Corrective Action Plans

Finding 2022-001 ? Activities Allowed or Unallowed and Eligibility Information of the federal program: Federal Grantor: United States Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Assistance Listing No.: 93.461, COVID-19 HRSA COVID-19 Claims Reimbursement for the Uninsured and the COVID-19 Coverage Assistance Fund Federal Award Numbers: Various Federal Award Period of Performance: 09/01/2021?04/05/2022 Views of responsible officials and planned corrective actions: Management made the adjustments to the report script to ensure all uninsured COVID-19 patient accounts eligible for reimbursement by HRSA are captured for management review and includes accounts with a zero balance and/or have a closed status. The corrective action plan was implemented and in place by December 31, 2021 shortly after the 8/31/2020 Uniform Guidance audit was completed on November 29, 2021. The adjustments will ensure that claims completed after December 31, 2021 are captured. Responsible Official: Michael Mullen, Vice President Revenue Cycle Completion date: December 31, 2021.

FINDING 2022-003 Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Amy L. Glackman Contact Phone Number: 317-392-6310 Views of Responsible Official: We concur with the finding. Description of Corrective Action Plan: Control procedures will be put into place effective immediately. The Auditor will have the Deputy Auditor review all claims and sign off that the work has been done. Anticipated Completion Date: May 15, 2023

Recommendation: Established a control procedure that reconciles the grant funds utilized as reflected in the accounting records to that being reported on the Use of Awards Report. Action Taken: Management agrees with the finding and will establish the recommended control procedure. The Use of Award report was corrected during the course of the audit.

Finding 2022-005 Personnel Responsible For Corrective Action: Cheryl Vannoy, Deputy Superintendent, Accountability, Data & Technology Services Anticipated Completion Date: June 30, 2023 Corrective Action Plan: The Information Technology Department will schedule a call with the ECF consultant, the Financial Management Office, and the Fiscal Control Office by July 15, 2023 to discuss all necessary paperwork that will be submitted to the Financial Management and Fiscal Control Offices 30 days prior to the final submission deadline to ensure that all payment requests can be submitted in the allotted time period, and give the Finance Offices understanding of what the reimbursement amount will be. The ECF consultant will copy the Chief Financial Officer, Finance Director, Grants Manager, and Fiscal Control Director on his/her submission.

Corrective Action Plan Contact Person: Randy Cates rcates@yesomaha.org 402.345-6704 FINDING 2022-004: Allowability Regarding Allowability?The process we have put in place includes the following: ? All invoices and fund receipts will be reviewed by the Director of Operations and/or CFO for authenticity and accuracy. ? All approved fund receipts and invoices will be coded by the CFO. ? All coded invoices will be forwarded to our CPA firm. ? Our CPA firm will: o Scan all invoices and create a file for which the Director of Operations, CFO, and Executive Director will also have access. o Input all invoices into our Accounting Software ? CFO will review all Receipts and Expenses monthly with Executive Director Reasonable completion date: Process is place as of July 7, 2023 Responsible Party: Randy Cates, CFO

Finding 2022-002 Identification of the Federal Program: Federal Agency: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Assistance Listing: 93.498 COVID-19 Provider Relief Fund and American Rescue Plan (ARP) Rural Distribution Pass-Through Grantor: Not applicable Pass-Through Award Number: Not applicable Pass-Through Award Period: 1/1/2020-12/31/2022 (Periods 3 and 4) Summary of finding: Management?s internal controls over the review and interpretation of instructions related to the input of lost revenue into the HRSA PRF portal were not sufficient to ensure the lost revenue recorded in the General Distribution portal ?Total Lost Revenues for the Period of Availability (January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2022)? line did not include the lost revenues that had been transferred from the Parent to subsidiaries and recorded in the portal for the subsidiaries Targeted Distributions. Corrective Action Plan: When populating the Period 4 HRSA PRF portal for Spectrum Health System, Corewell Health West management was aware that the inputs were not considering the System lost revenue attributed to the affiliates appropriately. In order to communicate to the users of the portal and other auditors, Management included an excel tracking worksheet which was uploaded on the HRSA PRF portal showing the total lost revenue used as an organization and the remaining balance left to be used. When populating the Period 5 filing, due September 30, 2023, Corewell Health West Management will correctly input the lost revenue in the Parent submission in order to reflect the lost revenue used by the individual subsidiaries. Individual responsible for the corrective action: Cindy Brink, Director, System Accounting & Reporting Timing of the Corrective Action Period 5 HRSA PRF portal filing, due September 30, 2023.

