Corrective Action Plans

Finding 6548 (2023-015)

Material Weakness 2023

State of New York

NY

Allowable Costs / Cost Principles Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking Internal Control / Segregation of Duties

State Agency: Office of Mental Health Single Audit Contact: April Wojtkiewicz Title: Director, Office of Community Budget & Financial Management Telephone: 518-474-5968 E-mail Address: April.Wojtkiewicz@omh.ny.gov Federal Program(s) (ALN # [s]): Block Grants for Community Mental Health Services (93....

State Agency: Office of Mental Health Single Audit Contact: April Wojtkiewicz Title: Director, Office of Community Budget & Financial Management Telephone: 518-474-5968 E-mail Address: April.Wojtkiewicz@omh.ny.gov Federal Program(s) (ALN # [s]): Block Grants for Community Mental Health Services (93.958) Audit Report Reference: 2023-015 Anticipated Completion Date: SFY 2024-25 Corrective Action Planned: The Office of Mental Health (OMH) agrees with, and has already partially implemented, this recommendation. While OMH has always maintained the underlying supporting detail for the maintenance of effort (MOE) submission, the source data for the calculation was not static and therefore could not be reconciled to the MOE for historical record keeping purposes. For the submission completed on 11/15/2023, OMH ensured that that static data was maintained. Additionally, OMH will enhance its written policies, procedures, and/or internal controls in SFY2024-25 to include additional understanding of the MOE data collection and reporting process, and to ensure that the sources of the data be maintained to support the calculation of the MOE requirement for each grant.

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Finding 6543 (2023-010)

Material Weakness 2023

State of New York

NY

Eligibility Period of Performance Reporting § 200.303

State Agency: Office of Children and Family Services Single Audit Contact: Bonnie Hahn Title: External Audit Liaison Telephone: 518-486-1034 E-mail Address: Bonnie.Hahn@ocfs.ny.gov Federal Program(s) (ALN # [s]): Rehabilitation Services-Vocational Rehabilitation Grants to States (84.126) Audit Repor...

State Agency: Office of Children and Family Services Single Audit Contact: Bonnie Hahn Title: External Audit Liaison Telephone: 518-486-1034 E-mail Address: Bonnie.Hahn@ocfs.ny.gov Federal Program(s) (ALN # [s]): Rehabilitation Services-Vocational Rehabilitation Grants to States (84.126) Audit Report Reference: 2023-010 Anticipated Completion Date: January 15, 2024 Corrective Action Planned: New York State Commission for the Blind (NYSCB) is updating the Internal Controls and Data Validation policy for the RSA 911 report to implement an additional control to ensure the accuracy of the key elements including ‘Start date of Employment in Primary Occupation’ #350. The Senior Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor (VRC) will review the start date for employment during their review of cases when the Individualized Plan for Employment (IPE) is approved and at the time of successful closure. The Senior VRC will also verify that the employment start date is entered and accurate on the employment information form in the case management system. Training on this additional internal control will be provided to the Senior Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor’s and District Managers virtually on December 11, 2023. State Agency: State Education Department Single Audit Contact: Jeanne Day Title: Auditor 3 Telephone: 518-474-5919 E-mail Address: Jeanne.Day@nysed.gov Federal Program(s) (ALN # [s]): Rehabilitation Services - Vocational Rehabilitation Grants to States (84.126) Audit Report Reference: 2023-010 Anticipated Completion Date: December 2023 Corrective Action Planned: Adult Career and Continuing Education – Vocational Rehabilitation (ACCES-VR) will continue to implement and document review processes and methods. The implementation of the Aware electronic case management system is complete and will enhance the agency’s review process. A review process memo is currently in development related to Testing and will clearly document the scope and requirements associated with the review process.

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Finding 6542 (2023-009)

Significant Deficiency 2023

State of New York

NY

Internal Control / Segregation of Duties Allowable Costs / Cost Principles Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking § 200.303

State Agency: Higher Education Services Corporation Single Audit Contact: Dora Diaz-Crowe Title: Director, Audit Division Telephone: (518) 474-8893 E-mail Address: dora.diaz-crowe@hesc.ny.gov Federal Program(s) (ALN # [s]): Federal Family Education Loans (Guaranty Agencies) (84.032) Audit Report Ref...

