2022-001 Foster Grandparent Program ? ALN 94.011, Senior Companion Program ? ALN 94.016 Criteria: All recipients must complete AmeriCorps? National Service Criminal History Check (NSCHC) training every year. Each grant recipient must identify at minimum one staff person who has some responsibility for NSCHC compliance to fulfill this requirement on behalf of the grant recipient. The grant recipient must retain the certificate of completion and assign staff to retake the course annually prior to the expiration of the certificate. Grant recipients must save certificates of completion from each year as grant records. Condition: NSCHC training certificate of completion is not retained on file for the staff person responsible for completing the annual training. Cause: CSE did not have adequate policies and procedures to ensure an NSCHC training certificate of completion was retained. Effect: Failure to fulfill the NSCHC training could result in noncompliance for the programs. Questioned Costs: None Context: The one staff member who was responsible for fulfilling the NSCHC training was selected for audit. The test found that the staff member completed the training in-person, but an NSCHC training certificate of completion or other proof of attendance was not retained. Recommendation: CSE should implement policies and procedures to ensure annual NSCHC training certificates of completion are retained. Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the audit finding and a response is included in the corrective action plan.
2022-002 Foster Grandparent Program ? ALN 94.011, Senior Companion Program ? ALN 94.016 Criteria: The NSCHC must be conducted, reviewed, and an eligibility determination made by the grant recipient or subrecipient based on the results of the NSCHC no later than the day before a person begins to work or serve on a NSCHC-required grant. The grant recipient must maintain adequate documentation of individual NSCHC grant records to include evidence that all required components (National Sex Offender Public Website (NSOPW), State(s), and FBI checks) were completed and on file (45 CFR ?2540.206). Condition: CSE did not have completed NSOPW documentation on file for two individuals before they began working or serving on the grant. Cause: CSE did not have adequate policies and procedures to ensure all required components were completed and retained before individuals began working or serving on the grant. Effect: The individuals working or serving on the grant may not have been eligible. Questioned Costs: None Context: A sample of 37 was selected for audit from a population of 58 staff members and volunteers. The test found two instances where there was no documentation of the required NSOPW check. Our sample was a statistically valid sample. Recommendation: We recommend implementing policies and procedures to ensure all required components of NSCHC are completed and retained before individuals begin working or serving on the grant. Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the audit finding and a response is included in the corrective action plan.
2022-002 Foster Grandparent Program ? ALN 94.011, Senior Companion Program ? ALN 94.016 Criteria: The NSCHC must be conducted, reviewed, and an eligibility determination made by the grant recipient or subrecipient based on the results of the NSCHC no later than the day before a person begins to work or serve on a NSCHC-required grant. The grant recipient must maintain adequate documentation of individual NSCHC grant records to include evidence that all required components (National Sex Offender Public Website (NSOPW), State(s), and FBI checks) were completed and on file (45 CFR ?2540.206). Condition: CSE did not have completed NSOPW documentation on file for two individuals before they began working or serving on the grant. Cause: CSE did not have adequate policies and procedures to ensure all required components were completed and retained before individuals began working or serving on the grant. Effect: The individuals working or serving on the grant may not have been eligible. Questioned Costs: None Context: A sample of 37 was selected for audit from a population of 58 staff members and volunteers. The test found two instances where there was no documentation of the required NSOPW check. Our sample was a statistically valid sample. Recommendation: We recommend implementing policies and procedures to ensure all required components of NSCHC are completed and retained before individuals begin working or serving on the grant. Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the audit finding and a response is included in the corrective action plan.
2022-001 Foster Grandparent Program ? ALN 94.011, Senior Companion Program ? ALN 94.016 Criteria: All recipients must complete AmeriCorps? National Service Criminal History Check (NSCHC) training every year. Each grant recipient must identify at minimum one staff person who has some responsibility for NSCHC compliance to fulfill this requirement on behalf of the grant recipient. The grant recipient must retain the certificate of completion and assign staff to retake the course annually prior to the expiration of the certificate. Grant recipients must save certificates of completion from each year as grant records. Condition: NSCHC training certificate of completion is not retained on file for the staff person responsible for completing the annual training. Cause: CSE did not have adequate policies and procedures to ensure an NSCHC training certificate of completion was retained. Effect: Failure to fulfill the NSCHC training could result in noncompliance for the programs. Questioned Costs: None Context: The one staff member who was responsible for fulfilling the NSCHC training was selected for audit. The test found that the staff member completed the training in-person, but an NSCHC training certificate of completion or other proof of attendance was not retained. Recommendation: CSE should implement policies and procedures to ensure annual NSCHC training certificates of completion are retained. Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the audit finding and a response is included in the corrective action plan.
