Corrective Action Plans

Finding 539412 (2024-002)

Significant Deficiency 2024

MI

Questioned Costs Student Financial Aid Internal Control / Segregation of Duties § 200.303

Condition: There was a lack of internal controls in place related to the return of Title IV funds. Planned Corrective Action: Director will update academic calendar on COD R2TIV calculator yearly and verify dates and length of breaks are correct. The University will continue to have the Senior Fina...

Condition: There was a lack of internal controls in place related to the return of Title IV funds. Planned Corrective Action: Director will update academic calendar on COD R2TIV calculator yearly and verify dates and length of breaks are correct. The University will continue to have the Senior Financial Aid Advisor complete R2TIV and the Director will sign off on calculations. Contact person responsible for corrective action: Callie Zake, Senior Director Student Financial Services Anticipated Completion Date: June 30, 2025

View Audit 349964 Questioned Costs: $1

Finding 539409 (2024-004)

Significant Deficiency 2024

Prince William County

VA

HUD Housing Programs Significant Deficiency Internal Control / Segregation of Duties § 200.303

Finding 2024‐004: Significant Deficiency and Non‐Material Noncompliance – Housing Voucher Cluster REAC Report Name of Contact Person: Joan Duckett, Director of Housing & Community Development Corrective Action: The Office of Housing and Community Development (OHCD) has taken corrective measures to e...

Finding 2024‐004: Significant Deficiency and Non‐Material Noncompliance – Housing Voucher Cluster REAC Report Name of Contact Person: Joan Duckett, Director of Housing & Community Development Corrective Action: The Office of Housing and Community Development (OHCD) has taken corrective measures to ensure that the REAC reports are supported with accurate data and submitted in a timely manner. There are monthly reconciliation procedures in place which include management oversight and review of all reports. OHCD has and will continue to enter into a contractual agreement with a knowledgeable and reputable accounting firm that the County is under contract for services applicable to the need. REAC reports will be extensively reviewed by management prior to submission to HUD. Proposed Completion Date: Immediately

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Finding 539408 (2024-003)

Significant Deficiency 2024

Prince William County

VA

HUD Housing Programs Significant Deficiency

Finding 2024‐003: Significant Deficiency and Non‐Material Noncompliance – Housing Voucher Cluster Special Test 8 – Bank Accounts Name of Contact Person: Joan Duckett, Director of Housing & Community Development Corrective Action: The Office of Housing and Community Development began working with the...

Finding 2024‐003: Significant Deficiency and Non‐Material Noncompliance – Housing Voucher Cluster Special Test 8 – Bank Accounts Name of Contact Person: Joan Duckett, Director of Housing & Community Development Corrective Action: The Office of Housing and Community Development began working with the County’s Finance Department and the current Banking Financial Institution (Wells Fargo) and opened two separate accounts, one for the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program and one for the FSS Escrow Accounts in April 2024. The task included revised mapping of deposits and expenditures, including the establishment of related workflows within the County’s financial management system and therefore these changes were adequately tested. The migration to the two new bank accounts went live on July 1, 2024, and per HUD regulations a General Depository Agreement (HUD‐51999 GDA) was entered. Proposed Completion Date: Immediately

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Finding 539406 (2024-002)

Significant Deficiency 2024

University of St. Thomas

MN

Reporting Subrecipient Monitoring Significant Deficiency

Recommendation: CLA recommends the University implements a process place to ensure the required reporting is completed in the timeline allowed by the granting agency and to complete any missed or late reporting as required. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement wit...

Recommendation: CLA recommends the University implements a process place to ensure the required reporting is completed in the timeline allowed by the granting agency and to complete any missed or late reporting as required. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. Action taken in response to finding: St. Thomas identified the applicable FFATA reporting requirements and assigned responsibility to the appropriate party. Name(s) of the contact person(s) responsible for corrective action: Sarah Ervin, sarah.ervin@stthomas.edu Planned completion date for corrective action plan: The additional reporting requirement has been added to the accounting department’s list of responsibilities beginning in January 2025.

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Finding 539401 (2024-001)

Significant Deficiency 2024

University of St. Thomas

MN

Student Financial Aid Reporting Significant Deficiency

Recommendation: CLA recommends the University review its reporting procedures to ensure the students' statuses are accurately reported to NSLDS as required by regulations. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. Action taken in response to fin...

