Audit 54677

FY End
2022-06-30
Total Expended
$4.40M
Findings
12
Programs
4
Year: 2022 Accepted: 2023-09-26

Organization Exclusion Status:

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Findings

ID Ref Severity Repeat Requirement
59278 2022-002 Significant Deficiency Yes B
59279 2022-002 Significant Deficiency Yes B
59280 2022-002 Significant Deficiency Yes B
59281 2022-002 Significant Deficiency Yes B
59282 2022-002 Significant Deficiency Yes B
59283 2022-002 Significant Deficiency Yes B
635720 2022-002 Significant Deficiency Yes B
635721 2022-002 Significant Deficiency Yes B
635722 2022-002 Significant Deficiency Yes B
635723 2022-002 Significant Deficiency Yes B
635724 2022-002 Significant Deficiency Yes B
635725 2022-002 Significant Deficiency Yes B

Programs

ALN Program Spent Major Findings
84.424 Student Support and Academic Enrichment Program $1.11M Yes 1
84.215 Fund for the Improvement of Education $362,846 - 0
94.013 Volunteers in Service to America $163,443 - 0
93.600 Head Start $157,891 Yes 1

Contacts

Name Title Type
ZM7UD6LK16G5 Rochelle Walbridge Auditee
7742408911 Lewis Sharpstone Auditor
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Notes to SEFA

Accounting Policies: 1. BASIS OF PRESENTATION - The accompanying schedule of expenditures of federal awards (the "Schedule") includes the federalaward activity of Los Angeles Education Partnership (the "Organization") under programs of the federalgovernment for the year ended June 30. 2022. The information in this Schedule is presented inaccordance with the requirements of Title 2 U.S. Code of Federal Regulations Part 200, UniformAdministrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (UniformGuidance). Because the Schedule presents only a selected portion of the operations of the Organization,it is not intended to and does not present the financial position, changes in net assets, or cash flows ofthe Organization.2. SUMMARY Of SIGNIFICANTACCOUNTING POLICIES - Expenditures reported on the Schedule are reported on the accrual basis of accounting. Suchexpenditures are recognized following the cost principles contained in the Uniform Guidance, whereincertain types of expenditures are not allowable or limited as to reimbursement. Pass through entityidentifying numbers are presented where available and applicable. De Minimis Rate Used: N Rate Explanation: The Organization did not use the 10% de minimis cost rate.

