State Agency: Office of Addiction Services and Supports Program Name: Block Grants for Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse ALN #: 93.959 Single Audit Contact: Steven Shrager Title: Director of Audit Services Telephone: (518) 485-2053 E-mail Address: steven.shrager@oasas.ny.gov Audit Report R...
State Agency: Office of Addiction Services and Supports Program Name: Block Grants for Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse ALN #: 93.959 Single Audit Contact: Steven Shrager Title: Director of Audit Services Telephone: (518) 485-2053 E-mail Address: steven.shrager@oasas.ny.gov Audit Report Reference: 2025-010 Anticipated Completion Date: 3/31/2026 Corrective Action Planned: The condition found was due the timing of the implementation of the Office of Addiction Services and Supports (OASAS) corrective action plan for a finding that was identified in the previous fiscal year. As a result of staffing changes and constraints brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (FFATA) reporting requirements were not adequately considered, and FFATA reporting was not completed in the prior year. Resource constraints continued to be a challenge throughout the current fiscal year, which prevented OASAS from fully implementing its corrective action plan during this period. OASAS will review and enhance its policies, procedures, and internal controls to ensure that all amounts passed through to subrecipients and subcontractors under subawards as defined in 45 CFR 75.2 are reported in accordance with the FFATA federal regulations. All OASAS first-tier subrecipients will receive the required notification of FFATA applicability per CFR 200.311. SAM.gov will be updated for obligations under the Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2020 award and forward. Due to employee separations in the Grants Management and Aid to Localities Budget area, the lead assigned to this task in December 2024 was the Bureau Director. Staff from Grants and Aid to Localities attended the December and following webinars held for the transition from FSRS to SAM.gov. The actual transition to SAM.gov occurred in early March 2025, which delayed our reporting. FFY23 entries were made in FSRS prior to the transition, but the system would not allow us to submit and entries did not subsequently migrate to SAM.gov. FFY23 entries were re-entered in June 2025. In addition to the FFY21 COVID Relief Funds and FFY24 grant reporting included in the table above, FFY25 entries were made on July 1, 2025, August 25, 2025, and September 22, 2025 to correspond with the first date of expected expenditure by subrecipients (July 1) as well as the available allocations of the FFY25 award per the Notices of Awards (NOAs) (50%, 75%, and 100%, respectively). OASAS intends to complete FFY21 American Rescue Plan funds notices and follow-up fall 2026.