Title: Basis of Presentation
Accounting Policies: 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. Negative amounts shown on the Schedule represent adjustments or credits made in the normal course of business to amounts reported as expenditures in prior years.In accordance with guidance issued by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Nutrition Service Division, direct benefits payments for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly the Food Stamp Program, of $21,710,272 have not been reported as expenditures in the basic financial statements or in the Schedule. Carteret County does not have any federal or State amounts passed through subrecipients.
De Minimis Rate Used: N
Rate Explanation: The auditee did not use the de minimis cost rate. Carteret Countys indirect costs are determined by a State-approved plan contracted annually with DMG Maximus, Inc. and therefore has elected not to use the 10-Percent de minimis indirect cost rate as allowed under the Uniform Guidance.
The accompanying schedule of expenditures of federal and State awards (the Schedule) includes the federal and State award activity of Carteret County, North Carolina, primary government, under programs of the federal and State government for the year ended June 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 Carteret County, it is not intended to and does not present the financial position, changes in net position, or cash flows of Carteret County.
Title: Relationship to Fund Financial Statements
Accounting Policies: 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. Negative amounts shown on the Schedule represent adjustments or credits made in the normal course of business to amounts reported as expenditures in prior years.In accordance with guidance issued by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Nutrition Service Division, direct benefits payments for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly the Food Stamp Program, of $21,710,272 have not been reported as expenditures in the basic financial statements or in the Schedule. Carteret County does not have any federal or State amounts passed through subrecipients.
De Minimis Rate Used: N
Rate Explanation: The auditee did not use the de minimis cost rate. Carteret Countys indirect costs are determined by a State-approved plan contracted annually with DMG Maximus, Inc. and therefore has elected not to use the 10-Percent de minimis indirect cost rate as allowed under the Uniform Guidance.
Substantially all federal and State financial award programs (other than direct benefit payments - see Note 13 to the financial statements) are accounted for in the County's governmental and proprietary funds.
Title: Loans Outstanding
Accounting Policies: 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. Negative amounts shown on the Schedule represent adjustments or credits made in the normal course of business to amounts reported as expenditures in prior years.In accordance with guidance issued by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Nutrition Service Division, direct benefits payments for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly the Food Stamp Program, of $21,710,272 have not been reported as expenditures in the basic financial statements or in the Schedule. Carteret County does not have any federal or State amounts passed through subrecipients.
De Minimis Rate Used: N
Rate Explanation: The auditee did not use the de minimis cost rate. Carteret Countys indirect costs are determined by a State-approved plan contracted annually with DMG Maximus, Inc. and therefore has elected not to use the 10-Percent de minimis indirect cost rate as allowed under the Uniform Guidance.
Carteret County has outstanding loan balances from federal and State funding sources that are not required to be presented within the Schedule because there are no continuing requirements beyond the repayment of the loan balances in accordance with loan agreement provisions. The loan funds were presented in the Schedule in the years of their expenditures. The following is a summary of changes in the County's long-term outstanding loan balances of the USDA Water Revenue Bond and the NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources (NCDENR) Drinking Water State Revolving Fund for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2022: (Refer to schedule in report)
Title: Beach Nourishment Program Reduction of Expenditures
Accounting Policies: 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. Negative amounts shown on the Schedule represent adjustments or credits made in the normal course of business to amounts reported as expenditures in prior years.In accordance with guidance issued by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Nutrition Service Division, direct benefits payments for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly the Food Stamp Program, of $21,710,272 have not been reported as expenditures in the basic financial statements or in the Schedule. Carteret County does not have any federal or State amounts passed through subrecipients.
De Minimis Rate Used: N
Rate Explanation: The auditee did not use the de minimis cost rate. Carteret Countys indirect costs are determined by a State-approved plan contracted annually with DMG Maximus, Inc. and therefore has elected not to use the 10-Percent de minimis indirect cost rate as allowed under the Uniform Guidance.
Carteret County refunded $2,623,100 to the NC Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Water Resources for Bogue Banks Master Beach Nourishment project. After the Countys beach nourishment project was completed, it was determined the State over matched the project. The County refunded the reduction of expenditures to the State in fiscal year ending June 30, 2022. The State award, grant number SL 2018-138, was reported on the Schedule of Federal and State Awards fiscal year ended June 30, 2020.
Title: Cluster of Programs
Accounting Policies: 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. Negative amounts shown on the Schedule represent adjustments or credits made in the normal course of business to amounts reported as expenditures in prior years.In accordance with guidance issued by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Nutrition Service Division, direct benefits payments for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly the Food Stamp Program, of $21,710,272 have not been reported as expenditures in the basic financial statements or in the Schedule. Carteret County does not have any federal or State amounts passed through subrecipients.
De Minimis Rate Used: N
Rate Explanation: The auditee did not use the de minimis cost rate. Carteret Countys indirect costs are determined by a State-approved plan contracted annually with DMG Maximus, Inc. and therefore has elected not to use the 10-Percent de minimis indirect cost rate as allowed under the Uniform Guidance.
The following are clustered by the NC Department of Health and Human Services and are treated separately for state audit requirement purposes: Subsidized Child Care, Foster Care and Adoption.