Finding Details

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (?DHHS?) Administration for Children and Families, Office of Head Start ? Early Head Start Grants ? ALN 93.600 U.S. Department of Education, pass-through California Department of Education, Supporting Effective Instructions ? ALN 84.424 Criteria: PART 200?UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS, COST PRINCIPLES, AND AUDIT REQUIREMENTS FOR FEDERAL AWARDS, Section 200.430, (i) Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses (1) Charges to Federal awards for salaries and wages must be based on records that accurately reflect the work performed. These records must: (vii) Support the distribution of the employee's salary or wages among specific activities or cost objectives if the employee works on more than one Federal award. Condition: The Organization did not comply with these requirements at the bi-weekly payroll level. Effect: At the bi-weekly payroll level, not all the documentation supporting the salary expense charged to the federal award for certain employees was maintained. Questioned Costs: The Organization has documentation to support the assertion that total salary expense allocated to federal awards for the year ended June 30, 2022 is, in aggregate, commensurate with the actual activity of employees. Hence there is no questioned cost. Context: During the year ended June 30, 2022 there were personnel changes in connection with who was overseeing and performing the accounting at the Organization. Repeat finding: This is a repeat finding. Recommendations: The Organization should implement appropriate procedures to create and retain the documentation noted above supporting salary expense, at the bi-weekly payroll level, for each employee allocated to federal programs. View of responsible officials: Management agrees that we do not always have documentation of allocation on the payroll level and with the turnover of staff in the accounting department during the year, it exacerbated the situation. However, we want to emphasize that our records accurately reflect the work performed for the total year basis. Further, we are currently putting a system in place to remediate the situation. This system is expected to provide documentation of allocation on a payroll level.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (?DHHS?) Administration for Children and Families, Office of Head Start ? Early Head Start Grants ? ALN 93.600 U.S. Department of Education, pass-through California Department of Education, Supporting Effective Instructions ? ALN 84.424 Criteria: PART 200?UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS, COST PRINCIPLES, AND AUDIT REQUIREMENTS FOR FEDERAL AWARDS, Section 200.430, (i) Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses (1) Charges to Federal awards for salaries and wages must be based on records that accurately reflect the work performed. These records must: (vii) Support the distribution of the employee's salary or wages among specific activities or cost objectives if the employee works on more than one Federal award. Condition: The Organization did not comply with these requirements at the bi-weekly payroll level. Effect: At the bi-weekly payroll level, not all the documentation supporting the salary expense charged to the federal award for certain employees was maintained. Questioned Costs: The Organization has documentation to support the assertion that total salary expense allocated to federal awards for the year ended June 30, 2022 is, in aggregate, commensurate with the actual activity of employees. Hence there is no questioned cost. Context: During the year ended June 30, 2022 there were personnel changes in connection with who was overseeing and performing the accounting at the Organization. Repeat finding: This is a repeat finding. Recommendations: The Organization should implement appropriate procedures to create and retain the documentation noted above supporting salary expense, at the bi-weekly payroll level, for each employee allocated to federal programs. View of responsible officials: Management agrees that we do not always have documentation of allocation on the payroll level and with the turnover of staff in the accounting department during the year, it exacerbated the situation. However, we want to emphasize that our records accurately reflect the work performed for the total year basis. Further, we are currently putting a system in place to remediate the situation. This system is expected to provide documentation of allocation on a payroll level.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (?DHHS?) Administration for Children and Families, Office of Head Start ? Early Head Start Grants ? ALN 93.600 U.S. Department of Education, pass-through California Department of Education, Supporting Effective Instructions ? ALN 84.424 Criteria: PART 200?UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS, COST PRINCIPLES, AND AUDIT REQUIREMENTS FOR FEDERAL AWARDS, Section 200.430, (i) Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses (1) Charges to Federal awards for salaries and wages must be based on records that accurately reflect the work performed. These records must: (vii) Support the distribution of the employee's salary or wages among specific activities or cost objectives if the employee works on more than one Federal award. Condition: The Organization did not comply with these requirements at the bi-weekly payroll level. Effect: At the bi-weekly payroll level, not all the documentation supporting the salary expense charged to the federal award for certain employees was maintained. Questioned Costs: The Organization has documentation to support the assertion that total salary expense allocated to federal awards for the year ended June 30, 2022 is, in aggregate, commensurate with the actual activity of employees. Hence there is no questioned cost. Context: During the year ended June 30, 2022 there were personnel changes in connection with who was overseeing and performing the accounting at the Organization. Repeat finding: This is a repeat finding. Recommendations: The Organization should implement appropriate procedures to create and retain the documentation noted above supporting salary expense, at the bi-weekly payroll level, for each employee allocated to federal programs. View of responsible officials: Management agrees that we do not always have documentation of allocation on the payroll level and with the turnover of staff in the accounting department during the year, it exacerbated the situation. However, we want to emphasize that our records accurately reflect the work performed for the total year basis. Further, we are currently putting a system in place to remediate the situation. This system is expected to provide documentation of allocation on a payroll level.