2025-102 The County did not develop internal control procedures over program reporting and cash management requirements, increasing risk of report errors to awarding agencies and wrongly receiving monies Cluster Name: Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Cluster Assistance Listings number...
2025-102 The County did not develop internal control procedures over program reporting and cash management requirements, increasing risk of report errors to awarding agencies and wrongly receiving monies Cluster Name: Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Cluster Assistance Listings numbers and program names: 17.258 WIOA Adult Program 17.259 WIOA Youth Activities 17.278 WIOA Dislocated Worker Formula Grants Award Numbers and years: IGA DI21-002286 July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025 IGA DI23-002389 July 1, 2023 through June 28, 2028 Assistance Listings numbers and program name: 21.027 COVID-19—Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds Award Numbers and years: 1505-0271 March 3, 2021 through December 31, 2024 CT-FM-22-149 October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025 SLFRFP1962 January 5, 2023 through December 31, 2026 CTR069300 January 1, 2024 through December 30, 2026 GTAW-FM-23*123 October 3, 2022 through July 3, 2026 ACJC-VC-25-001A July 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024 Assistance Listings numbers and program name: 93.268 Immunization Cooperative Agreements Award numbers and years: CTR062571 July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2025 CTR059891 July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2027 Name of contact person: Art Cuaron, Director, Finance and Risk Management Anticipated completion date: June 30, 2027 The County recognizes the need to strengthen internal controls over federal reporting and cash management requirements. F&RM will complete the following actions to ensure compliance with 2 CFR Part 200: 1. Establish written internal control policies and procedures for federal program reporting. All federal financial reports will undergo an independently documented review before submission to ensure accuracy, allowability, and proper reporting periods. 2. Implement documentation standards requiring staff to retain supporting materials such as system reports, financial queries, screenshots, and reconciliations, in accordance with federal and County retention requirements. 3. Pima County has been working with each of its grant implementing entities to use Euna Grants calendaring and reminders to prompt the entities’ timely reporting activities. Grants Management and Innovation (GMI) Department sets the reminders schedule at the onset of the performance period. The reminders are then automatically emailed to the grants manager and the assigned accountant for each grant on a set schedule throughout the course of the grant. GMI and Finance – Grants will continue to work with grant implementing entities to use these reminders to trigger the necessary actions in a timely manner. Pima County was still in the process of institutionalizing this system during FY25. 4. Provide training for staff who prepare and review federal reports, focusing on reporting requirements, documentation standards, internal controls, and record retention. 5. Conduct periodic management oversight reviews to confirm that internal controls are followed and that reports are complete, accurate, and submitted on time. The County is also planning to implement the Workday Grants Module with an anticipated go-live of July 1, 2027. This solution will enhance our ability to manage the full fiscal lifecycle of grant awards and ensure compliance with federal reporting requirements. The Workday Grants Module is a native Workday solution, purpose-built to support the full fiscal grant lifecycle. The module supports the following financial grant objectives: • Grant setup and award and fiscal tracking • Cost allocation and allocability controls • Real-time grant financial reporting • Compliance with federal Uniform Guidance (2 CFR 200) • Integration with Workday Financial Management, Procurement and Human Capital Management (HCM) In addition, F&RM has submitted FY 2026/27 budget requests to fund three additional Accountant III positions in our Finance – Grants Division. These positions will expand our capacity to manage our grant portfolio and strengthen our reconciliation, billing and SEFA preparation processes. The contract for the Workday Grants Module is scheduled to go before the Board of Supervisors for approval in April. These new positions will be included in the County Administrator’s Recommended Budget and will be considered by the Board as part of the full budget adoption process in June.