State Agency: Higher Education Services Corporation Single Audit Contact: Dora Diaz-Crowe Title: Director, Audit Division Telephone: (518) 474-8893 E-mail Address: dora.diaz-crowe@hesc.ny.gov Federal Program(s) (ALN # [s]): Federal Family Education Loans (Guaranty Agencies) (84.032) Audit Report Reference: 2023-009 Corrective Action Planned: Higher Education Services Corporation (HESC) assumes full responsibility for ensuring employees are offboarded timely and will ensure prompt notification to Information Technology Services (ITS) to deprovision these accounts occur timely. Internally, we will work to develop a process, with procedures, to ensure the notification meets a set timeframe. While we have no control over when or how ITS performs the deprovisioning, we will include a procedure to confirm the deprovisioning has occurred as requested. HESC will work with ITS to develop a timeline for deprovisioning and include a procedure to confirm the deprovisioning has occurred within the timeframe. While HESC did not perform a periodic user access review over the Guaranteed Student Loans (GSL), HESC performed this process manually until a decision was made to automate the process. Forced by the pandemic, that system was not available until May 2023; one month after the audit scope. HESC conducted the recertifications, using the new system, in late May and early June 2023. Going forward, we will establish a process, including written procedures, to perform periodic access reviews over our systems with ITS. We will assign responsibility for this task either to Internal Audit or the Internal Controls Unit. The Electronic Financial Network (EFAN) procedures was provided detailing out how these users would be granted access. EFAN established the rules for external constituents accessing HESC systems. The provisioning of access to view the screens was handled through ITS Accounts Management; access was read-only thereby ensuring no data could be overwritten. Additionally, if a user did not access the system within a certain time, their access was automatically terminated. Given that HESC has exited the FFELP, we will no longer be involved with external users accessing the DMCS application and the issue related to this application will no longer exist.

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Finding 6541 (2023-008)

Significant Deficiency 2023

State of New York

NY

Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking Special Tests & Provisions Allowable Costs / Cost Principles

State Agency: Higher Education Services Corporation Single Audit Contact: Dora Diaz-Crowe Title: Director, Audit Division Telephone: (518) 474-8893 E-mail Address: dora.diaz-crowe@hesc.ny.gov Federal Program(s) (ALN # [s]): Federal Family Education Loans (Guaranty Agencies) (84.032) Audit Report Ref...

State Agency: Higher Education Services Corporation Single Audit Contact: Dora Diaz-Crowe Title: Director, Audit Division Telephone: (518) 474-8893 E-mail Address: dora.diaz-crowe@hesc.ny.gov Federal Program(s) (ALN # [s]): Federal Family Education Loans (Guaranty Agencies) (84.032) Audit Report Reference: 2023-008 Corrective Action Planned: To ensure the timeliness of Teacher’s Loan Forgiveness (TLF) application review, eligibility determination, and the denial or payment of the claims, Higher Education Services Corporation (HESC) staff implemented a control in 2022 to monitor and track the claims through a TLF tracking spreadsheet. Applications were supposed to be logged into the spreadsheet when received by HESC; they were then reviewed, followed by a determination of eligibility or denial of a payment, and the date claim processed was entered into the spreadsheet. A Claims Unit supervisor was assigned the responsibility of monitoring the process, reviewing the spreadsheet, and following up on any outstanding TLF applications that did not capture payment or denial dates and were approaching the 45-day deadline. Unfortunately, due to loss of the supervisor position the review was not performed regularly. Moreover, due to staff turnover in 2022-23 driven by HESC’s exit from FFELP, the TLF payment monitoring procedures were not followed consistently in all cases.i While we recognize that this is a repeat finding, we note there was significant improvement, decreasing the number of late payments in the sample from 23% last year to 5% this year. We would also note that as of May of 2023, HESC transferred the majority of its FFELP loan portfolio to a successor Guaranty Agency, the Trellis Company. With this transfer, HESC no longer holds loans that would qualify for the TLF program and as of April 2023, no longer performs work on the TLF program. As such, the recommendation will not be implemented as indicated in the audit report. i On December 1, 2021, HESC provided notification to the Education Department (ED) of its intent to exit the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP).