FINDING 2022-003 Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Chad Shireman Contact Phone Number: 812-738-8241 Views of Responsible Official: We concur with the finding. Description of Corrective Action Plan: The county will ensure that internal controls that are currently in place will be modified in order to be effective in preventing, detecting and correcting errors. This will include making sure the county auditor and designated county commissioner are aware of all reporting deadlines and reporting periods covered. Once the county auditor enters expenditure and obligation information, the designated county commissioner will review the data and submit the necessary report(s). Anticipated Completion Date: This will be completed by September 30, 2023, allowing the county auditor to update the designated county commissioner in the Department of the Treasury?s system and inform him of all upcoming report deadlines. This will ensure the effectiveness of existing internal controls.

Finding 2022-005 Identification of the Federal Program: Federal Agency: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Assistance Listing: Various ? Research & Development (R&D) Cluster Pass-Through Grantor: Various Pass-Through Award Number: Various Pass-Through Award Period: 1/1/2022-12/31/2022 Summary of finding: Management does not track expenses by budget period for Corewell East federal Research and Development (R&D) grants and is therefore unable to support that expenses are recorded in the appropriate period of performance. Corrective action plan: The hierarchy and functionality of the prior Corporate financial management system (prior to July 1, 2023) did not support separate budget periods during a single award project period. This was managed manually by the CHE Sponsored Programs Administration via a customized internal report. Effective July 1, 2023, the institution transitioned Corewell Health East onto Workday, the common financial management system already used by Corewell Health West. The Workday financial management system includes a separate grant module that has the capability to establish defined budget periods under a single award. CHE successfully transitioned to Workday beginning July 1, 2023. With the functionality now enabled by Workday, we do not anticipate any barriers to maintaining defined budget periods within an award funding cycle to assure that expenses are recorded in the appropriate period of performance. Individuals responsible for corrective action: Giacomo DeChellis, Sr. Director, Research Operations, Corewell Health East Timing of corrective action: July 1, 2023 and going forward.

Head Start ? Assistance Listing No. 93.600 Community Services Block Grant ? Assistance Listing No. 93.569 Recommendation: We recommend Alliance for Community Empowerment, Inc. design controls to ensure an adequate review process is in place to review the period of costs incurred to ensure costs are charged to grants in the proper period. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. Action taken in response to finding: All expenditures will be reviewed and recorded in the proper period of performance. The correction was put into place during the audit and all expenditures have been reviewed during entry and at the point of signature from the Finance Director. Name of the contact person responsible for corrective action: Indi Hayes Planned completion date for corrective action plan: 4/24/2023

Identifying Number: 2022-002 Finding: The following discrepancies and inconsistencies were identified: administrative procedures and requirements of the grantor were not followed; there were no proper review or approval of required reporting prior to submission. Contact person responsible for corrective action: Kevyn Harmon, Senior Director of Finance & Administration Corrective Action: All personnel involved with the Title programs undergo training on the all the processes and requirements to administer the programs, and management will perform proper review of all claims for reimbursement. In additional, an annual update on the procedures and the requirements to ensure propriety and accuracy. Proposed Completion Date: EPIC Academy will complete implementation of the above procedures by November 30, 2022.

Finding 2022-002 ? Considered a significant deficiency in internal control over compliance/immaterial non-compliance Federal Grant ? ALN 93.958 Condition ? During testing it was noted that FICA costs were overcharged by $14,047. Corrective Action ? HealthWest will review its methods for determining allocations of fringe benefits to their grants. Review and, any necessary, updates to daily procedures and processes are occurring. All finance staff and any HealthWest staff assigned to grants will be required to obtain grants specific training annually. Finally, monthly monitoring of all expenses will be reviewed. Contract Person ? Brandy Carlson, Chief Financial Officer Anticipated Completion Date ? June 30, 2023

Finding 2022-002 - Internal control deficiency and noncompliance over calculation of indirect costs The grants management team will be trained on the correct indirect cost calculation and requirements. Review of indirect calculation will be included in the Fund Transfer Request (FTR) review meetings. Contact person: Administrative Director, Grants ? Erasmo ?Tony? Cortez. Expected Completion Date: October 2023.