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (?DHHS?) Administration for Children and Families, Office of Head Start ? Early Head Start Grants ? ALN 93.600 U.S. Department of Education, pass-through California Department of Education, Supporting Effective Instructions ? ALN 84.424 Criteria: PART 200?UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS, COST PRINCIPLES, AND AUDIT REQUIREMENTS FOR FEDERAL AWARDS, Section 200.430, (i) Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses (1) Charges to Federal awards for salaries and wages must be based on records that accurately reflect the work performed. These records must: (vii) Support the distribution of the employee's salary or wages among specific activities or cost objectives if the employee works on more than one Federal award. Condition: The Organization did not comply with these requirements at the bi-weekly payroll level. Effect: At the bi-weekly payroll level, not all the documentation supporting the salary expense charged to the federal award for certain employees was maintained. Questioned Costs: The Organization has documentation to support the assertion that total salary expense allocated to federal awards for the year ended June 30, 2022 is, in aggregate, commensurate with the actual activity of employees. Hence there is no questioned cost. Context: During the year ended June 30, 2022 there were personnel changes in connection with who was overseeing and performing the accounting at the Organization. Repeat finding: This is a repeat finding. Recommendations: The Organization should implement appropriate procedures to create and retain the documentation noted above supporting salary expense, at the bi-weekly payroll level, for each employee allocated to federal programs. View of responsible officials: Management agrees that we do not always have documentation of allocation on the payroll level and with the turnover of staff in the accounting department during the year, it exacerbated the situation. However, we want to emphasize that our records accurately reflect the work performed for the total year basis. Further, we are currently putting a system in place to remediate the situation. This system is expected to provide documentation of allocation on a payroll level.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (?DHHS?) Administration for Children and Families, Office of Head Start ? Early Head Start Grants ? ALN 93.600 U.S. Department of Education, pass-through California Department of Education, Supporting Effective Instructions ? ALN 84.424 Criteria: PART 200?UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS, COST PRINCIPLES, AND AUDIT REQUIREMENTS FOR FEDERAL AWARDS, Section 200.430, (i) Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses (1) Charges to Federal awards for salaries and wages must be based on records that accurately reflect the work performed. These records must: (vii) Support the distribution of the employee's salary or wages among specific activities or cost objectives if the employee works on more than one Federal award. Condition: The Organization did not comply with these requirements at the bi-weekly payroll level. Effect: At the bi-weekly payroll level, not all the documentation supporting the salary expense charged to the federal award for certain employees was maintained. Questioned Costs: The Organization has documentation to support the assertion that total salary expense allocated to federal awards for the year ended June 30, 2022 is, in aggregate, commensurate with the actual activity of employees. Hence there is no questioned cost. Context: During the year ended June 30, 2022 there were personnel changes in connection with who was overseeing and performing the accounting at the Organization. Repeat finding: This is a repeat finding. Recommendations: The Organization should implement appropriate procedures to create and retain the documentation noted above supporting salary expense, at the bi-weekly payroll level, for each employee allocated to federal programs. View of responsible officials: Management agrees that we do not always have documentation of allocation on the payroll level and with the turnover of staff in the accounting department during the year, it exacerbated the situation. However, we want to emphasize that our records accurately reflect the work performed for the total year basis. Further, we are currently putting a system in place to remediate the situation. This system is expected to provide documentation of allocation on a payroll level.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (?DHHS?) Administration for Children and Families, Office of Head Start ? Early Head Start Grants ? ALN 93.600 U.S. Department of Education, pass-through California Department of Education, Supporting Effective Instructions ? ALN 84.424 Criteria: PART 200?UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS, COST PRINCIPLES, AND AUDIT REQUIREMENTS FOR FEDERAL AWARDS, Section 200.430, (i) Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses (1) Charges to Federal awards for salaries and wages must be based on records that accurately reflect the work performed. These records must: (vii) Support the distribution of the employee's salary or wages among specific activities or cost objectives if the employee works on more than one Federal award. Condition: The Organization did not comply with these requirements at the bi-weekly payroll level. Effect: At the bi-weekly payroll level, not all the documentation supporting the salary expense charged to the federal award for certain employees was maintained. Questioned Costs: The Organization has documentation to support the assertion that total salary expense allocated to federal awards for the year ended June 30, 2022 is, in aggregate, commensurate with the actual activity of employees. Hence there is no questioned cost. Context: During the year ended June 30, 2022 there were personnel changes in connection with who was overseeing and performing the accounting at the Organization. Repeat finding: This is a repeat finding. Recommendations: The Organization should implement appropriate procedures to create and retain the documentation noted above supporting salary expense, at the bi-weekly payroll level, for each employee allocated to federal programs. View of responsible officials: Management agrees that we do not always have documentation of allocation on the payroll level and with the turnover of staff in the accounting department during the year, it exacerbated the situation. However, we want to emphasize that our records accurately reflect the work performed for the total year basis. Further, we are currently putting a system in place to remediate the situation. This system is expected to provide documentation of allocation on a payroll level.