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Finding 6540 (2023-007)

Significant Deficiency 2023

State of New York

NY

Allowable Costs / Cost Principles Special Tests & Provisions Procurement, Suspension & Debarment

State Agency: Department of Labor Single Audit Contact: Donald Temple Title: Director of Internal Audit and Control Telephone: (518) 457-7332 E-mail Address: Donald.Temple@labor.ny.gov Federal Program(s) (ALN # [s]): Unemployment Insurance (17.225) Audit Report Reference: 2023-007 Anticipated Comple...

State Agency: Department of Labor Single Audit Contact: Donald Temple Title: Director of Internal Audit and Control Telephone: (518) 457-7332 E-mail Address: Donald.Temple@labor.ny.gov Federal Program(s) (ALN # [s]): Unemployment Insurance (17.225) Audit Report Reference: 2023-007 Anticipated Completion Date: 6/1/2024 Corrective Action Planned: New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) continues to reduce pandemic era backlogs with ongoing and evolving strategic planning. In addition, staff training and internal workflow procedures have been updated to ensure staff and supervisors communicate clearly on cases well in advance of case closure deadlines. Furthermore, staffing the unit to the allowable fill level will be sought if sufficient funding permits new hires.

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Finding 6473 (2023-003)

Significant Deficiency 2023

Detroit Transportation Corporation

MI

Subrecipient Monitoring Cash Management Significant Deficiency § 200.305

Federal funds payback has been completed as required by Federal Transit Authority, as of October 2023.

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Finding 6450 (2023-004)

Significant Deficiency 2023

Doral Academy of Nevada

NV

Reporting Significant Deficiency Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking § 200.303

Finding Number: 2023-004 Review and Approval Of the Schedule of Expenditures Of Federal Awards (SEFA) Corrective Action Plan: While there was a review of the SEFA, the documentation of said review did not occur properly. Management has put in place a process to document preparation/review of the ...

Finding Number: 2023-004 Review and Approval Of the Schedule of Expenditures Of Federal Awards (SEFA) Corrective Action Plan: While there was a review of the SEFA, the documentation of said review did not occur properly. Management has put in place a process to document preparation/review of the SEFA evidenced by signature and date. Personnel Responsible for Corrective Action: Nachum Golodner, Academica Director of Accounting Anticipated Completion Date: June 30, 2024

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Finding 6444 (2023-001)

None 2023

Converse University

SC

Student Financial Aid Subrecipient Monitoring Reporting

The finding was due in part to the lack of a process to correctly backdate administrative withdrawals when a student is awarded a grade of W after the stated date. This resulted in inconsistent dates reported to NSLDS and in the academic file. Management has met to address this issue. The Offices...

The finding was due in part to the lack of a process to correctly backdate administrative withdrawals when a student is awarded a grade of W after the stated date. This resulted in inconsistent dates reported to NSLDS and in the academic file. Management has met to address this issue. The Offices of Campus Technology, Financial Planning and Registrar have met to discuss processes in place and create new methods by which administrative withdrawals will be handled going forward. Additionally, management is working with Jenzabar to ensure the dates are consistent with the withdrawal option, specifically the awarding of W grades and the related date of last attendance. This process will assist the University in the following ways: students will be reported on the NSLDS report in the appropriate timeframe, a uniform withdrawal date will be recorded in the Offices of the Registrar and Financial Planning and students receive the appropriate grade as indicated by the official academic calendar. This action has been implemented for the final grading period ending on Monday, December 11, 2023. Management will continue to submit enrollment reports to the NSLDS on the schedule submitted annually, ensuring that any changes to student enrollment will be reported as required. The corrective action plan will be undertaken by the Office of the Registrar, under the supervision of the University Registrar and Director of Institutional Research and Effectiveness, Kendra Woodson (Kendra.woodson@converse.edu).

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Finding 6417 (2023-004)

Material Weakness 2023

Wagner Community Memorial Hospital

SD

Subrecipient Monitoring Material Weakness Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking § 200.303

Finding 2023-004 Federal Agency Name: Department of Agriculture Federal Financial Assistance Listing #10.766 Program Name: Community Facilities Loans and Grants Cluster Compliance Requirement: Special Test and Provisions Finding Summary: The Hospital's reserve account is fully funded per the requir...

