Audit 8821

FY End
2023-06-30
Total Expended
$21.52M
Findings
2
Programs
46
Organization: Duplin County (NC)
Year: 2023 Accepted: 2023-12-29
Auditor: Rh CPAS PLLC

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Findings

ID Ref Severity Repeat Requirement
6867 2023-001 Significant Deficiency Yes E
583309 2023-001 Significant Deficiency Yes E

Programs

ALN Program Spent Major Findings
20.526 Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low Or No Emissions Programs $2.42M Yes 0
93.778 Medical Assistance Program $2.04M Yes 1
93.354 Public Health Emergency Response: Cooperative Agreement for Emergency Response: Public Health Crisis Response $881,491 Yes 0
97.036 Disaster Grants - Public Assistance (presidentially Declared Disasters) $766,573 Yes 0
93.323 Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases (elc) $698,032 - 0
93.563 Child Support Enforcement $645,731 - 0
10.557 Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children $482,524 - 0
20.509 Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program $350,515 - 0
93.667 Social Services Block Grant $275,194 - 0
93.658 Foster Care_title IV-E $201,378 - 0
93.045 Special Programs for the Aging_title Iii, Part C_nutrition Services $188,471 - 0
93.596 Child Care Mandatory and Matching Funds of the Child Care and Development Fund $141,429 - 0
93.044 Special Programs for the Aging_title Iii, Part B_grants for Supportive Services and Senior Centers $133,570 - 0
93.568 Low-Income Home Energy Assistance $102,789 - 0
10.561 State Administrative Matching Grants for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program $94,407 - 0
93.268 Covid-19 Cooperative Agreements $85,965 - 0
21.027 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds $74,375 - 0
93.391 Activities to Support State, Tribal, Local and Territorial (stlt) Health Department Response to Public Health Or Healthcare Crises $67,980 - 0
93.069 Public Health Emergency Preparedness $60,370 - 0
93.217 Family Planning_services $54,973 - 0
93.767 Children's Health Insurance Program $54,653 - 0
16.922 Equitable Sharing Program $50,949 - 0
93.994 Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant to the States $40,674 - 0
97.042 Emergency Management Performance Grants $39,032 - 0
66.818 Brownfields Assessment and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements $33,691 - 0
93.991 Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant $30,607 - 0
93.053 Nutrition Services Incentive Program $25,173 - 0
93.116 Project Grants and Cooperative Agreements for Tuberculosis Control Programs $24,014 - 0
16.606 State Criminal Alien Assistance Program $20,827 - 0
93.268 Immunization Cooperative Agreements $17,314 - 0
93.558 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families $11,897 - 0
93.645 Stephanie Tubbs Jones Child Welfare Services Program $11,338 - 0
93.052 National Family Caregiver Support, Title Iii, Part E $10,727 - 0
45.313 Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program $10,000 - 0
97.039 Hazard Mitigation Grant $9,618 - 0
93.898 Cancer Prevention and Control Programs for State, Territorial and Tribal Organizations $9,500 - 0
45.219 N.c Humanaties Large Grant $7,500 - 0
10.923 Emergency Watershed Protection Program $6,718 - 0
93.566 Refugee and Entrant Assistance_state Administered Programs $5,973 - 0
93.043 Special Programs for the Aging_title Iii, Part D_disease Prevention and Health Promotion Services $4,973 - 0
93.071 Medicare Enrollment Assistance Program $4,824 - 0
93.659 Adoption Assistance $3,296 - 0
93.658 Foster Care $1,782 - 0
20.106 Airport Improvement Program $617 - 0
93.436 Well-Integrated Screening and Evaluation for Women Across the Nation (wisewoman) $270 - 0
93.977 Preventive Health Services_sexually Transmitted Diseases Control Grants $100 - 0

Contacts

Name Title Type
KZN4GK5262K3 Chelsey Lanier Auditee
9102962104 Thomas Hill Auditor
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Notes to SEFA

