Corrective Action Plans

Finding 501700 (2023-001)

None 2023

VA

HUD Housing Programs Reporting Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking

Finding Reference Number: 2023-001 Description of Finding: Virginia Supportive Housing (the Agency), was undergoing staff and programmatic reorganization during the time required to submit the audit. This resulted in the Agency being unable to timely meet the compliance audit testing in a timely man...

Finding Reference Number: 2023-001 Description of Finding: Virginia Supportive Housing (the Agency), was undergoing staff and programmatic reorganization during the time required to submit the audit. This resulted in the Agency being unable to timely meet the compliance audit testing in a timely manner and submit the completed audit package to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse (FAC) by the statutory deadline. Statement of Concurrence or Nonconcurrence: The Agency agrees with the audit finding. Corrective Action: The corrective action was for the Agency to submit the completed audit package to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse (FAC). Status of Corrective Action: Completed. Name of Contact Person: W. Carter Dages, Jr., Director of Finance; (804) 314-7870; cdages@SupportWorksHousing.org Projected Completion Date: Report was filed on October 3, 2024.

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Finding 501663 (2023-003)

Material Weakness 2023

Lutheran Child and Family Services of Illinois

IL

Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking Internal Control / Segregation of Duties

Corrective Actions Planned or Taken We agree with the finding and have put systems in place for monitoring the matching of grant funds. The Grant accountant, Ms. Rita Chatterjee will be responsible for tracking the matching funds compliance requirement. This will be completed for the Fiscal year end...

Corrective Actions Planned or Taken We agree with the finding and have put systems in place for monitoring the matching of grant funds. The Grant accountant, Ms. Rita Chatterjee will be responsible for tracking the matching funds compliance requirement. This will be completed for the Fiscal year ended June 30, 2024. Responsible: Stan Thomas (Phone number – 630.294.5178)

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Finding 501662 (2023-002)

Material Weakness 2023

Lutheran Child and Family Services of Illinois

IL

Questioned Costs Special Tests & Provisions Reporting § 200.303

Corrective Actions Planned or Taken We have instituted a new process to perform rent reasonableness review of all rental units as required and records retained. Completed June 30, 2024. Responsible individual: Valerie Tawrel (Phone number – 331.280.2245)

View Audit 323714 Questioned Costs: $1

Finding 501661 (2023-002)

Significant Deficiency 2023

City of Socorro, Texas

TX

Reporting Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking Internal Control / Segregation of Duties § 200.303

Management’s view: Management agrees with auditor recommendation. Proposed corrective action: The finance department will reconcile federal grants on a monthly basis. The finance department will generate monthly ARPA expenditure reports from the general ledger that will be reconciled with ARPA recon...

Management’s view: Management agrees with auditor recommendation. Proposed corrective action: The finance department will reconcile federal grants on a monthly basis. The finance department will generate monthly ARPA expenditure reports from the general ledger that will be reconciled with ARPA reconciliation prepared internally by the grants department. Duplicate expenses reported in Annual SLFR Compliance Report will be corrected in next required Annual Report (March 2025). Anticipated correction date: March 2025 Responsible official: Alejandra Valadez, Grants Coordinator

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Finding 501559 (2023-002)

Significant Deficiency 2023

Mexico Water District

ME

Internal Control / Segregation of Duties Reporting Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking § 200.303

Mexico Water District does not agree with this finding. In response to the three projects on which these findings are based, the loan amounts, contractor bids, and the interim financing bank were voted on by the Mexico Water District Board of Trustees. All Pay Request Applications and invoices from ...

Mexico Water District does not agree with this finding. In response to the three projects on which these findings are based, the loan amounts, contractor bids, and the interim financing bank were voted on by the Mexico Water District Board of Trustees. All Pay Request Applications and invoices from the district and any contractors are gone over by the engineer at Dirigo Engineering and U.S.D.A., then brought to a monthly pay requisition meeting for discussion and signed off on by the engineer, U.S.D.A., and the Mexico Water District Superintendent for payment approval. Each Pay Requisition is emailed to the Mexico Water District Administrator and forwarded to the interim financing bank. Only the exact amount for this requisition is forwarded into the project account for disbursement of the exact amounts stated in the pre-approved Pay Requisition. Therefore, we feel that the process in place is sufficient. Also, it would be impractical to implement any further procedures due to limited staffing.