FINDING 2022-005 Contact Person: Donald Lopp, Director of Operations and Planning Contact Phone Number: (812) 948.4110 Views of Responsible Official: Corrective Action As Director of Operations and Planning, the American Rescue Plan quarterly reports are submitted through the office. During the audit, it appears eight of the ten audit items had the correct cumulative expenditure but those figures were not also applied to the current quarter expenditures. The US Treasury portal will not allow for the submission of the quarterly report unless the cumulative obligations and expenditures match. Description of Corrective Action Plan: Prior to submission, quarterly reports will be printed and reviewed by secondary staff in Office to review submission correctness. Anticipated Completion Date: This method will be instituted at the July 2023 quarterly report submission.

Finding: The Department of Children, Youth, and Families did not have adequate internal controls over and did not comply with health and safety requirements for the Child Care and Development Fund program. Questioned Costs: Assistance Listing # 93.575 93.575 COVID-19 93.596 Amount $412 Status: Corrective action in progress Corrective Action: The Department is strongly committed to ensuring the health, safety, and well-being of all children in care. The Department concurs with the finding and has taken the following actions: ? In September 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department obtained grantor?s approval to revise the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) State Plan to waive the annual unannounced monitoring requirement and allowing for virtual monitoring, through September 30, 2021, but some providers were unable to participate in the virtual process resulting in monitoring visits not being conducted during state fiscal year 2022. ? In the fall of 2022, to address staff turnover issues, the Department began recruiting new staff and providing training on child care licensing rules and regulations. This included adding a new position in November 2022 to assist supervisors with onboarding and training new staff hired during the audit period. ? The Department implemented a data driven, phased in approach, to return staff to in-person field work after the COVID-19 pandemic: o In July 2022, began authorizing staff, subject to pandemic related restrictions, to visit providers on-site to provide assistance with meeting health and safety requirements. o In the spring of 2023, prioritized monitoring visits to return to compliance with CCDF health and safety requirements. ? Established an overpayment for the questioned costs and referred to the Office of Financial Recovery for collection. ? For license-exempt family, friend, and neighbor (FFN) providers, the Department: o Requested approval from the Office of Child Care for a hybrid monitoring approach (in-person and virtual visits). o Dedicated staff resources to update WA Compass to include all health and safety requirements for FFNs and address data format issues. The Department will continue to strengthen internal controls as follows: For licensed providers: ? Continue to implement return to in-person field work by reducing pandemic level requirements. ? Prioritize new staff training to first focus on monitoring visits and health and safety requirements. ? Continue to track and monitor health and safety requirements with available tools until all WA Compass system development is completed. ? Create an in-training licensing position to assist staff recruitment efforts and add additional lead worker positions to assist supervisors with training and caseload management. ? Conduct a root cause analysis to determine other underlying causes for missed monitoring visits and untimely follow-ups, and how to address them. ? Examine ways to secure resources to add additional full-time staff to support caseload needs. For FFN providers: ? Continue to track and monitor FFN health and safety requirements with available tools until all WA Compass system development is completed. The conditions noted in this finding were previously reported in findings 2021-039, 2020-042, 2019-039, 2018-035, 2017-025, 2016-022 and 2015-024. Completion Date: Estimated July 2024 Agency Contact: Stefanie Niemela Audit Liaison PO Box 40970 Olympia, WA 98504-0970 (360) 725-4402 stefanie.niemela@dcyf.wa.gov

Finding: The Department of Children, Youth, and Families did not have adequate internal controls over and did not comply with period of performance requirements for the Child Care and Development Fund. Questioned Costs: Assistance Listing # 93.575 93.575 COVID-19 93.596 Amount $0 Status: Corrective action in progress Corrective Action: The Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) program was previously managed by the Department of Social and Health Services and the Department of Early Learning. Since the program transitioned in 2019, the Department has been making efforts to strengthen internal controls over payments to child care providers and other CCDF grant requirements. The Department implemented grant-level management of all federal funds, including the CCDF grant. The Department allocated the CCDF grant to eligible clients and allowable activities in compliance with 45 CFR 98.67. For the fiscal year 2021 program audit, the State Auditor?s Office (SAO) issued a finding with $32 questioned costs for non-compliance with the CCDF eligibility requirement. No other findings, management letters, or exit items were reported in this compliance area or the cost allocation of funds based on eligibility. Given that eligibility or cost allocation has not been an area of concern, and transfers were processed between CCDF source of funds with the same eligibility criteria, the Department is assured that CCDF funding was spent appropriately within federal regulations. The Department is committed to improving internal controls. The Department does not currently have the resources to develop and maintain the business process redesign, as well as the information technology initiatives necessary to meet the level of assurance recommended by SAO. In response to prior year?s audit recommendations, the Department has submitted a budget request to the Legislature in the 2023-2025 biennial budget for additional resources to process adjustments to include transaction-level data. As part of the audit resolution process, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which oversees the CCDF program at the federal level, reviews all SAO findings and issues management decision letters. The letters will reflect the grantor?s determination of whether an audit finding is sustained, the reasons for the decision, and the required actions by the auditee. When a management decision is issued for the fiscal year 2021 finding, the Department will work with HHS and follow the audit resolution process. The conditions noted in this finding were previously reported in finding 2021-037 and 2020-041. Completion Date: Estimated December 2024 Agency Contact: Stefanie Niemela Audit Liaison PO Box 40970 Olympia, WA 98504-0970 (360) 725-4402 stefanie.niemela@dcyf.wa.gov