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (?DHHS?) Administration for Children and Families, Office of Head Start ? Early Head Start Grants ? ALN 93.600 U.S. Department of Education, pass-through California Department of Education, Supporting Effective Instructions ? ALN 84.424 Criteria: PART 200?UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS, COST PRINCIPLES, AND AUDIT REQUIREMENTS FOR FEDERAL AWARDS, Section 200.430, (i) Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses (1) Charges to Federal awards for salaries and wages must be based on records that accurately reflect the work performed. These records must: (vii) Support the distribution of the employee's salary or wages among specific activities or cost objectives if the employee works on more than one Federal award. Condition: The Organization did not comply with these requirements at the bi-weekly payroll level. Effect: At the bi-weekly payroll level, not all the documentation supporting the salary expense charged to the federal award for certain employees was maintained. Questioned Costs: The Organization has documentation to support the assertion that total salary expense allocated to federal awards for the year ended June 30, 2022 is, in aggregate, commensurate with the actual activity of employees. Hence there is no questioned cost. Context: During the year ended June 30, 2022 there were personnel changes in connection with who was overseeing and performing the accounting at the Organization. Repeat finding: This is a repeat finding. Recommendations: The Organization should implement appropriate procedures to create and retain the documentation noted above supporting salary expense, at the bi-weekly payroll level, for each employee allocated to federal programs. View of responsible officials: Management agrees that we do not always have documentation of allocation on the payroll level and with the turnover of staff in the accounting department during the year, it exacerbated the situation. However, we want to emphasize that our records accurately reflect the work performed for the total year basis. Further, we are currently putting a system in place to remediate the situation. This system is expected to provide documentation of allocation on a payroll level.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (?DHHS?) Administration for Children and Families, Office of Head Start ? Early Head Start Grants ? ALN 93.600 U.S. Department of Education, pass-through California Department of Education, Supporting Effective Instructions ? ALN 84.424 Criteria: PART 200?UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS, COST PRINCIPLES, AND AUDIT REQUIREMENTS FOR FEDERAL AWARDS, Section 200.430, (i) Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses (1) Charges to Federal awards for salaries and wages must be based on records that accurately reflect the work performed. These records must: (vii) Support the distribution of the employee's salary or wages among specific activities or cost objectives if the employee works on more than one Federal award. Condition: The Organization did not comply with these requirements at the bi-weekly payroll level. Effect: At the bi-weekly payroll level, not all the documentation supporting the salary expense charged to the federal award for certain employees was maintained. Questioned Costs: The Organization has documentation to support the assertion that total salary expense allocated to federal awards for the year ended June 30, 2022 is, in aggregate, commensurate with the actual activity of employees. Hence there is no questioned cost. Context: During the year ended June 30, 2022 there were personnel changes in connection with who was overseeing and performing the accounting at the Organization. Repeat finding: This is a repeat finding. Recommendations: The Organization should implement appropriate procedures to create and retain the documentation noted above supporting salary expense, at the bi-weekly payroll level, for each employee allocated to federal programs. View of responsible officials: Management agrees that we do not always have documentation of allocation on the payroll level and with the turnover of staff in the accounting department during the year, it exacerbated the situation. However, we want to emphasize that our records accurately reflect the work performed for the total year basis. Further, we are currently putting a system in place to remediate the situation. This system is expected to provide documentation of allocation on a payroll level.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (?DHHS?) Administration for Children and Families, Office of Head Start ? Early Head Start Grants ? ALN 93.600 U.S. Department of Education, pass-through California Department of Education, Supporting Effective Instructions ? ALN 84.424 Criteria: PART 200?UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS, COST PRINCIPLES, AND AUDIT REQUIREMENTS FOR FEDERAL AWARDS, Section 200.430, (i) Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses (1) Charges to Federal awards for salaries and wages must be based on records that accurately reflect the work performed. These records must: (vii) Support the distribution of the employee's salary or wages among specific activities or cost objectives if the employee works on more than one Federal award. Condition: The Organization did not comply with these requirements at the bi-weekly payroll level. Effect: At the bi-weekly payroll level, not all the documentation supporting the salary expense charged to the federal award for certain employees was maintained. Questioned Costs: The Organization has documentation to support the assertion that total salary expense allocated to federal awards for the year ended June 30, 2022 is, in aggregate, commensurate with the actual activity of employees. Hence there is no questioned cost. Context: During the year ended June 30, 2022 there were personnel changes in connection with who was overseeing and performing the accounting at the Organization. Repeat finding: This is a repeat finding. Recommendations: The Organization should implement appropriate procedures to create and retain the documentation noted above supporting salary expense, at the bi-weekly payroll level, for each employee allocated to federal programs. View of responsible officials: Management agrees that we do not always have documentation of allocation on the payroll level and with the turnover of staff in the accounting department during the year, it exacerbated the situation. However, we want to emphasize that our records accurately reflect the work performed for the total year basis. Further, we are currently putting a system in place to remediate the situation. This system is expected to provide documentation of allocation on a payroll level.