View Audit 323608

Finding 501554 (2023-005)

Significant Deficiency 2023

City of Avon Park

FL

Special Tests & Provisions Subrecipient Monitoring Allowable Costs / Cost Principles

Airport Improvement Program – Assistance Listing No. 20.106 Recommendation: We recommend the City designate a responsible and qualified grant manager and establish internal controls for Davis-Bacon requirements. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audi...

Airport Improvement Program – Assistance Listing No. 20.106 Recommendation: We recommend the City designate a responsible and qualified grant manager and establish internal controls for Davis-Bacon requirements. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. Action taken in response to finding: The City has had staff attend Davis Bacon Training and is in the process of establishing interal controls and will review the certified payrolls prepared by our grant administrater. Name(s) of the contact person(s) responsible for corrective action: Melody Sauerhafer Planned completion date for corrective action plan: 09/30/2024

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Finding 501551 (2023-004)

Significant Deficiency 2023

City of Avon Park

FL

Allowable Costs / Cost Principles Cash Management Significant Deficiency

Airport Improvement Program – Assistance Listing No. 20.106 Recommendation: We recommend the City designate a responsible and qualified grant manager and establish internal controls for matching requirement. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit fi...

Airport Improvement Program – Assistance Listing No. 20.106 Recommendation: We recommend the City designate a responsible and qualified grant manager and establish internal controls for matching requirement. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. Action taken in response to finding: The City is in the process of establishing interal controls for reporting and will review and file all future required reports in a timely and accurate manner. Name(s) of the contact person(s) responsible for corrective action: Melody Sauerhafer Planned completion date for corrective action plan: 09/30/2024

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Finding 501538 (2023-002)

Significant Deficiency 2023

Housing Authority of Sunnyside, Washington

WA

Reporting Significant Deficiency Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking

Views of responsible officials and planned corrective action: Management agrees with the finding and will implement the aforementioned recommendations. Ketha Kimbrough, Executive Director, will be responsible to implement this corrective action by December 31, 2024.

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Finding 501537 (2023-001)

Significant Deficiency 2023

Housing Authority of Sunnyside, Washington

WA

Questioned Costs Significant Deficiency Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking

Views of responsible officials and planned corrective action: Management agrees with the finding and will implement the aforementioned recommendations. Ketha Kimbrough, Executive Director, will be responsible to implement this corrective action by December 31, 2024.

View Audit 323592 Questioned Costs: $1

Finding 501508 (2023-002)

Significant Deficiency 2023

La Clinica Tepeyac

CO

Cash Management Internal Control / Segregation of Duties Significant Deficiency § 200.303

Consolidated Health Centers Grant — Assistance Listing No. 93.224 & 93.527 Recommendation: Our auditors recommended the Organization to review internal controls in regards to the approval of federal fund drawdown requests. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement w...

Consolidated Health Centers Grant — Assistance Listing No. 93.224 & 93.527 Recommendation: Our auditors recommended the Organization to review internal controls in regards to the approval of federal fund drawdown requests. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. Action taken in response to finding: The Organization has reviewed all of our internal controls to ensure all approvals are documented. The procedure has been updated to include preparing the draw documentation, entering accounts receivable invoice into the accounting system, which now requires an approval for all accounts receivable invoices. Once the accounts receivable invoices are approved in the accounting system then a drawdown can be requested in the payment management system

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Finding 501500 (2023-001)

Significant Deficiency 2023

New Beginnings

WA

Significant Deficiency Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking Internal Control / Segregation of Duties

Corrective Action: Beginning in 2024, management will take minutes for its monthly meetings with program leads and accounting staff to document discussions of grant compliance matters including matching requirements. Projected Completion Date: December 31, 2024

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Finding 501494 (2023-002)

Significant Deficiency 2023

Public Health - Madison and Dane County

WI

Subrecipient Monitoring Reporting Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking § 200.303

City of Madison Fire Department will coordinate with the City of Madison, Internal Audit and Grants function of the Finance Department, for an independent person to review the reports before submission to ensure the loss revenue calculation and amounts reported are accurate. This additional internal...