Finding 2023-004 Federal Agency Name: Department of Agriculture Federal Financial Assistance Listing #10.766 Program Name: Community Facilities Loans and Grants Cluster Compliance Requirement: Special Test and Provisions Finding Summary: The Hospital's reserve account is fully funded per the requirements in the loan resolution agreement. However, there is no documented secondary monitoring of the account balance as compared to the required minimum balance. Responsible Individuals: Lisa Weisser, Director of Finance Corrective Action Plan: A qualifying statement will be added to the bi-monthly board report which will qualify the minimum USDA-RD required reserve balance for the board of director's review and oversight. Anticipated Completion Date: January 2024

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Finding 6416 (2023-003)

Material Weakness 2023

Wagner Community Memorial Hospital

SD

Reporting Material Weakness Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking

Finding 2023-003 Federal Agency Name: Department of Agriculture Federal Financial Assistance Listing #10.766 Program Name: Community Facilities Loans and Grants Cluster Compliance Requirement: Preparation of Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards Finding Summary: The Hospital does not have an i...

Finding 2023-003 Federal Agency Name: Department of Agriculture Federal Financial Assistance Listing #10.766 Program Name: Community Facilities Loans and Grants Cluster Compliance Requirement: Preparation of Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards Finding Summary: The Hospital does not have an internal control system designed to provide for the preparation of the schedule and notes to the schedule. We requested our auditors to assist with the preparation of the schedule and notes to the schedule. Responsible Individuals: Lisa Weisser, Director of Finance Corrective Action Plan: It is not cost effective to have an internal control system designed to provide for the preparation of the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards. We requested that our auditors, Eide Bailly LLP, prepare the Schedule of Expenditures as part of their Single Audit. We have designated members of management to review the drafted Schedule and accompanying notes. Anticipated Completion Date: Ongoing

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Finding 6397 (2023-004)

Significant Deficiency 2023

Greene County Medical Center

IA

Allowable Costs / Cost Principles Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking Significant Deficiency § 200.303

Finding 2023-004: Activities Allowed or Unallowed and Allowable Costs/Cost Principles Federal Agency Name: Department of Agriculture Program Name: Community Facilities Loans and Grants Federal Financial Assistance Listing Number: 10.766 Finding Summary: The Medical Center excluded adjustments from t...

Finding 2023-004: Activities Allowed or Unallowed and Allowable Costs/Cost Principles Federal Agency Name: Department of Agriculture Program Name: Community Facilities Loans and Grants Federal Financial Assistance Listing Number: 10.766 Finding Summary: The Medical Center excluded adjustments from the lost revenue calculation. Responsible Individuals: Mark Wall, CFO Response: The Medical Center agrees with the findings. We will utilize our outside accounting firm for guidance to ensure appropriateness of calculations going forward. Completion Date: Ongoing

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Finding 6377 (2023-004)

Material Weakness 2023

Purchase Area Development District

KY

Reporting Internal Control / Segregation of Duties Procurement, Suspension & Debarment

The Purchase ADD has been going through a transition period between personnel, accounting software and audit firms the last three years. As a result, this transition has caused the ADD to continually adapt policies & procedures for correctness. The report to EDA by the loan staff included loans th...

The Purchase ADD has been going through a transition period between personnel, accounting software and audit firms the last three years. As a result, this transition has caused the ADD to continually adapt policies & procedures for correctness. The report to EDA by the loan staff included loans that had been approved in FY 2023 but not yet closed. In the future, loan staff and finance staff need to coordinate more closely what is being reported to avoid discrepencies. Fortunately, all funding as accounted for and used for its intended purpose.

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Finding 6373 (2023-002)

Material Weakness 2023

King's College

PA

Student Financial Aid Material Weakness Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking

Views of Responsible Officials and Planned Corrective Actions: The College agrees with the finding. The College had internally identified the failure to send the required notifications in January 2023 and took corrective action to create new processes and made system adjustments effective for the fa...

