The South Carolina Department of Social Services respectfully submits the following corrective action plan for the year ended June 30, 2022. The findings from the schedule of findings and questioned costs are discussed below. The findings are numbered consistently with the numbers assigned in the s...
The South Carolina Department of Social Services respectfully submits the following corrective action plan for the year ended June 30, 2022. The findings from the schedule of findings and questioned costs are discussed below. The findings are numbered consistently with the numbers assigned in the schedule. FINDINGS?FEDERAL AWARD PROGRAM AUDIT U. S. Department of Health and Human Services 2022-018 Adoption Assistance, CCDF Cluster - Assistance Listing Nos.: 93.659, 93.575, and 93.596 Recommendation: We recommend that the Department regularly review their public assistance cost allocation plan and submit amendments for approval as necessary. Additionally, we recommend consolidating the support documentation for bases with multiple percentages. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. Action taken in response to finding: Management agrees with the finding. The change involved allocation based on newly-tracked case management time statistics instead of benefit payment statistics. The new time statistics were available for the first time in the quarter tested, and management considers the new method to be preferable to that previously used. Per CFR 45, Part 95, Subpart E, Section 95.515, the Department can implement changes to its cost allocation beginning with the effective date of its request for approval to do so; it is not required to receive the approval first. Management did submit a request for approval of this change with Cost Allocation Services, but the request was effective as of the beginning of the following quarter, thus did not include the quarter in question. The department will recompute the cost allocation for the quarter in which the exception occurred using the previous allocation method and will record an adjustment to correct the amounts allocated. The clerical error referenced would not have occurred had the various base calculation worksheets been integrated with one another as appropriate and with the allocation calculation worksheets. We will link these worksheets beginning with those used in the allocation for the quarter ending March 31, 2023. Name(s) of the contact person(s) responsible for corrective action: David O?Kelly, Controller Planned completion date for corrective action plan: June 30, 2023