2022-001 Foster Grandparent Program ? ALN 94.011, Senior Companion Program ? ALN 94.016 Criteria: All recipients must complete AmeriCorps? National Service Criminal History Check (NSCHC) training every year. Each grant recipient must identify at minimum one staff person who has some responsibility for NSCHC compliance to fulfill this requirement on behalf of the grant recipient. The grant recipient must retain the certificate of completion and assign staff to retake the course annually prior to the expiration of the certificate. Grant recipients must save certificates of completion from each year as grant records. Condition: NSCHC training certificate of completion is not retained on file for the staff person responsible for completing the annual training. Cause: CSE did not have adequate policies and procedures to ensure an NSCHC training certificate of completion was retained. Effect: Failure to fulfill the NSCHC training could result in noncompliance for the programs. Questioned Costs: None Context: The one staff member who was responsible for fulfilling the NSCHC training was selected for audit. The test found that the staff member completed the training in-person, but an NSCHC training certificate of completion or other proof of attendance was not retained. Recommendation: CSE should implement policies and procedures to ensure annual NSCHC training certificates of completion are retained. Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the audit finding and a response is included in the corrective action plan.
2022-002 Foster Grandparent Program ? ALN 94.011, Senior Companion Program ? ALN 94.016 Criteria: The NSCHC must be conducted, reviewed, and an eligibility determination made by the grant recipient or subrecipient based on the results of the NSCHC no later than the day before a person begins to work or serve on a NSCHC-required grant. The grant recipient must maintain adequate documentation of individual NSCHC grant records to include evidence that all required components (National Sex Offender Public Website (NSOPW), State(s), and FBI checks) were completed and on file (45 CFR ?2540.206). Condition: CSE did not have completed NSOPW documentation on file for two individuals before they began working or serving on the grant. Cause: CSE did not have adequate policies and procedures to ensure all required components were completed and retained before individuals began working or serving on the grant. Effect: The individuals working or serving on the grant may not have been eligible. Questioned Costs: None Context: A sample of 37 was selected for audit from a population of 58 staff members and volunteers. The test found two instances where there was no documentation of the required NSOPW check. Our sample was a statistically valid sample. Recommendation: We recommend implementing policies and procedures to ensure all required components of NSCHC are completed and retained before individuals begin working or serving on the grant. Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the audit finding and a response is included in the corrective action plan.
2022-002 Foster Grandparent Program ? ALN 94.011, Senior Companion Program ? ALN 94.016 Criteria: The NSCHC must be conducted, reviewed, and an eligibility determination made by the grant recipient or subrecipient based on the results of the NSCHC no later than the day before a person begins to work or serve on a NSCHC-required grant. The grant recipient must maintain adequate documentation of individual NSCHC grant records to include evidence that all required components (National Sex Offender Public Website (NSOPW), State(s), and FBI checks) were completed and on file (45 CFR ?2540.206). Condition: CSE did not have completed NSOPW documentation on file for two individuals before they began working or serving on the grant. Cause: CSE did not have adequate policies and procedures to ensure all required components were completed and retained before individuals began working or serving on the grant. Effect: The individuals working or serving on the grant may not have been eligible. Questioned Costs: None Context: A sample of 37 was selected for audit from a population of 58 staff members and volunteers. The test found two instances where there was no documentation of the required NSOPW check. Our sample was a statistically valid sample. Recommendation: We recommend implementing policies and procedures to ensure all required components of NSCHC are completed and retained before individuals begin working or serving on the grant. Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the audit finding and a response is included in the corrective action plan.
2022-001 Foster Grandparent Program ? ALN 94.011, Senior Companion Program ? ALN 94.016 Criteria: All recipients must complete AmeriCorps? National Service Criminal History Check (NSCHC) training every year. Each grant recipient must identify at minimum one staff person who has some responsibility for NSCHC compliance to fulfill this requirement on behalf of the grant recipient. The grant recipient must retain the certificate of completion and assign staff to retake the course annually prior to the expiration of the certificate. Grant recipients must save certificates of completion from each year as grant records. Condition: NSCHC training certificate of completion is not retained on file for the staff person responsible for completing the annual training. Cause: CSE did not have adequate policies and procedures to ensure an NSCHC training certificate of completion was retained. Effect: Failure to fulfill the NSCHC training could result in noncompliance for the programs. Questioned Costs: None Context: The one staff member who was responsible for fulfilling the NSCHC training was selected for audit. The test found that the staff member completed the training in-person, but an NSCHC training certificate of completion or other proof of attendance was not retained. Recommendation: CSE should implement policies and procedures to ensure annual NSCHC training certificates of completion are retained. Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the audit finding and a response is included in the corrective action plan.