FINDING 2022-002 Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Debra G. Walker Contact Phone Number: 765-529-2800 Views of Responsible Official: We concur with the findings. Description of Corrective Action Plan: We have corrected and added the $47,363 to the expenditure report. Anticipated Completion Date: Corrected on the March 2023 expenditure report.

Views of Responsible Officials and Corrective Action Planned: The Seminary hired a third-party financial aid servicer, Financial Aid Services, LLC (?FAS?) who will do the enrollment reporting as part of their contract. The FAS contract was signed May 2022 for the upcoming fiscal year 2022 to 2023. This contract was approved by the Administrative Council in May 2022. The Seminary?s current part-time financial aid coordinator sent out the April 2022 enrollment roster which included student status changes on October 17, 2022.

Finding: The Department of Health did not have adequate internal controls to ensure payments to providers were allowable, met cost principles, and were within the period of performance for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children. Questioned Costs: Assistance Listing # 10.557 10.557 COVID-19 Amount $0 Status: Corrective action not taken Corrective Action: The Department disagrees with the auditor?s assessment of a significant deficiency in internal controls over the consolidated contract provider payment process for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). The Department has established processes in place to ensure payments are allowable, meet cost principles, and comply with period of performance requirements for the WIC program. These include: ? Perform annual review and approval of detailed subrecipient budgets. ? Compare invoice amounts to budgeted amounts for reasonableness before payment approval. ? Provide subrecipients regular technical assistance and training on applicable policies related to fiscal and programmatic processes. ? Conduct biennial program and fiscal monitoring visits to subrecipients as part of the Department?s monitoring procedures. In addition, the WIC program has monitoring controls in place and evidence of review at the program level. The quality assurance program staff maintain a detailed payment log that documents review and approval and details any amounts that need to be withheld until issues with invoice support are resolved. These reviews are to be completed within the 10-day period before payment is released. Similar conditions noted in this finding were previously reported in finding 2021-004. Completion Date: Not applicable Agency Contact: Jeff Arbuckle External Audit Manager PO Box 47890 Olympia, WA 98504-7890 (360) 701-0798 Jeff.Arbuckle@doh.wa.gov

Finding: The Health Care Authority did not have adequate internal controls over and did not comply with requirements to ensure payments to providers for the Block Grants for Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse program were allowable and met period of performance requirements. Questioned Costs: Assistance Listing # 93.959 93.959 COVID-19 Amount $19,959,714 Status: Corrective action in progress Corrective Action: The Authority partially concurs with the audit recommendations. The Authority concurs that expenditures for indirect charges were applied to the award, through the Authority?s cost allocation system, for activities that occurred after the period of performance. The Authority will develop written procedures to review allocation bases at the end of a grant period. The Authority does not concur with the audit exceptions related to two accruals recorded in the accounting system before the period of performance. As noted by the auditors, no payments were made on these accruals. The period of performance of the grant extends beyond the end of the state?s fiscal year. Invoices for the program continue to be received after fiscal year end and the cut-off date for reporting on the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards. Staff review payments for grant allowability based on service month when invoices are received. The Authority does not concur with the questioned costs related to the year-end accruals and will verify with the grantor that questioned costs do not need to be repaid. The year-end accruals were solely recorded as estimates and were not used to make any program payments or draw funds from the grantor. While the year-end accruals may include some amounts beyond the state fiscal year, questioning the year-end accruals in their entirety is an overstatement of any potential error that was made. The Authority will update procedures for calculating year-end accruals to: ? Maintain all supporting documentation used to calculate the year-end accrual transactions. ? Maintain a workbook to calculate estimated expenditures to be accrued for the fiscal year. The conditions noted in this finding were previously reported in findings 2021-057 and 2020-059. Completion Date: Estimated September 2023 Agency Contact: William Sogge, CPA External Audit Liaison PO Box 45502 Olympia, WA 98504-5502 (360) 725-5110 william.sogge@hca.wa.gov