City of Madison Fire Department will coordinate with the City of Madison, Internal Audit and Grants function of the Finance Department, for an independent person to review the reports before submission to ensure the loss revenue calculation and amounts reported are accurate. This additional internal control procedure will ensure there are proper review and approval processes over completeness and accuracy of reports before submissions to federal agencies.

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Finding 501480 (2023-003)

Significant Deficiency 2023

Alamo Area Mutual Housing Association

TX

Questioned Costs Internal Control / Segregation of Duties HUD Housing Programs

CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN Name and Number of the Project: Alamo Area Mutual Housing Association Audit Firm: M Group, LLP Audit Period: The year ended December 31, 2023 Compliance Review A. COMMENTS ON FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS We concur with the findings and recommendations of our auditors rega...

CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN Name and Number of the Project: Alamo Area Mutual Housing Association Audit Firm: M Group, LLP Audit Period: The year ended December 31, 2023 Compliance Review A. COMMENTS ON FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS We concur with the findings and recommendations of our auditors regarding our noncompliance as cited in the accompanying Schedule of Findings and Questioned Costs. ACTIONS TAKEN FINDING 2023-003: Section 223(a)(7) HUD Insured Loan, Assistance Listing 14.135 - AAMHA Western Hills, LLC HUD Project No. 115-115888, AAMHA KPTP, LLC HUD Project No 115-35652 and Section 223(f) HUD Insured Loan, Assistance Listing 14.155 - AAMHA Calcasieu, LLC HUD Project No 115-11280Section 223(a)(7) HUD Insured Loan, Assistance Listing 14.135. Entity expenses and receipts were recorded on the incorrect project’s books. CORRECTIVE ACTION COMPLETED: a. AAMHA Western Hills, LLC - On April 24, 2024, $3,199 was received from an affiliate. b. AAMHA KPTP, LLC - During 2023, $16,321 was received from affiliates. On May 10, 2023, the Project received $8,027. c. AAMHA Calcasieu, LLC – On April 16, 2024, the Project received $5,869 from an affiliate. We have prepared the corrective action plan as required by the standards applicable to financial statements contained in Government Auditing Standards and by the audit requirements of Title 2 U.S. Code of Federal Regulations Part 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (Uniform Guidance). Any questions regarding the above corrective action plan should be directed to Christine Drennon, Executive Director.

View Audit 323539 Questioned Costs: $1

Finding 501225 (2023-007)

Material Weakness 2023

State of Alabama

AL

Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking Internal Control / Segregation of Duties § 200.303

Finding: According to the Uniform Guidance, 2 CFR 200.303 (a), non-Federal entities receiving Federal awards must establish and maintain effective internal controls over these awards. These controls must provide reasonable assurance that the entity manages the Federal award in compliance with applic...

