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City of Aurora, Colorado
CO
Questioned Costs Allowable Costs / Cost Principles
CITY OF AURORA PLANNED ACTION: The City agrees with the finding and City staff will implement additional internal controls, including sending payroll reports to grant managers each pay period for review and signoff for the audit file. In addition, staff will increase the frequency of time and effort...
CITY OF AURORA PLANNED ACTION: The City agrees with the finding and City staff will implement additional internal controls, including sending payroll reports to grant managers each pay period for review and signoff for the audit file. In addition, staff will increase the frequency of time and effort certifications to quarterly to identify changes in employee job duties and cost allocations on a timely basis. CITY OF AURORA RESPONSIBLE PARTY: Nancy Wishmeyer, Controller COMPLETION DATE: Q3 2024
View Audit 315556 Questioned Costs: $1
Finding 479031 (2023-001)
Significant Deficiency 2023
Nutrition, INC
IN
Internal Control / Segregation of Duties Questioned Costs
Corrective Action Plan Name of Auditee: Nutrition, Inc. Name of audit firm: Donovan CPAs Period covered by the audit: October 01, 2022 - September 30, 2023 Corrective action prepared by: Name: Sudie Shaw-Price, Nutrition, Inc. Position: Executive director Telephone number: (317)543-9452 Email addres...
Corrective Action Plan Name of Auditee: Nutrition, Inc. Name of audit firm: Donovan CPAs Period covered by the audit: October 01, 2022 - September 30, 2023 Corrective action prepared by: Name: Sudie Shaw-Price, Nutrition, Inc. Position: Executive director Telephone number: (317)543-9452 Email address: sprice@nutritionincindy.org Current Finding on Schedule of Findings, Questioned Costs, and Recommendations Finding 2023-001 – Financial Statement and Federal Awards Statement of Condition: Nutrition was not segregating duties of accounting and administrative responsibilities for internal control purposes. Status: Coming out of the pandemic impacted the ability to complete the segregation of duties process, due to the lack of staff. As a result, Nutrition is working to develop the processes that will help to implement the procedures that will segregate duties and will continue working with team members to implement processes to segregate duties moving forward. At this time, the development is on-going and will take place when the business growth warrants and supports such an action. Presently, adding additional staff to provide another layer of preparation, review, and monitoring would outweigh the costs.
View Audit 315550
Finding 479014 (2023-002)
Significant Deficiency 2023
Arapahoe County, Colorado
CO
Special Tests & Provisions Questioned Costs HUD Housing Programs
HOME Investment Partnerships Program and COVID-19 HOME Investment Partnerships Program - Significant Deficiency Condition: The County did not conduct the required inspections of the HOMEassisted rental housing units during the year ended December 31, 2023. Recommendation: We recommend the County con...
HOME Investment Partnerships Program and COVID-19 HOME Investment Partnerships Program - Significant Deficiency Condition: The County did not conduct the required inspections of the HOMEassisted rental housing units during the year ended December 31, 2023. Recommendation: We recommend the County continue to train personnel so that the inspections are completed timely. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. Action taken in response to finding: In 2023, performance issues with the administration of the HOME program were discovered, to include the absence of required inspections. With significant turnover of tenured leadership and employees within the Community Resources Department, Arapahoe County Community Resources took proactive measures in 2023 for review of the Community Development Housing and Homeless Services (CDHHS) programs by recognized consultants within the field. Community Resources has contracted with two consultants, to assist in a full review and re-development of policies and procedures (Civitas) for the CDBG and HOME programs as well as a full review of all case files (Affordable Housing Consultants). Included with this response are the contracts with both Civitas and Affordable Housing Consultants for verification purposes. The County anticipates their work to be completed and an implementation of updated policies and procedures for these programs by fall of 2024. The role of Program Administrator over the HOME program was not filled until April of 2024. This role will be responsible for all future HOME program inspections. Community Resources CDHHS employees will be taking part in a two-day training in June 2024 (June 11th and 12th, 2024) for the following:  Davis Bacon & Related Acts (Applicability, wage determinations, payroll review, interviews, common errors and how to correct)  Section 3 (Applicability, Safe Harbor benchmarks, documenting compliance, qualitative efforts)  TBRA Inspections (National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate (NSPIRE) administrative procedures)  HOME Program - Implementation and Best Practices - Arapahoe County, CO - June 12, 2024  This HOME training is an introductory course focusing on underwriting and subsidy layering requirements.  