Title: Note 1: Basis of Presentation Accounting Policies: Expenditures reported in the SEFSA are reported on the modified accrual basis of accounting. Such expenditures are recognized following the cost principles contained in Uniform Guidance, wherein certain types of expenditures are not allowable or are limited as to reimbursement. De Minimis Rate Used: N Rate Explanation: The auditee did not use the de minimis cost rate. The accompanying schedule of expenditures of federal and State awards (SEFSA) includes the federal and State grant activity of the Duplin County under the programs of the federal government and the State of North Carolina for the year ended June 30, 2023. The information in this SEFSA is presented in accordance with the requirements of Title 2 US Code of Federal Regulations Part 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards and the State Single Audit Implementation Act. Because the Schedule presents only a selected portion of the operations of Duplin County, it is not intended to and does not present the financial position, changes in net position or cash flows of Duplin County.
Title: Note 2: Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Accounting Policies: Expenditures reported in the SEFSA are reported on the modified accrual basis of accounting. Such expenditures are recognized following the cost principles contained in Uniform Guidance, wherein certain types of expenditures are not allowable or are limited as to reimbursement. De Minimis Rate Used: N Rate Explanation: The auditee did not use the de minimis cost rate. Expenditures reported in the SEFSA are reported on the modified accrual basis of accounting. Such expenditures are recognized following the cost principles contained in Uniform Guidance, wherein certain types of expenditures are not allowable or are limited as to reimbursement.
Title: Note 3: Indirect Cost Rate Accounting Policies: Expenditures reported in the SEFSA are reported on the modified accrual basis of accounting. Such expenditures are recognized following the cost principles contained in Uniform Guidance, wherein certain types of expenditures are not allowable or are limited as to reimbursement. De Minimis Rate Used: N Rate Explanation: The auditee did not use the de minimis cost rate. Duplin County has elected not to use the 10-percent de minimis indirect cost rate as allowed under the Uniform Guidance.
Title: Note 4: Cluster of Programs Accounting Policies: Expenditures reported in the SEFSA are reported on the modified accrual basis of accounting. Such expenditures are recognized following the cost principles contained in Uniform Guidance, wherein certain types of expenditures are not allowable or are limited as to reimbursement. De Minimis Rate Used: N Rate Explanation: The auditee did not use the de minimis cost rate. The following are clustered by the NC Department of Health and Human Services and are treated separately for state audit requirement purposes: Foster Care and Adoption.
Title: Note 5: Benefit Payments Issued by the State Accounting Policies: Expenditures reported in the SEFSA are reported on the modified accrual basis of accounting. Such expenditures are recognized following the cost principles contained in Uniform Guidance, wherein certain types of expenditures are not allowable or are limited as to reimbursement. De Minimis Rate Used: N Rate Explanation: The auditee did not use the de minimis cost rate. The amounts listed below were paid directly to individual recipients by the State from federal and State moneys. County personnel are involved with certain functions, primarily eligibility determinations that cause benefit payments to be issued by the State. These amounts disclose this additional aid to County recipients that do not appear in the basic financial statements because they are not revenues and expenditures of the County.

Finding Details

Criteria: Medicaid for Aged, Blind and Disabled case records should contain documentation that verifications were done in preparation of the application/recertification and these items will agree to reports in the NC FAST system. In this process, documentation should be present and agree back to the records in the NC FAST system. Any items discovered in the process should be considered in regards to a specific eligibility requirement and explained within the documentation. Condition: There were five (5) technical errors discovered during our procedures that verifications in the County documentation and the representative data contained in NC FAST were not the same amounts or files containing policy requirements were not properly documented to be considered in compliance with program control requirements. The errors were as follows: One (1) did not have a completed recertification and the case was rolled forward by the system, however no QC noted per review of admin letters. Four (4) recertification procedures were started; however, the case was rolled forward by the system before the recertification was completed. No QCs noted per review of admin letters. Questioned Costs (QC): There was no affect to eligibility and there were no questioned costs.
Criteria: Medicaid for Aged, Blind and Disabled case records should contain documentation that verifications were done in preparation of the application/recertification and these items will agree to reports in the NC FAST system. In this process, documentation should be present and agree back to the records in the NC FAST system. Any items discovered in the process should be considered in regards to a specific eligibility requirement and explained within the documentation. Condition: There were five (5) technical errors discovered during our procedures that verifications in the County documentation and the representative data contained in NC FAST were not the same amounts or files containing policy requirements were not properly documented to be considered in compliance with program control requirements. The errors were as follows: One (1) did not have a completed recertification and the case was rolled forward by the system, however no QC noted per review of admin letters. Four (4) recertification procedures were started; however, the case was rolled forward by the system before the recertification was completed. No QCs noted per review of admin letters. Questioned Costs (QC): There was no affect to eligibility and there were no questioned costs.