Finding: According to the Uniform Guidance, 2 CFR 200.303 (a), non-Federal entities receiving Federal awards must establish and maintain effective internal controls over these awards. These controls must provide reasonable assurance that the entity manages the Federal award in compliance with applicable Federal statutes, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the award. A fundamental objective of an effective internal control system is to ensure that information is accurate and reliable, which includes a thorough review and approval process. The Uniform Guidance, 2 CFR Part 200, Appendix XI Compliance Supplement, May 2023, requires the Alabama Department of Labor to ensure an employer’s experience rating is properly applied, as the employer’s “experience” with the unemployment of former employees is the dominant factor in the computation of the employer’s annual state Unemployment Insurance tax rate. The Alabama Department of Labor was unable to provide audit documentation to support their review and approval of employer experience rated tax rates. The Alabama Department of Labor did not have policies and procedures in place to document the review and approval of the employer experience rated tax rates. As a result, the employer experience related tax rates could be incorrect, resulting in potential overpayments or underpayments of taxes. Recommendation: The Alabama Department of Labor should develop and document internal controls over employer experience rated tax rates to help ensure they are accurate and properly applied. Response/Views: ADOL does not agree with this finding as explained in the Request for Views CAP letter. Corrective Action Planned: Procedures were in place to ensure accuracy of information. However, the support documentation of this verification was not retained during the time of this review. Anticipated Completion Date: Additional processes to retain support documentation of this verification have already been implemented. Contact Person(s): Thomas Daniel, ADOL Unemployment Compensation Division Director

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Finding 501224 (2023-006)

Material Weakness 2023

State of Alabama

AL

Questioned Costs Eligibility Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking § 200.00 § 200.303

Finding: According to the Uniform Guidance, 2 CFR 200.303(a), non-Federal entities receiving Federal awards must establish and maintain effective internal controls over these awards. These controls must provide reasonable assurance that the entity manages the Federal award in compliance with applica...

Finding: According to the Uniform Guidance, 2 CFR 200.303(a), non-Federal entities receiving Federal awards must establish and maintain effective internal controls over these awards. These controls must provide reasonable assurance that the entity manages the Federal award in compliance with applicable Federal statutes, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the award. The Uniform Guidance, 2 CFR Part 200, Appendix XI Compliance Supplement, May 2023, requires the Alabama Department of Labor to operate a Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services (WPRS) or Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessments (RESEA) program. The Alabama Department of Labor operates a RESEA program. Under the RESEA program, Alabama Department of Labor staff must be promptly and appropriately notified of any eligibility issues identified during any review of a claimant’s information. Claimants are also required to attend appointments for reemployment to maintain their eligibility status. The Alabama Department of Labor has controls in place to provide notification of claimants who failed to report to scheduled RESEA appointments, however those controls were not operating as designed. While reviewing 25 claimant’s information, we noted that 8 claimants failed to report to their scheduled appointments for reemployment. These failures to appear are reported to staff at the Alabama Department of Labor and should prompt a stop of benefit payments; however, the Alabama Department of Labor did not stop payment on these 8 claimants which resulted in overpayments totaling $8,884.00. There was also one instance where Alabama Department of Labor could not provide documentation to support staff was appropriately notified of the eligibility status for a claimant. The Alabama Department of Labor’s policies and procedures did not operate as designed to prevent payments to ineligible claimants. Because the Alabama Department of Labor’s internal controls were not operating as designed, this caused benefits to be paid to ineligible claimants. Recommendation: The Alabama Department of Labor should ensure internal controls are operating as designed to help ensure payments are not made to ineligible claimants. Response/Views: ADOL does not agree with this finding as explained in the Request for Views CAP letter. Corrective Action Planned: Issues reported were beyond ADOL control due to another system shared by multiple state agencies being brought down due to cyberattack. The shared system is not the system of record for UI benefit payments. UI claim records were manually reviewed by UI staff and noted accordingly upon review. Additional measures and procedures have already been implemented in case of future occurrences. Anticipated Completion Date: Already corrected. System processes implemented in October 2023 Contact Person(s): Thomas Daniel, ADOL Unemployment Compensation Division Director

View Audit 323486 Questioned Costs: $1

Finding 501155 (2023-002)

Significant Deficiency 2023

Heal the Hero Foundation

AZ

Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking Procurement, Suspension & Debarment Subrecipient Monitoring § 200.303 § 200.317 § 200.318 § 200.327

Management will create a formal, written procurement policy. Management will also review the noncompetitive procurement procedures and will document how and why our vendor(s) meets these requirements, if applicable.

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Finding 501135 (2023-002)

Significant Deficiency 2023

Georgia Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs, Inc.