Eligible Activities (Homeowner rehab programs, Homebuyer programs, Rental housing)  Underwriting (Subsidy layering and underwriting requirements and best practices)  Community Housing Development Organization (CHDO) (Requirements, best practices, management, etc)  Long-term Compliance (HOME Match, eligible beneficiaries, income limits, subsidy layering & limits, affordability, written agreements, etc)  IDIS and Reporting Arapahoe County staff will be conducting monitoring of the two Tenant Based Rental Assistance (TBRA) programs and projects within in the affordability period (20-year span) between mid-June to mid-August of 2024. The remaining HOME program projects, within the affordability period (20-year span) will have audits completed by the end of our 2023 grant cycle, September 30th, 2024. Name of the contact person responsible for corrective action: Katherine Smith Planned completion date for corrective action plan: September 30, 2024
View Audit 315527
Finding 478996 (2023-037)
Material Weakness 2023
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
MA
Questioned Costs Subrecipient Monitoring Material Weakness § 200.303
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH 2023-037 Block Grants for Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse, COVID-19 - Block Grants for Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse - Assistance Listing No. 93.959 Action taken in response to the finding: All subrecipient FFATA information will be batch upload...
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH 2023-037 Block Grants for Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse, COVID-19 - Block Grants for Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse - Assistance Listing No. 93.959 Action taken in response to the finding: All subrecipient FFATA information will be batch uploaded to FSRS within 30 days of execution of subcontracts. The majority of BSAS subrecipient contracts are executed as of July 1. A batch upload of data will be completed each year in that period. All outlying contracts not executed on June 30 will have their FFATA data uploaded to FSRS within 30 days of contract execution throughout the year. These uploads will be conducted by the BSAS Grants coordinator. Once successfully uploaded the Grants coordinator will receive a FFATA submission receipt from FSRS for each FFATA submission. They will share this with their supervisor and the Fiscal Director for confirmation. These records will be kept on file in the BSAS Grant Teams file for future reference. Our internal Fiscal Compliance Auditor will review batches of these submission quarterly to ensure compliance. Name of the contact person responsible for corrective action: Shannon McEneaney-Farron, BSAS Fiscal Director Planned completion date for corrective action plan: July 31, 2024 If the Department of Health and Human Services has questions regarding this plan, please call David Godin at 617-721-6200.
View Audit 315520
Finding 478993 (2023-034)
Significant Deficiency 2023
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
MA
Questioned Costs Allowable Costs / Cost Principles § 200.303 § 200.430 § 200.430(I)
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH 2023-034 Opioid – STR - Assistance Listing No. 93.788 Action taken in response to the finding: We are currently working on implementing training during on boarding as well as annual refresher training for these key fiscal requirements including time and effort reporting ...
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH 2023-034 Opioid – STR - Assistance Listing No. 93.788 Action taken in response to the finding: We are currently working on implementing training during on boarding as well as annual refresher training for these key fiscal requirements including time and effort reporting and plan to have these trainings in place by the end of the 2024 calendar year. In the interim the BSAS grants office will work with Grant PIs to train staff on time and effort reporting, correct any issues with duplicative effort reporting, and ensure staff are allocated to grants in proportion to their actual time worked. This is being corrected by the BSAS grants director and all corrections have been documented through PARS reports. This particular finding was in relation to an Interdepartmental Service Agreement ISA (815 CMR 6.00) with The Dukes County Sheriff’s Office (department) for which we do not have direct access to their payroll. We will be including in future ISA agreements, language that states that monthly detailed payroll reports associated with ISA funds must be submitted to the BSAS ISA office for review. These records will be reviewed by the BSAS ISA manager, and any corrections required will be relayed to the ISA child agency by the BSAS ISA manager via email for documentation. If any child agency is repeatedly non-compliant we will work with them on a corrective action plan for their site. If the issues are not resolved we will review the status of their agreement, and our continued relationship with them. All related records will be kept in the BSAS ISA offices Teams files for the child agency. Name of the contact person responsible for corrective action: Shannon McEneaney-Farron, BSAS Fiscal Director Planned completion date for corrective action plan: Ongoing. This process will commence as of July 1, 2024.