Views of Responsible Officials and Planned Corrective Actions: The College agrees with the finding. The College had internally identified the failure to send the required notifications in January 2023 and took corrective action to create new processes and made system adjustments effective for the fall 2023 semester. All required notifications were made for fall 2023 disbursements. The College is evaluating alternate notification processes to improve efficiencies and ensure completeness. Names of Contact Persons Responsible for Corrective Action: Barbara Schmitt, Director of Financial Aid Anticipated Completion Date: Changes were effective for the fall 2023 semester

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Finding 6372 (2023-001)

None 2023

King's College

PA

Special Tests & Provisions Student Financial Aid Subrecipient Monitoring

Views of Responsible Officials and Planned Corrective Actions: The College agrees with the finding. The Associate Director of Financial Aid is responsible for calculating Return of Title IV (R2T4) refunds for all students who withdraw from the College within the first 60% of the payment period using...

Views of Responsible Officials and Planned Corrective Actions: The College agrees with the finding. The Associate Director of Financial Aid is responsible for calculating Return of Title IV (R2T4) refunds for all students who withdraw from the College within the first 60% of the payment period using the Colleague software R2T4 module for calculating refunds. The Director of Financial Aid will provide a secondary review of all calculated R2T4 refunds before funds are returned to the Common Origination and Disbursement system. Names of Contact Persons Responsible for Corrective Action: Barbara Schmitt, Director of Financial Aid Anticipated Completion Date: Changes were effective for the fall 2023 semester

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Finding 6236 (2023-001)

None 2023

Yeshiva University

NY

Student Financial Aid Eligibility Reporting

Management Views and Corrective Action Plans 2023-001 – Inaccurate Submission of Student Enrollment Change Submissions to the National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS) Point of Contact – Jennifer Spiegel Goldberg, University Registrar, (646-592-6275) Management agrees with the current year finding a...

Management Views and Corrective Action Plans 2023-001 – Inaccurate Submission of Student Enrollment Change Submissions to the National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS) Point of Contact – Jennifer Spiegel Goldberg, University Registrar, (646-592-6275) Management agrees with the current year finding and the recommendations. The Office of the Registrar has recently been reorganized to create a dedicated, Records unit to assure that limited personnel will be responsible for leaves and withdrawals and who will use internal reports available to quality control data input before external reporting. All staff have been retrained to watch for the condition that led to this error when handling requests, including reminder of University policies and procedures. This retraining took place on September 6, 2023. The NSC Roster and NSLDS will be updated by December 29, 2023. We believe this finding will be remediated in fiscal 2024.

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Finding 6199 (2023-001)

Significant Deficiency 2023

City of Cumberland, Maryland

MD

Allowable Costs / Cost Principles HUD Housing Programs Reporting

Enhance the internal control procedures for the Community Development Block Grant Program to specifically state the requirement for the PR29 Cash on Hand Quarterly Report to be submitted no later than 30 days following each completed quarter and communicate this requirement to the City's finance dep...

Enhance the internal control procedures for the Community Development Block Grant Program to specifically state the requirement for the PR29 Cash on Hand Quarterly Report to be submitted no later than 30 days following each completed quarter and communicate this requirement to the City's finance department employees and Senior Community Development Specialist. Doing so ensures the responsible parties are informed of the requirement and expands the number of responsible parties who are cognizant of and monitoring to ensure this action is completed on time. Additionally, the finance department employees and Senior Community Development Specialist have been advised of the importance of meeting this requirement.

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Finding 6157 (2023-001)

Significant Deficiency 2023

First 5 San Bernardino

CA

Allowable Costs / Cost Principles Significant Deficiency Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking § 200.302

Finding 2023-001 Federal Agency Name: US Department of Health & Human Services, California Department of Social Services Program Name: Child Care and Development Fund Cluster CFDA #93.575 Finding Summary: The Commission has not established written procedures for determining allowability of costs in...

