2024-002 - Activities Allowed or Unallowed; Allowable Costs/Cost Principles UWGC does not have specific policies and procedures in place as to how monthly personnel costs across federal programs will be aggregated and charged to federal programs. Management’s Corrective Action Plan:UWGC has develope...
2024-002 - Activities Allowed or Unallowed; Allowable Costs/Cost Principles UWGC does not have specific policies and procedures in place as to how monthly personnel costs across federal programs will be aggregated and charged to federal programs. Management’s Corrective Action Plan:UWGC has developed a procedure as outlined below in “Payroll Allocation Grants” to ensure that prior to submission of invoices to federal awarding agencies, management prepares a monthly analysis based on 211 call logs to support the actual amounts allocated across all programs and invoiced to the awarding agencies that are reconciled to payroll reports, which then will allow UWGC to present evidence that all hours submitted for reimbursement are supported with the appropriate allocation. The process will include management staff from both 211 and finance departments thus maintaining internal controls. Additionally, this procedure will be reviewed at least annually by both departments as it relates to the allocation methodology to ensure that its appropriate given changes in the program and workforce. PROCEDURE: Payroll Allocation Grants Purpose UWGC requires the practice of responsible and reasonable procedures related to methods of allocated staff time and costs to 211 grants and/or contract funded initiatives/programs which is effective as of April 15, 2024. This procedure describes the steps that will be implemented and adhered to when allocating staff salary costs to 211 programs. The goal of this process is to ensure that consistent, adequately documented, and all appropriate materials are generated and reviewed monthly. Procedure 211 Call Logs: at the end of each month the 211 Manager will generate a monthly call log which tracks 211 calls by categories that coincide with specific programs and/or geographic area for services. The report is then emailed monthly to the Finance Senior Director who then utilizes the report to create a percentage of time spent on each program and then attributes staff salaries and benefits in line with the percentage of calls for each month. Staff who work on isolated call programs, for example 311, Utilities,OHIZ programs, will be excluded from the call log allocation method as the calls for these teams are specifically driven. Supervisors who oversee more than one program will perform a time allocation study at least annually or when there is a change in program supervision responsibility. Program Billing: The Finance Manager and/or responsible Program Billing Manager will utilize the call log percentages journal to allocate time to programs for reporting information in the appropriate monthly, quarterly, or annual report to the funding source.