View Audit 315520 Questioned Costs: $1
Finding 478992 (2023-033)
Material Weakness 2023
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
MA
Questioned Costs Subrecipient Monitoring Material Weakness § 200.303
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH 2023-033 Opioid – STR - Assistance Listing No. 93.788 Action taken in response to the finding: All subrecipient FFATA information will be batch uploaded to FSRS within 30 days of execution of subcontracts. The majority of BSAS subrecipient contracts are executed as of Ju...
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH 2023-033 Opioid – STR - Assistance Listing No. 93.788 Action taken in response to the finding: All subrecipient FFATA information will be batch uploaded to FSRS within 30 days of execution of subcontracts. The majority of BSAS subrecipient contracts are executed as of July 1. A batch upload of data will be completed each month over the grant period so that all outlying contracts not executed on June 30 will have their FFATA data uploaded to FSRS within 30 days of contract execution throughout the year. These uploads will be conducted by the BSAS Grants coordinator. Once successfully uploaded the Grants coordinator will receive a FFATA submission receipt from FSRS for each FFATA submission. They will share this with their supervisor and the Fiscal Director for confirmation. These records will be kept on file in the BSAS Grant Teams file for future reference. Our internal Fiscal Compliance Auditor will review batches of these submission quarterly to ensure compliance. Name of the contact person responsible for corrective action: Shannon McEneaney-Farron, BSAS Fiscal Director Planned completion date for corrective action plan: Ongoing. This process will commence as of July 1, 2024.
View Audit 315520
Finding 478987 (2023-032)
Significant Deficiency 2023
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
MA
Questioned Costs Special Tests & Provisions Significant Deficiency § 200.303
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 2023-032 Medicaid Cluster, COVID-19 – Medicaid Cluster - Assistance Listing No. 93.775, 93.777, 93.778 Action taken in response to the finding: In response to the finding, MassHealth will • Implement corrective measures to ensure workbooks are revamped ...
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 2023-032 Medicaid Cluster, COVID-19 – Medicaid Cluster - Assistance Listing No. 93.775, 93.777, 93.778 Action taken in response to the finding: In response to the finding, MassHealth will • Implement corrective measures to ensure workbooks are revamped and that processes are implemented to automate and improve the importation of data and to allow more time for quality control review. • Work with staff to develop additional checks to ensure the correct federal share is reported and returned. • Return the identified federal share in the QE 03.2024 CMS 64. Name of the contact person responsible for corrective action: Janet Chin, Director Federal Revenue Claiming, Title XIX & XXI Planned completion date for corrective action plan: Immediate and ongoing
View Audit 315520 Questioned Costs: $1
Finding 478982 (2023-031)
Significant Deficiency 2023
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
MA
Questioned Costs Special Tests & Provisions Reporting § 200.303
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 2023-031 Medicaid Cluster, COVID-19 – Medicaid Cluster - Assistance Listing No. 93.775, 93.777, 93.778 Action taken in response to the finding: The Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS) has reviewed the required elements of reports submi...
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 2023-031 Medicaid Cluster, COVID-19 – Medicaid Cluster - Assistance Listing No. 93.775, 93.777, 93.778 Action taken in response to the finding: The Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS) has reviewed the required elements of reports submitted by managed care providers with EOHHS staff and reviewed the steps that EOHHS staff should take when any element of those reports is missing. Name of the contact person responsible for corrective action: Robert Roche, FP&A Analyst Planned completion date for corrective action plan: May 2, 2024
View Audit 315520
Finding 478977 (2023-030)
Material Weakness 2023
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
MA
Questioned Costs Special Tests & Provisions Material Weakness § 200.303
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 2023-030 Medicaid Cluster, COVID-19 – Medicaid Cluster - Assistance Listing No. 93.775, 93.777, 93.778 Action taken in response to the finding: EOHHS is developing a standardized checklist, using CLA’s guidance as a template, to ensure that SOC reports ...