Finding 2023-001 Federal Agency Name: US Department of Health & Human Services, California Department of Social Services Program Name: Child Care and Development Fund Cluster CFDA #93.575 Finding Summary: The Commission has not established written procedures for determining allowability of costs in accordance with Subpart E- Cost principles or the conditions of the Federal award. Responsible Individuals: Debora Dickerson-Sims, Chief Financial Officer Corrective Action Plan: Review current policies and procedures to revise or develop new procedures for determining allowability of costs in accordance with Subpart E – Cost principles or the conditions of the Federal award. Anticipated Completion Date: June 30, 2024

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Finding 6099 (2023-002)

Significant Deficiency 2023

Columbia International University and Subsidiaries

SC

Student Financial Aid Reporting Significant Deficiency

Inaccurate and Untimely Returns of Title IV Funds (R2T4) Planned Corrective Action: In conjunction with the Registrar’s Office, we have implemented the following corrective actions to improve our processes/timeframe for withdrawals: 1) This summer, the Financial Aid Office was added to the workfl...

Inaccurate and Untimely Returns of Title IV Funds (R2T4) Planned Corrective Action: In conjunction with the Registrar’s Office, we have implemented the following corrective actions to improve our processes/timeframe for withdrawals: 1) This summer, the Financial Aid Office was added to the workflow in Etrieve (document management system used by CIU) so that 2 of our counselors (one for UG trad and one for online) now receive notifications directly of every withdrawal received by the Registrar’s Office. This allows our office to begin the process of returning funds without the reliance of emails forwarded from the Registrar’s Office. 2) Director and Associate Directors of Financial Aid met with the Registrar and Assistant Registrar on 10/31/23 to discuss how communication and processes could improve between offices. The following are several action items the Registrar will complete on their end that can assist in accomplishing this goal. • Registrar will ask Deans to explain to their faculty that when a student completes an assignment after their module is complete, the date to be entered must be the last date of that module so that our reports will capture the date needed for the return to process correctly. • Registrar will review their current procedures for processing official withdrawals and tighten their turn around time so that the Financial Aid Office can return aid within the required 45 days. 3) CIU made the decision to convert all 5-week UG online classes to 8-week classes starting the 23-24 academic year. These modules now fall within our standard academic calendar which should greatly improve our ability to monitor and process withdrawals for this student population. Person Responsible for Corrective Action Plan: Patty Hix, Director of Financial Aid; Lynsay Shumpert, Associate Director for Online Studies; Elizabeth Haselden, Registrar Anticipated Date of Completion: A follow-up meeting has been set before the end of fall semester to discuss the progress of our action plans with the Registrar.

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Finding 6060 (2023-001)

None 2023

Housing Authority of Savannah

GA

Questioned Costs HUD Housing Programs Procurement, Suspension & Debarment

Management has implemented, and is in the process of implementing, specific corrective actions to address each of HUD’s Findings. The Authority’s Deputy Director, Kenneth Clark has assumed the responsibility of implementing the specific corrective actions and anticipates complete implementation by ...

Management has implemented, and is in the process of implementing, specific corrective actions to address each of HUD’s Findings. The Authority’s Deputy Director, Kenneth Clark has assumed the responsibility of implementing the specific corrective actions and anticipates complete implementation by March 31, 2024.

View Audit 7953 Questioned Costs: $1

Finding 5784 (2023-002)

Significant Deficiency 2023

Simpson University

CO

Student Financial Aid Allowable Costs / Cost Principles Significant Deficiency

Need Analysis Planned Corrective Action: The University recognizes the federal regulations regarding over‐awarding and has implemented the use of a delivered report through the Student Information System to address this concern. Person Responsible for Corrective Action Plan: Shondra Dickson, Direc...

Need Analysis Planned Corrective Action: The University recognizes the federal regulations regarding over‐awarding and has implemented the use of a delivered report through the Student Information System to address this concern. Person Responsible for Corrective Action Plan: Shondra Dickson, Director of Financial Aid Anticipated Date of Completion: Implemented

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Finding 5746 (2023-005)

Significant Deficiency 2023

Sterling College

KS

Student Financial Aid Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking Internal Control / Segregation of Duties

Finding 2023-005: Reporting of disbursement dates to the Common Origination and Disbursement system Contact person responsible for correction action – Mitzi Suhler, Vice President of Enrollment Services Anticipated completion date – June 30, 2023 Corrective action Sterling College agrees with t...