GA

Subrecipient Monitoring Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking Internal Control / Segregation of Duties § 200.305

Individuals Responsible for Corrective Action Plan: Kristine Steinmann, Alliance Director Shelby Mahoney, State Alliances Accounting Manager Corrective Action: The Alliance will enhance its procedures and internal controls around cash management to ensure that time between receipt of federal fun...

Individuals Responsible for Corrective Action Plan: Kristine Steinmann, Alliance Director Shelby Mahoney, State Alliances Accounting Manager Corrective Action: The Alliance will enhance its procedures and internal controls around cash management to ensure that time between receipt of federal funds and payment to its local clubs is minimized. The Alliance will also request notification of funding from the agency. Anticipated Completion Date: December 31, 2024

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Finding 501131 (2023-001)

Significant Deficiency 2023

Indiana Alliance of Boys and Girls Clubs, Inc.

GA

Subrecipient Monitoring Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking Internal Control / Segregation of Duties § 200.305

Individual Responsible for Corrective Action Plan: Lana Taylor, Alliance Director Shelby Mahoney, State Alliances Accounting Manager State Corrective Action: The Alliance will enhance its procedures and internal controls around cash management to ensure that time between receipt of federal funds...

Individual Responsible for Corrective Action Plan: Lana Taylor, Alliance Director Shelby Mahoney, State Alliances Accounting Manager State Corrective Action: The Alliance will enhance its procedures and internal controls around cash management to ensure that time between receipt of federal funds and payment to its local clubs is minimized. The Alliance will also request notification of funding from the agency. Anticipated Completion Date: December 31, 2024

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Finding 501127 (2023-004)

Material Weakness 2023

The Carle Foundation

IL

Student Financial Aid Reporting Eligibility § 200.303

Corrective Action Plan: The Methodist College Registrar has been working with NSC to get the college relinked to the correct college in their system, which was fixed 11/2023. The registrar redeveloped database query to pull the old data that had been deleted by NSC due to FERPA and began sending acc...

Corrective Action Plan: The Methodist College Registrar has been working with NSC to get the college relinked to the correct college in their system, which was fixed 11/2023. The registrar redeveloped database query to pull the old data that had been deleted by NSC due to FERPA and began sending accurate file submissions to NSC in June 2024. Files generated and submitted under the College’s new processes are taking roughly one week to process from initial submission, through error correction, and finalization. Contact Person(s): Justina Kirchgessner Anticipated Completion Date: End of 2024

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Finding 501123 (2023-003)

Material Weakness 2023

The Carle Foundation

IL

Questioned Costs Student Financial Aid Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking § 200.303

Corrective Action Plan: In standing financial aid meetings, we will review Federal Loan limits and what our process/procedures are if a student is close to limits to insure, we don’t over award. Contact Person(s): Justina Kirchgessner Anticipated Completion Date: 2024

View Audit 323383 Questioned Costs: $1

Finding 501115 (2023-001)

Material Weakness 2023

The Carle Foundation

IL

Allowable Costs / Cost Principles Reporting Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking § 200.303 § 200.430

Corrective Action Plan: SOR II grant leadership evaluated its process for preparing and reviewing time tracking for this award and implemented procedures to ensure appropriate documentation of personnel costs is complete and accurate. The prior year's finding was corrected with the pay period ending...

Corrective Action Plan: SOR II grant leadership evaluated its process for preparing and reviewing time tracking for this award and implemented procedures to ensure appropriate documentation of personnel costs is complete and accurate. The prior year's finding was corrected with the pay period ending 9/23/2023, which resulted in this repeat finding for the year ended 12/31/2023. Hourly staff are clocking into the appropriate cost center and salaried staff are submitting hours to payroll to ensure the proper tracking of time. Contact Person(s): Heather Hintz/Kathy Dams Anticipated Completion Date: 10/1/2023

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Finding 501091 (2023-005)

Significant Deficiency 2023

Brighter Tomorrows, Inc.

