identified by the applicable federal agency or pass-through entity and the governing audit requirements. The audited program is the Economic Adjustment Assistance Program, and only that program is presented in the accompanying schedule. Accordingly, the schedule should be read in the context of a program-specific audit rather than an entity-wide single audit. Other federal awards are outside the scope of this audit.