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 2023-030 Medicaid Cluster, COVID-19 – Medicaid Cluster - Assistance Listing No. 93.775, 93.777, 93.778 Action taken in response to the finding: EOHHS is developing a standardized checklist, using CLA’s guidance as a template, to ensure that SOC reports are reviewed and that such reviews are documented. Name of the contact person responsible for corrective action: Conduent – Jacob Guggenheim, Director of Healthcare Information and Analysis DentaQuest - Tomaso Calicchio, Director of Specialty Provider Networks Maximus – Janice Wadsworth, Director of Provider Operations Planned completion date for corrective action plan: July 2024
View Audit 315520
Finding 478972 (2023-029)
Significant Deficiency 2023
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
MA
Eligibility Questioned Costs Special Tests & Provisions § 200.303
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 2023-029 Medicaid Cluster, COVID-19 – Medicaid Cluster - Assistance Listing No. 93.775, 93.777, 93.778 Action taken in response to the finding: Dental: In response to the finding MassHealth required DentaQuest to: • Implement a corrective action plan to...
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 2023-029 Medicaid Cluster, COVID-19 – Medicaid Cluster - Assistance Listing No. 93.775, 93.777, 93.778 Action taken in response to the finding: Dental: In response to the finding MassHealth required DentaQuest to: • Implement a corrective action plan to review and improve internal controls for the retention of provider enrollment documentation. • Ensure that all required documents are obtained and retained during validation and revalidation (i.e., “provider eligibility recertification”) processes for both individual dental providers and dental group practices. • Provide additional training to its provider enrollment staff on document retention. DentaQuest has implemented the above requirements to ensure provider license and revalidation dates are verified and maintained in MassHealth’s Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) upon enrollment and subsequent revalidation. However, MassHealth anticipates that due to a backlog in the dental group practice revalidation process, dental group practice revalidation will not be complete January 2025. In the event that a MassHealth-enrolled provider or group practice does not timely respond to MassHealth revalidation requests, MassHealth initiates the process of terminating the provider’s MassHealth contract. BSS: For the one out of state provider that MassHealth did not revalidate, once identified, the provider was immediately put into a revalidation process. The provider did not respond to requests from MassHealth to revalidate and the provider’s MassHealth contract was terminated effective 1/21/2024 for failure to revalidate. MassHealth and BSS will continue to review and ensure that all providers who are required to revalidate are completed within the CMS required timeframes. Name of the contact person responsible for corrective action: Tuyen Vu, Deputy Director, Dental Janice Wadsworth, Director of Provider Operations Planned completion date for corrective action plan: Dental: January 1, 2025 BSS: January 21, 2024
View Audit 315520 Questioned Costs: $1
Finding 478968 (2023-027)
Material Weakness 2023
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
MA
Questioned Costs Material Weakness Reporting § 200.303
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HOUSING AND LIVABLE COMMUNITIES 2023-027 Low-Income Home Energy Assistance, COVID-19 – Low-Income Home Energy Assistance - Assistance Listing No. 93.568 Action taken in response to the finding: The Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities (EOHLC), which was formerly t...
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HOUSING AND LIVABLE COMMUNITIES 2023-027 Low-Income Home Energy Assistance, COVID-19 – Low-Income Home Energy Assistance - Assistance Listing No. 93.568 Action taken in response to the finding: The Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities (EOHLC), which was formerly the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD or Department), has implemented the recommended measures and will continue them going forward. EOHLC has reviewed their policies and procedures for LIHEAP reporting requirements and is committed to making any enhancements that are necessary to ensure the reports are submitted timely and accurately, and that the information reported agrees to the supporting documentation. In addition, EOHLC Management or their designees will review deadlines and other requirements for LIHEAP reports on an ongoing basis. Name of the contact person responsible for corrective action: Edward Kiely Planned completion date for corrective action plan: October 1, 2024
View Audit 315520
Finding 478966 (2023-026)
Material Weakness 2023
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
MA
Questioned Costs Subrecipient Monitoring Material Weakness § 200.303
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HOUSING AND LIVABLE COMMUNITIES 2023-026 Low-Income Home Energy Assistance, COVID-19 – Low-Income Home Energy Assistance - Assistance Listing No. 93.568 Action taken in response to the finding: The Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities (EOHLC), which was formerly t...