Finding: The Department of Children, Youth, and Families did not have adequate internal controls to ensure group care facility employees had cleared background checks before having unsupervised access to children. Questioned Costs: Assistance Listing # 93.658 93.658 COVID-19 Amount $0 Status: Corrective action complete Corrective Action: The Department partially concurs with the finding. The Department is committed to ensuring the health, safety, and well-being of all children in our care. As stated in the Effect of Condition on the audit finding, the auditors found all group care facility staff sampled during the audit had a cleared background check prior to working in the facility. While the Department agrees the use of definitions such as ?effective date? and ?start date? in FamLink could be misleading, the Department does not concur internal controls were not adequate to ensure group care facility employees had cleared background checks before having unsupervised access to children. The Department is confident that all staff who work with children and youth have cleared background checks. Effective April 1, 2023, the Department implemented a new process for processing background checks for group care facilities to strengthen internal controls, documentation, and clarification on the ?effective date.? The updated process is outlined below: ? A new form was created with clear instructions for the group care facilities to provide the applicant/employee information, including the background check confirmation code, directly to the Department?s Background Check Unit (BCU). ? The BCU works with the applicant/employee through the fingerprint background check process. ? The results are sent directly to the BCU at which time they complete a child abuse/neglect history check and, if needed, a suitability assessment. The BCU documents the results in FamLink with the date the background check is completed. ? The BCU emails the results to the group care facility and the Department?s Licensing Division (LD) group. If the applicant/employee is cleared and is not a renewal, LD staff adds the applicant/employee to the group care facility in FamLink with the clearance information attached. Completion Date: April 2023 Agency Contact: Stefanie Niemela Audit Liaison PO Box 40970 Olympia, WA 98504-0970 (360) 725-4402 stefanie.niemela@dcyf.wa.gov

Finding: The Department of Social and Health Services did not have adequate internal controls over and did not comply with requirements to ensure staff properly considered the income information obtained from data matching when determining client eligibility and benefits for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program. Questioned Costs: Assistance Listing # 93.558 Amount $0 Status: Corrective action not taken Corrective Action: The Department does not concur with the finding. The Department has established processes in place to ensure income information is properly considered during client eligibility and benefits determination for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Program. During eligibility determination at application intake, the eligibility worker: ? Interviews the client to determine income. ? Compares client reported information and cross matches against the Income Eligibility and Verification System (IEVS) per the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). ? Resolves discrepancies for all new or previously unverified information received. ? Uses the information to determine if the client income is below the maximum earned income limits for TANF per WAC 388-478-0035. ? Verifies all circumstances as required in WAC 388-490-0005 and follows requirements when discrepancies exist, which include taking appropriate actions if the information is questionable, confusing, or outdated. The Department utilizes Spider, which is a tool that combines several different data matches including IEVS. In addition, the Department uses templates to appropriately and comprehensively document the eligibility determination to ensure consistency, accuracy, and that lean processes are followed. ? The Earned Income Template o Addresses income received within 30 days of the application date and any discrepancies found between the case record, online verification systems, previously projected income, and income type. o Does not require documentation if there is no income reported and when no discrepancy is found in cross matches. ? The Final Narrative Template o Includes completing check boxes to document types of cross matches reviewed during application intake and a summary of the transactions that occurred. In all seven exceptions identified by the auditors, the client?s situation did not require the eligibility workers to use the Earned Income Templates due to: ? No income reported. ? No income found in IEVS and other cross matches. ? No discrepancies. ? No changes within 30 days. The eligibility workers did create documentation using the Final Narrative Template for all seven cases with notation stating: ?Reviewed the following system(s): Spider.? All these actions were consistent and aligned with the Department?s "Standard Remarks and Narrative Documentation? procedures. Alerts are not generated for all income fluctuations but as appropriate when a review and potential action is required. This is to minimize creating unnecessary alerts which would take staff time away from other required and mission-critical actions. The Department asserts that the system is working as designed, which is evidenced by the fact that the Department accurately determined eligibility in all seven cases identified as exceptions by the auditors. The Department will continue to: ? Review IEVS information at application intake and verify and document any discrepancies between what is reported by the household and what is shown in the cross matches. ? Use templates to ensure documentation supports the eligibility decisions. ? Generate alerts when an applicant is budgeted with zero income, but the IEVS data match shows income. ? Use the final narrative documentation template, that includes check boxes, to notate cross matches reviewed during application intake. Completion Date: Not applicable Agency Contact: Rick Meyer External Audit Compliance Manager PO Box 45804 Olympia, WA 98504-5804 (360) 664-6027 Richard.Meyer@dshs.wa.gov