NY

Allowable Costs / Cost Principles Cash Management Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking

2023-005. Match Source Documentation United States Department of Housing and Urban Development Continuum of Care Program ALN: 14.267 Condition: Source documentation was not maintained to support costs applied to the match. Recommendation: The Organization should maintain an accounting for all funds ...

2023-005. Match Source Documentation United States Department of Housing and Urban Development Continuum of Care Program ALN: 14.267 Condition: Source documentation was not maintained to support costs applied to the match. Recommendation: The Organization should maintain an accounting for all funds expended attributed to meeting the match requirement, as well as the source documentation. Corrective Action: The Organization will implement procedures to ensure accounting for funds expended, as well as source documentation, is maintained for costs attributed to meeting the match requirement. Responsible Contact Person(s): Dolores Kordon, Executive Director, will be responsible for resolving this matter. Anticipated Completion Date: December 31, 2024.

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Finding 501051 (2023-005)

Significant Deficiency 2023

Forum for Cultural Engagement, Inc.

NY

Cash Management Reporting Significant Deficiency § 200.303

Views of Responsible Officials and Action Taken: FCE implemented new internal controls in the fourth quarter of 2023 and has continued to document all draw down requests, review thereof, and approvals.

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Finding 501042 (2023-001)

None 2023

Dolores C Huerta Foundation

CA

Procurement, Suspension & Debarment Equipment & Real Property Management Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking § 200.302 § 200.303 § 200.305 § 200.313 § 200.317

We understand how crucial it is to have strong policies and procedures in place. Here’s how we plan to move forward: 1. Review of Existing Policies and Procedures: We’re currently taking a close look at our existing policies and procedures to ensure they align with the Uniform Guidance. This will h...

We understand how crucial it is to have strong policies and procedures in place. Here’s how we plan to move forward: 1. Review of Existing Policies and Procedures: We’re currently taking a close look at our existing policies and procedures to ensure they align with the Uniform Guidance. This will help us identify any gaps and make necessary updates so that we’re fully compliant. 2. Development of New Policies: Alongside this review, we will create clear and comprehensive written policies in key areas, such as: • Cash Management: Setting up procedures that comply with 2 CFR 200.305 to ensure timely payments. eCFR :: 2 CFR 200.305 -- Federal payment. • Allowability of Costs: Crafting guidelines that follow Subpart E—Cost Principles, so we can confidently determine which expenses are allowable. https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-48/chapter-7/subchapter-E/part-731/subpart-731.7/section-731.770. • Conflict of Interest: Establishing standards of conduct that address potential conflicts and promote transparency. • Equipment and Real Property Management: Developing policies for managing equipment acquired under federal awards in line with 2 CFR 200.313(b). eCFR :: 2 CFR 200.313 -- Equipment. • Procurement Procedures: Creating clear procurement guidelines that align with 2 CFR 200.318 through 200.326 to ensure fairness and oversight. eCFR :: 2 CFR 200.318 -- General procurement standards. 3. Training and Communication: The Finance Department will be responsible for training all staff involved in managing federal awards. Training sessions will ensure that everyone understands the requirements and their roles in maintaining compliance. This training will be completed by December 31, 2024. Personnel responsible: Eduardo Cedeno, Director of Finance Anticipated completion date: December 31, 2024

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Finding 501023 (2023-005)

Material Weakness 2023

Family Service Association of Howard County

IN

HUD Housing Programs Period of Performance Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking § 200.303

We will implement a formal review over monthly payment vouchers submitted to HUD beginning with the September 2024 vouchers to be filed in October 2024. This corrective action is already being done and has been since our last audit. Since our corrective action plan issued in early 2024, we have imp...

We will implement a formal review over monthly payment vouchers submitted to HUD beginning with the September 2024 vouchers to be filed in October 2024. This corrective action is already being done and has been since our last audit. Since our corrective action plan issued in early 2024, we have implemented a process that all grant claims/payment vouchers are formerly reviewed and initialed by our Executive Director.

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