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HOUSING AND LIVABLE COMMUNITIES 2023-026 Low-Income Home Energy Assistance, COVID-19 – Low-Income Home Energy Assistance - Assistance Listing No. 93.568 Action taken in response to the finding: The Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities (EOHLC), which was formerly the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD or Department), has implemented the recommended measures and will continue them going forward. As a result of the original finding, 2022-018, EOHLC had previously put policies and procedures in place to ensure that all required subawards are reported timely and accurately to FSRS, and the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (FFATA) reports are reported timely and accurately. EOHLC’s FFATA report procedure was developed in September of 2023 and submitted on November 20, 2023. Although EOHLC acknowledges why this has resulted in this finding, EOHLC notes that policies and procedures have already been put in place to remedy this issue. Name of the contact person responsible for corrective action: Kristen Crowley Planned completion date for corrective action plan: FFATA report procedure developed September 12, 2023 and LIHEAP submitted November 20, 2023
View Audit 315520
Finding 478959 (2023-023)
Material Weakness 2023
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
MA
Questioned Costs Subrecipient Monitoring Material Weakness § 200.303
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH 2023-023 Immunization Cooperative Agreements, COVID-19 - Immunization Cooperative Agreements - Assistance Listing No. 93.268 Action taken in response to the finding: The Bureau of Infectious Disease and Laboratory Sciences (BIDLS) will put in place starting June 1, 2024 ...
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH 2023-023 Immunization Cooperative Agreements, COVID-19 - Immunization Cooperative Agreements - Assistance Listing No. 93.268 Action taken in response to the finding: The Bureau of Infectious Disease and Laboratory Sciences (BIDLS) will put in place starting June 1, 2024 a process to review obligations for subawards under Immunization, Assistance Listing No. 93.268 to identify subawards that fall under the rules set forth by Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (FFATA) and report the appropriate obligations to FSRS according to the above-mentioned recommendations. Name of the contact person responsible for corrective action: Cheryl Bernard-Dort, Director of Administration and Finance or her designee. Planned completion date for corrective action plan: The completion date for this correction action plan is September 30, 2024.
View Audit 315520
Finding 478949 (2023-021)
Significant Deficiency 2023
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
MA
Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking Questioned Costs § 200.303
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ELDER AFAIRS 2023-021 COVID-19 – Aging Cluster - Assistance Listing No. 93.044, 93.045, 93.053 Action taken in response to the finding: EOEA will review internal processes to ensure that federal requirements are met for the applicable grants in the scope of this audit as well as...
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ELDER AFAIRS 2023-021 COVID-19 – Aging Cluster - Assistance Listing No. 93.044, 93.045, 93.053 Action taken in response to the finding: EOEA will review internal processes to ensure that federal requirements are met for the applicable grants in the scope of this audit as well as all Title III grants. Name of the contact person responsible for corrective action: Sheila Tunney, EOEA CFO Planned completion date for corrective action plan: EOEA will complete this corrective action plan action in advance of the FFY25 federal award issuance, expected in October 2024.
View Audit 315520 Questioned Costs: $1
Finding 478944 (2023-020)
Material Weakness 2023
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
MA
Questioned Costs Subrecipient Monitoring Material Weakness § 200.303
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ELDER AFAIRS 2023-020 COVID-19 – Aging Cluster - Assistance Listing No. 93.044, 93.045, 93.053 Action taken in response to the finding: EOEA will establish a process to ensure that all required subawards are reported timely and accurately to FSRS no later than the end of the mon...
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ELDER AFAIRS 2023-020 COVID-19 – Aging Cluster - Assistance Listing No. 93.044, 93.045, 93.053 Action taken in response to the finding: EOEA will establish a process to ensure that all required subawards are reported timely and accurately to FSRS no later than the end of the month following the month of issuance of each subaward. Name of the contact person responsible for corrective action: Sheila Tunney, EOEA CFO Planned completion date for corrective action plan: EOEA will complete this corrective action plan following issuance of the final FFY24 federal award, which is expected in August 2024.
View Audit 315520
Finding 478932 (2023-018)
Significant Deficiency 2023
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
MA
Questioned Costs Subrecipient Monitoring Reporting § 200.303
DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION 2023-018 COVID-19 – Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER), COVID-19 – American Rescue Plan – Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ARP ESSER) – Assistance Listing No. 84.425D, 84.425U Action taken in response to the...
DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION 2023-018 COVID-19 – Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER), COVID-19 – American Rescue Plan – Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ARP ESSER) – Assistance Listing No. 84.425D, 84.425U Action taken in response to the finding: In FY24, internal controls and procedures were implemented to ensure that all required subawards are reported timely to FSRS no later than the end of the month following the month of issuance. Name of the contact person responsible for corrective action: Robert Curtain, Chief Officer for Data and Accountability Planned completion date for corrective action plan: July 1, 2023
View Audit 315520
Finding 478931 (2023-017)
Significant Deficiency 2023
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
MA
Questioned Costs Subrecipient Monitoring Reporting § 200.303
DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION 2023-017 Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies – Assistance Listing No. 84.010 Action taken in response to the finding: In FY24, internal controls and procedures were implemented to ensure that all required subawards are reported timely to FSR...
DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION 2023-017 Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies – Assistance Listing No. 84.010 Action taken in response to the finding: In FY24, internal controls and procedures were implemented to ensure that all required subawards are reported timely to FSRS no later than the end of the month following the month of issuance. Name of the contact person responsible for corrective action: Robert Curtain, Chief Officer for Data and Accountability Planned completion date for corrective action plan: July 1, 2023
View Audit 315520
Finding 478930 (2023-016)
Significant Deficiency 2023
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
MA
Eligibility Questioned Costs Significant Deficiency § 200.303
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HOUSING AND LIVABLE COMMUNITIES 2023-016 COVID-19 – Emergency Rental Assistance Program – Assistance Listing No. 21.023 Action taken in response to the finding: EOHLC has notified Nan McKay of the income ineligibility. Nan McKay and EOHLC agreed with the finding. In February 202...
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HOUSING AND LIVABLE COMMUNITIES 2023-016 COVID-19 – Emergency Rental Assistance Program – Assistance Listing No. 21.023 Action taken in response to the finding: EOHLC has notified Nan McKay of the income ineligibility. Nan McKay and EOHLC agreed with the finding. In February 2024 Nan McKay sent payment recoupment letters to the landlord and the utility company to attempt to recoup the funds paid on behalf of an ineligible household. EOHLC met with Nan McKay leadership staff on 04/18/2024 to review income eligibility steps for emergency rental assistance programs. Name of the contact person responsible for corrective action: Amy Mullen Planned completion date for corrective action plan: April 18, 2024
View Audit 315520 Questioned Costs: $1
Finding 478926 (2023-014)
Significant Deficiency 2023
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
MA
Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking Questioned Costs § 200.303
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT 2023-014 WIOA Cluster– Assistance Listing No. 17.258, 17.259, 17.278 Action taken in response to the finding: In FY 2023, a Corrective Action Plan (CAP) was drafted and implemented to address prior audit findings related to Federal Financial Repor...
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT 2023-014 WIOA Cluster– Assistance Listing No. 17.258, 17.259, 17.278 Action taken in response to the finding: In FY 2023, a Corrective Action Plan (CAP) was drafted and implemented to address prior audit findings related to Federal Financial Reports (FFR). Prior audit findings were a result of extraordinary turnover within EOLWD’s Finance Office, which resulted in having no staff who were fully dedicated to filing Federal Financial Reports (FFR). The CAP included: (1) filling vacant positions; (2) training new staff in the federal reporting process and requirements; (3) automating business practices; and (4) drafting and implementing an FFR Standard Operating Procedure (SOP). The first three corrective actions identified in the CAP were implemented in FY 2023. The SOP for Federal Financial Reporting was developed in FY 2023 and implemented in FY 2024. The necessary controls for ensuring ETA 9130 reports reflect earmarking requirements and are accurately supported by documentation that support reported balances were implemented with the implementation of the FFR SOP in FY 2024. Name of the contact person responsible for corrective action: Malachy Rice, Director of Federal Grants Management Planned completion date for corrective action plan: October 1, 2023
View Audit 315520
Finding 478923 (2023-013)
Material Weakness 2023
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
MA
Questioned Costs Subrecipient Monitoring Material Weakness § 200.303
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT 2023-013 WIOA Cluster– Assistance Listing No. 17.258, 17.259, 17.278 Action taken in response to the finding: EOLWD Finance is drafting a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) that includes the necessary controls to ensure subawards subject to Federa...