2022-003 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds ? Assistance Listing No. 21.027 Recommendation: The County should enhance its procedures and internal controls regarding preparation of the Project and Expenditure Reports to ensure that information reported is accurate and agrees to supporting documentation. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. Action taken in response to finding: : New Castle County self-reported the variances in expenditures and obligations due to accruals of costs to previously reported quarters. Such variances can be common with just-in-time reporting. Regarding the omitted projects, the Reporting Portal has undergone several updates throughout the period of performance. These updates contributed to confusion in required data for projects. The omitted projects were included in the subsequent reports after the data points were known and tracked. Regarding the reporting of project obligations, Treasury?s definition of obligation is very broad and FAQ 13.17 allows the recipient to use its discretion to determine when an obligation is incurred. Such discretion calls for the interpretation of several source documents. In each report total obligations were not less than total expenditures nor did total obligations exceed available funding. Name(s) of the contact person(s) responsible for corrective action: Benjamin Morris-Levenson Planned completion date for corrective action plan: June 30, 2023

The Office of Vice President of Research and the Controller?s Office worked with the University?s Workday Finance team to configure its accounting system with an automated control that prevents general (nonpayroll) expenditures from being charged to the grant after the period of performance end date, one root cause of cost transfers. In addition, for payroll expenditures, the above teams updated grant labor costing allocations in its accounting system to contain an end date that coincides with the period of performance end date which restricts labor costs from being charged after the period of performance. The post award specialists will begin reviewing the labor costing allocations on a periodic basis. Also implemented in fiscal year 2023, before each payroll is processed by the Director of Payroll within the accounting system, grants that have ended are identified by the Assistant Controller and Director of Sponsored Program Accounting and the payroll expenditures are removed from the feed and not charged to the grant. The University has also hired individuals whose sole responsibility is to review general (non-payroll) expenditures charged to grants. Further, the University?s post award specialists are continually trained on the importance of allowed and unallowed expenditures and are now reviewing grant level budget versus actual reporting on a periodic basis to identify noncompliance. Tara Thomason, Controller and Assistance Vice President, is responsible for addressing the above items by December 2023.

FINDING 2022-004 Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Sue Pitts Contact Phone Number: 812-268-6077 Views of Responsible Official: We concur with the finding. Description of Corrective Action Plan: We will implement a system of internal controls related to the preparation and submission of the Project and Expenditure (P&E) Reports. The Clerk-Treasurer will prepare the reports to be reviewed by the Deputy Clerk-Treasurer, prior to submission, to ensure that all projects, sections, and key line items are complete and supported by the ledger. Starting in 2024, the reports will be submitted by the April 30th deadline. Anticipated Completion Date: January 2024

FINDING 2022-002 Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Valeriano F. Gomez / City Controller Contact Phone Number: 219-391-8300 Views of Responsible Official: We concur with the finding Description of Corrective Action Plan: Additional Internal controls to address Finding 2022-002: A.- 1. East Chicago SLFRF reporting personnel, will be expanded to include a review of Quarterly Project and Expenditure Reports by a city senior accountant. 2. All personnel will jointly review Quarterly Project & Expenditure Report when completed, before proceeding to submission in portal. 3. Review by city personnel of previous Quarterly Reports to include the initial Interim Report (SLT-4798, 8-31-21) to address issues. 4. To address possible error in reporting tier will e-mail Treasury (SLFRF@treasury.qov.) for guidance and direction. Per Project and Expenditure Report User Guide April 1, 2023. B.- 2. East Chicago SLFRF reporting personnel will include the project ledger to future SLFRF Compliance Quarter Reports to ensure accurate reporting within the proper timeline / period. Note: In addition, with further discussion, we will continue to work on finding other proposals to improve internal controls issues related to Finding 2022-002. Anticipated Completion Date: Corrective actions should be in place for next SLFRF Quarterly Report (2nd Qtr. 2023).