Criteria: The objective of the Assistance Listing 93.912 is to improve services for substance use disorder (SUD) and opioid use disorder (OUD) through prevention, treatment, and recovery services. Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining internal controls, including formal policies...
Criteria: The objective of the Assistance Listing 93.912 is to improve services for substance use disorder (SUD) and opioid use disorder (OUD) through prevention, treatment, and recovery services. Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining internal controls, including formal policies and procedures for the review and approval of journal entries, adjustments to expenditures, and account reconciliations, to ensure expenditures reported to granting agencies are complete, accurate, allowable, and properly supported. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. Action taken in response to finding: Containment -Once we were made aware of this finding through the audit, we began thinking of the most efficient way to document the Board’s knowledge and approvals of journal entries, including adjustments to expenditures and account reconciliations. Root Cause -HOPE is currently revising all policies and procedures. This was HOPE’s first federal single audit, so once we heard of the finding we prioritized revisions of fiscal policies and procedures to address the finding. Action Taken- The first board meeting after learning of this finding will be held on July 27th, 2026. Beginning with that meeting, the Board’s approval of the statement of activity detail, consisting of all charges and journal entries entered into HOPE’s accounting system since the date of the last Board meeting, will be approved via motion and seconded and noted as such in the Board meeting minutes. Most journal entries made during the month are currently entered into the system by HOPE’s CPA. The remaining journal entries are entered by HOPE’s Executive Director. To ensure that the Board is aware of the adjustments made in the system, all journal entries made since the last Board meeting will be approved via a motion and a second as a separate agenda item to ensure that the Board is reviewing these items particularly. All approvals will be noted in the Board meeting minutes. The list of journal entries viewed during the meeting will be initialed by a Board member and kept on file as documentation of internal controls.