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT 2023-013 WIOA Cluster– Assistance Listing No. 17.258, 17.259, 17.278 Action taken in response to the finding: EOLWD Finance is drafting a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) that includes the necessary controls to ensure subawards subject to Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (FFATA) reporting are reviewed, approved, and submitted timely to FSRS. EOLWD Finance will also conduct training for staff. Name of the contact person responsible for corrective action: Malachy Rice, Director of Federal Grants Management Planned completion date for corrective action plan: July 1, 2024
View Audit 315520
Finding 478913 (2023-011)
Significant Deficiency 2023
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
MA
Questioned Costs Reporting Significant Deficiency § 200.303
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT 2023-011 WIOA Cluster, Employment Service Cluster – Assistance Listing No. 17.258, 17.259, 17.278, 17.207, 17.801 Action taken in response to the finding: In FY 2023, a Corrective Action Plan (CAP) was drafted and implemented to address prior aud...
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT 2023-011 WIOA Cluster, Employment Service Cluster – Assistance Listing No. 17.258, 17.259, 17.278, 17.207, 17.801 Action taken in response to the finding: In FY 2023, a Corrective Action Plan (CAP) was drafted and implemented to address prior audit findings related to Federal Financial Reports (FFR). Prior audit findings were a result of extraordinary turnover within EOLWD’s Finance Office, which resulted in having no staff who were fully dedicated to filing Federal Financial Reports (FFR). The CAP included: (1) filling vacant positions; (2) training new staff in the federal reporting process and requirements; (3) automating business practices; and (4) drafting and implementing an FFR Standard Operating Procedure (SOP). The first three corrective actions identified in the CAP were implemented throughout FY 2023. The SOP for Federal Financial Reporting was developed throughout FY 2023 and implemented in FY 2024. The necessary controls for ensuring that ETA 9130 reports reflect earmarking requirements and are accurately supported by documentation that support reported balances were implemented with the implementation of the FFR SOP in FY 2024. In addition, the automated business practices cited in the CAP were refined throughout FY 2023 to ensure data in supporting documentation correlates to what is reported on an ETA 9130 report. Name of the contact person responsible for corrective action: Malachy Rice, Director of Federal Grants Management Planned completion date for corrective action plan: October 1, 2023
View Audit 315520
Finding 478908 (2023-010)
Significant Deficiency 2023
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
MA
Allowable Costs / Cost Principles Questioned Costs § 200.303 § 200.430
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT 2023-010 WIOA Cluster, Employment Service Cluster – Assistance Listing No. 17.258, 17.259, 17.278, 17.207, 17.801 Action taken in response to the finding: EOLWD Budget and Human Resources (HR) will update procedures and controls to ensure all new...
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT 2023-010 WIOA Cluster, Employment Service Cluster – Assistance Listing No. 17.258, 17.259, 17.278, 17.207, 17.801 Action taken in response to the finding: EOLWD Budget and Human Resources (HR) will update procedures and controls to ensure all new staff are notified and trained to comply with entering Self-Service Time and Attendance (SSTA) combination codes on their timesheets. As programs are assigned unique combination codes, EOLWD Budget and HR will annually remind staff that SSTA combination codes are required when entering timesheets and, if none are entered, timesheet approvers are required to reject timesheets and notify staff to comply with the requirement. Additionally, a weekly Data Mart report will be created to identify timesheets entered without SSTA combination codes so HR can send notifications to staff to update timesheets for compliance. Name of the contact person responsible for corrective action: Steve J. Wong, Budget Director, and Cheryl Stanton, Secretariat Human Resources Officer Planned completion date for corrective action plan: December 31, 2024
View Audit 315520 Questioned Costs: $1
Finding 478902 (2023-007)
Material Weakness 2023
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
MA
Questioned Costs Subrecipient Monitoring Material Weakness § 200.303
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT 2023-007 Employment Service Cluster – Assistance Listing No. 17.207, 17.801 Action taken in response to the finding: EOLWD Finance is drafting a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) that includes the necessary controls to ensure subawards subject to...
