Management’s Response
and Corrective Action Plan: Alpine Achievers Initiative acknowledges the finding and recommendation.
Late submissions occurred due to delays on responses from the grantor.
Management will be more proactive in documenting communication
regarding Period Expense Reports (PERs) to ...
Management’s Response
and Corrective Action Plan: Alpine Achievers Initiative acknowledges the finding and recommendation.
Late submissions occurred due to delays on responses from the grantor.
Management will be more proactive in documenting communication
regarding Period Expense Reports (PERs) to ensure that, if they are
submitted late, there is clear evidence of why and what date they were
initially submitted. Management is now aware that the PER system only
reflects the final submission date once approved, not the initial submission
date. To address this, Alpine Achievers Initiative (AAI) will implement a
process to document the initial submission date along with any backup
documentation of delays, including communications with Serve Colorado
or other relevant parties.
Additionally, Serve Colorado has clarified that while timely submission of
PERs is required, grantees who communicate a need for additional time by
the 15th of the month are considered compliant. Serve Colorado also noted
that, based on AAI’s history and previous communications, they would not
consider this a finding or an indicator of poor performance. Moving forward,
AAI will ensure that any anticipated delays are formally communicated to
Serve Colorado before the due date and that records of these
communications are retained for audit purposes.
Contact and Completion Date: Megan Strauss (megan@alpineachievers.org) is the primary contact, and the
Executive Director at Alpine Achievers Initiative The correction action is
expected to be resolved before the end of the next fiscal year-end of July 31,
2025.