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (?DHHS?) Administration for Children and Families, Office of Head Start ? Early Head Start Grants ? ALN 93.600 U.S. Department of Education, pass-through California Department of Education, Supporting Effective Instructions ? ALN 84.424 Criteria: PART 200?UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS, COST PRINCIPLES, AND AUDIT REQUIREMENTS FOR FEDERAL AWARDS, Section 200.430, (i) Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses (1) Charges to Federal awards for salaries and wages must be based on records that accurately reflect the work performed. These records must: (vii) Support the distribution of the employee's salary or wages among specific activities or cost objectives if the employee works on more than one Federal award. Condition: The Organization did not comply with these requirements at the bi-weekly payroll level. Effect: At the bi-weekly payroll level, not all the documentation supporting the salary expense charged to the federal award for certain employees was maintained. Questioned Costs: The Organization has documentation to support the assertion that total salary expense allocated to federal awards for the year ended June 30, 2022 is, in aggregate, commensurate with the actual activity of employees. Hence there is no questioned cost. Context: During the year ended June 30, 2022 there were personnel changes in connection with who was overseeing and performing the accounting at the Organization. Repeat finding: This is a repeat finding. Recommendations: The Organization should implement appropriate procedures to create and retain the documentation noted above supporting salary expense, at the bi-weekly payroll level, for each employee allocated to federal programs. View of responsible officials: Management agrees that we do not always have documentation of allocation on the payroll level and with the turnover of staff in the accounting department during the year, it exacerbated the situation. However, we want to emphasize that our records accurately reflect the work performed for the total year basis. Further, we are currently putting a system in place to remediate the situation. This system is expected to provide documentation of allocation on a payroll level.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (?DHHS?) Administration for Children and Families, Office of Head Start ? Early Head Start Grants ? ALN 93.600 U.S. Department of Education, pass-through California Department of Education, Supporting Effective Instructions ? ALN 84.424 Criteria: PART 200?UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS, COST PRINCIPLES, AND AUDIT REQUIREMENTS FOR FEDERAL AWARDS, Section 200.430, (i) Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses (1) Charges to Federal awards for salaries and wages must be based on records that accurately reflect the work performed. These records must: (vii) Support the distribution of the employee's salary or wages among specific activities or cost objectives if the employee works on more than one Federal award. Condition: The Organization did not comply with these requirements at the bi-weekly payroll level. Effect: At the bi-weekly payroll level, not all the documentation supporting the salary expense charged to the federal award for certain employees was maintained. Questioned Costs: The Organization has documentation to support the assertion that total salary expense allocated to federal awards for the year ended June 30, 2022 is, in aggregate, commensurate with the actual activity of employees. Hence there is no questioned cost. Context: During the year ended June 30, 2022 there were personnel changes in connection with who was overseeing and performing the accounting at the Organization. Repeat finding: This is a repeat finding. Recommendations: The Organization should implement appropriate procedures to create and retain the documentation noted above supporting salary expense, at the bi-weekly payroll level, for each employee allocated to federal programs. View of responsible officials: Management agrees that we do not always have documentation of allocation on the payroll level and with the turnover of staff in the accounting department during the year, it exacerbated the situation. However, we want to emphasize that our records accurately reflect the work performed for the total year basis. Further, we are currently putting a system in place to remediate the situation. This system is expected to provide documentation of allocation on a payroll level.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (?DHHS?) Administration for Children and Families, Office of Head Start ? Early Head Start Grants ? ALN 93.600 U.S. Department of Education, pass-through California Department of Education, Supporting Effective Instructions ? ALN 84.424 Criteria: PART 200?UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS, COST PRINCIPLES, AND AUDIT REQUIREMENTS FOR FEDERAL AWARDS, Section 200.430, (i) Standards for Documentation of Personnel Expenses (1) Charges to Federal awards for salaries and wages must be based on records that accurately reflect the work performed. These records must: (vii) Support the distribution of the employee's salary or wages among specific activities or cost objectives if the employee works on more than one Federal award. Condition: The Organization did not comply with these requirements at the bi-weekly payroll level. Effect: At the bi-weekly payroll level, not all the documentation supporting the salary expense charged to the federal award for certain employees was maintained. Questioned Costs: The Organization has documentation to support the assertion that total salary expense allocated to federal awards for the year ended June 30, 2022 is, in aggregate, commensurate with the actual activity of employees. Hence there is no questioned cost. Context: During the year ended June 30, 2022 there were personnel changes in connection with who was overseeing and performing the accounting at the Organization. Repeat finding: This is a repeat finding. Recommendations: The Organization should implement appropriate procedures to create and retain the documentation noted above supporting salary expense, at the bi-weekly payroll level, for each employee allocated to federal programs. View of responsible officials: Management agrees that we do not always have documentation of allocation on the payroll level and with the turnover of staff in the accounting department during the year, it exacerbated the situation. However, we want to emphasize that our records accurately reflect the work performed for the total year basis. Further, we are currently putting a system in place to remediate the situation. This system is expected to provide documentation of allocation on a payroll level.