Finding 2023-005: Reporting of disbursement dates to the Common Origination and Disbursement system Contact person responsible for correction action – Mitzi Suhler, Vice President of Enrollment Services Anticipated completion date – June 30, 2023 Corrective action Sterling College agrees with the finding regarding the disbursement dates of two students who were reported incorrectly to the COD system. We will provide continued training to those who are responsible for compliance of reporting accurate disbursement dates. We will review processes and internal controls and make any necessary changes to prevent and/or detect issues so that they can be corrected in a timely manner.

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Finding 5743 (2023-002)

Material Weakness 2023

Sterling College

KS

Questioned Costs Student Financial Aid Eligibility

Contact person responsible for correction action – Mitzi Suhler, Financial Aid Director Anticipated completion date – June 30, 2023 Corrective action Sterling College agrees with the finding of the under award and over award of federal aid for two students. During the 2022-2023 year we hired new ...

Contact person responsible for correction action – Mitzi Suhler, Financial Aid Director Anticipated completion date – June 30, 2023 Corrective action Sterling College agrees with the finding of the under award and over award of federal aid for two students. During the 2022-2023 year we hired new financial aid staff that required significant training in the regulations of financial aid. Although checks and balances were in place these two instances were overlooked. Continued training, along with improved checks and balances through our updated software system, will enable the financial aid office to avoid issues with under and over-awarding federal student aid. The office will perform periodic reviews of awarding through reports from the system that will flag students who have potentially been under or over awarded federal aid.

View Audit 7826 Questioned Costs: $1

Finding 5742 (2023-001)

Material Weakness 2023

Sterling College

KS

Student Financial Aid Reporting Material Weakness

Finding 2023-001: Enrollment Reporting Contact person responsible for correction action – Mitzi Suhler, Financial Aid Director Anticipated completion date – June 30, 2023 Corrective action Sterling College agrees with the finding. A review of enrollment reporting is being done at the end of each...

Finding 2023-001: Enrollment Reporting Contact person responsible for correction action – Mitzi Suhler, Financial Aid Director Anticipated completion date – June 30, 2023 Corrective action Sterling College agrees with the finding. A review of enrollment reporting is being done at the end of each semester with particular attention being paid to students who have withdrawn during the semester or graduated at the end of the term. Along with reviewing those students, a random list of students that are not a part of the withdrawal or graduation list are being chosen for review, and if no student enrollment is found to be reported inaccurate, no further review is required per our policy. We feel that there are some changes soon that will help us with our enrollment reporting. One of them is that Sterling College is implementing a new version of our software system, Jenzabar, in 2024. This system will have better checks and balances for enrollment reporting, cleaner data, and will enable the College to have more accurate reporting. There will still be a need to do a review of each semester’s enrollment reporting. The financial aid office will review all student enrollment records that are enrolled for the semester to ensure the reporting dates are correct from this point forward. Once we have confidence that the system is doing what is expected, we will adjust the review to a random list of students.

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Finding 5741 (2023-001)

Material Weakness 2023

Deliverance Manor Housing Corporation

IL

Questioned Costs Student Financial Aid Cash Management

CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN Finding No. 2023-01: Credit Card was not reconciled and receipts were not obtained. Expenses were not properly recorded in the general ledger. Recommendation: Management should reconcile credit card accounts monthly and secure receipts for purchases and expenses should be post...

CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN Finding No. 2023-01: Credit Card was not reconciled and receipts were not obtained. Expenses were not properly recorded in the general ledger. Recommendation: Management should reconcile credit card accounts monthly and secure receipts for purchases and expenses should be posted to the proper general ledger account. Action Taken or Planned: Credit card accounts will be reconciled and receipts will be requested for purchases. Accounting will review the nature of purchases and properly post to the general ledger. Responsible Person: Mary Amador, Property Manager Completion Date: October 31, 2023

View Audit 7824 Questioned Costs: $1

Finding 5737 (2023-002)

None 2023

Marietta College

OH

Special Tests & Provisions Student Financial Aid Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking

The College will examine the document destruction date on student related files related to federal compliance requirements to ensure accuracy of the document destruction date and accuracy of student files.

View Audit 7807

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