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT 2023-007 Employment Service Cluster – Assistance Listing No. 17.207, 17.801 Action taken in response to the finding: EOLWD Finance is drafting a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) that includes the necessary controls to ensure subawards subject to Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (FFATA) reporting are reviewed, approved, and submitted timely to FSRS. EOLWD Finance will also conduct training for staff. Name of the contact person responsible for corrective action: Malachy Rice, Director of Federal Grants Management Planned completion date for corrective action plan: July 1, 2024
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Finding 478900 (2023-006)
Significant Deficiency 2023
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
MA
Questioned Costs Special Tests & Provisions Significant Deficiency § 200.303
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT 2023-006 Unemployment Insurance, COVID-19 – Unemployment Insurance – Assistance Listing No. 17.225 Action taken in response to the finding: While Massachusetts BAM unit (MBAM) had been making progress in meeting timeliness deadlines, it began suff...
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT 2023-006 Unemployment Insurance, COVID-19 – Unemployment Insurance – Assistance Listing No. 17.225 Action taken in response to the finding: While Massachusetts BAM unit (MBAM) had been making progress in meeting timeliness deadlines, it began suffering setbacks in or around July 2022. MBAM was experiencing difficulties with the SUN server not accepting data and the system adding additional edits that should not have existed. Consistent work with the USDOL Hotline resolved the issues and/or created workarounds. Ultimately the SUN server failed after degrading for a year. The server was unavailable for use sporadically through the year and for four full separate weeks in May, June, and July 2023. Not only were staff unable to submit DCI data but it took additional organizational work of handling unentered cases, additional time to work with the Hotline and test fixes, while needing additional steps to implement work arounds for items that could not be fixed. MBAM continues to utilize work arounds for BAM data entry. Since SWA’s SUN server has become functional again, MBAM has been improving timeliness. MBAM also continues to work with ETA Hotline to report and resolve defects within the SUN system. MBAM management also developed an organizational strategy for the unit to provide its investigators with weekly updates on what cases should be worked on based on batch due dates. A case status report has been developed to provide unit supervisors with the status of each case assigned, expected date of completion, work completed to date on case, and cause for delay. Additionally, MBAM management has developed in-house reporting to track individual investigators. The reports track each investigator, telling management the number of cases closed each week and tracking the aging of Investigations. The manager uses these reports to identify cases to be prioritized based on aging and to quickly identify if a specific investigator is lagging in their case closure. Based on performance, the Manager has coaching sessions with individual investigators a minimum of every two weeks where work prioritization, organization, and any other additional necessary issues are reviewed and discussed. A meeting with all investigators is held weekly to provide education, discuss change to policy/procedure, and provide an open forum for BAM program implementation questions. Monitoring also occurs at the end of each quarter. Based on outcome, discussion of weaknesses and development of new levels of support are discussed and implemented. Name of the contact person responsible for corrective action: Susan Saulnier, Director of UI Performs Planned completion date for corrective action plan: September 30, 2024
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Finding 478886 (2023-002)
Significant Deficiency 2023
Housing Authority of the City of Seattle
WA
HUD Housing Programs Questioned Costs Internal Control / Segregation of Duties § 200.302
Moving to Work Demonstration Program – Assistance Listing No. 14.881 Recommendation: We recommend the Authority review their process and internal controls over HQS inspections to ensure compliance with HUD requirements and their administrative plan. Furthermore, management should ensure no HAP payme...
Moving to Work Demonstration Program – Assistance Listing No. 14.881 Recommendation: We recommend the Authority review their process and internal controls over HQS inspections to ensure compliance with HUD requirements and their administrative plan. Furthermore, management should ensure no HAP payments are issued for units that have not passed HQS housing inspections. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. Action taken in response to finding: The Housing Choice Voucher department is addressing inspection controls in multiple ways. The Department has added additional staffing and also has created new tracking that makes it easier to review and identify units that have not passed inspection and not been abated. The Department has also instituted an ongoing process that has the inspections manager conducting a monthly review of units moving through the abatement process to ensure timely processing and cessation of HAP payments as needed. As part of this review the Department is also conducting a comprehensive review of units that have prior failed inspections to ensure abatement occurred. Name of the contact person responsible for corrective action: Mark La Brayere Planned completion date for corrective action plan: Three elements are continuous with no final completion date. The singular comprehensive review is scheduled to be completed within three months.
View Audit 315516 Questioned Costs: $1
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