Recommendation: CLA recommends the University review its reporting procedures to ensure the students' statuses are accurately reported to NSLDS as required by regulations. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. Action taken in response to finding: By reviewing the ordering of internal processes and procedures St. Thomas determined two internal processes ran out of order causing incorrect reporting. Procedural documentation has been updated and training provided to ensure this error is not repeated. Name(s) of the contact person(s) responsible for corrective action: Yuko Kachinsky: yuko.kachinsky@stthomas.edu Planned completion date for corrective action plan: A process error was identified and corrected in August 2024.

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Finding 539383 (2024-001)

Significant Deficiency 2024

City of Santa Monica

CA

Subrecipient Monitoring Allowable Costs / Cost Principles Eligibility § 200.302

Management agrees with the finding and recommendations, but also has determined that this finding will not be repeated in future years, as the arrearages program has come to a close.

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Finding 539367 (2024-001)

Significant Deficiency 2024

Eastern University

PA

Questioned Costs Student Financial Aid Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking

Incorrect Return of Title IV (R2T4) Funds Calculations and Untimely Returns Planned Corrective Action: When this was identified last year, the Director of Financial Aid Office spent the next year working with the Department of Education as they conducted two separate reviews. The first review was c...

Incorrect Return of Title IV (R2T4) Funds Calculations and Untimely Returns Planned Corrective Action: When this was identified last year, the Director of Financial Aid Office spent the next year working with the Department of Education as they conducted two separate reviews. The first review was completed and we were notified that everything was good. The second review recently concluded via an exit interview where we were notified that a final report would be sent to us within the next two months. Additionally, the Director of Financial Aid has been working with the IT department, the Registrar’s Office, and our Academic Technology department to streamline the identification of students who need a R2T4 completed. This has been an ongoing process in the midst of the program reviews and getting clarification and guidance from the Department of Education, coupled with the FAFSA issues, continued to cause further delays with R2T4 calculations. Person Responsible for Corrective Action Plan: Andrea Ruth, Director of Financial Aid Anticipated Date of Completion: 3/22/2025

View Audit 349900 Questioned Costs: $1

Finding 539259 (2024-711)

Significant Deficiency 2024

State of Wisconsin

WI

Subrecipient Monitoring Significant Deficiency Internal Control / Segregation of Duties

Below please find our response and corrective action plan outline in reference to the above. Action: Provisioning and Deprovisioning Process The University is in the process of developing written procedures of provisioning and deprovisioning user access to our student information system, to include ...

Below please find our response and corrective action plan outline in reference to the above. Action: Provisioning and Deprovisioning Process The University is in the process of developing written procedures of provisioning and deprovisioning user access to our student information system, to include specifying those who are authorized to request user access and assigning responsibility to staff to assess access. This process will be an electronic workflow process which will house documentation of provisioning and deprovisioning activities. Anticipated Completion Date: August 2025 Action: Annual Attestation The University will conduct an audit and annual attestation process which will require managers to attest employee access to the system. Furthermore, every employee will be required to bi-annually confirm their understanding and adherence to specific policies, standards, and regulatory compliance. Action: Current Access to the Student Information System The University is assessing users who currently have access to the SIS. We will remove any student and/or employee who no longer requires access to the system. We will review this on an annual basis. Anticipated Completion Date: May 2025. Person responsible for corrective action: Name: Tammy McGuckin Title: Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Enrollment Services Email address; mcguckin@uwp.edu Person responsible for corrective action: Name: Sheronda Glass Title: Vice Chancellor for Operations Email address; glasss@uwp.edu

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Finding 539258 (2024-710)

Significant Deficiency 2024

State of Wisconsin

WI

Student Financial Aid Reporting Subrecipient Monitoring

Planned Corrective Action: The financial aid office will report enrollment of unofficial withdrawals/last date of attendance on NSLDS upon completion of the Return to Title IV calculations and when unofficial withdrawals are reviewed at the end of each term. The Registrar's Office will review NSC G ...

Planned Corrective Action: The financial aid office will report enrollment of unofficial withdrawals/last date of attendance on NSLDS upon completion of the Return to Title IV calculations and when unofficial withdrawals are reviewed at the end of each term. The Registrar's Office will review NSC G (graduated) not applied reports after submitting degree verify files and corrections will be made, if needed, within 30 day period after submission. Anticipated completion date: financial aid has already acted on this beginning Fall 2024. Registrar's office will begin review of "G Not Applied" reportsbeginning Spring 2025. Person responsiblef or correctiveaction: Financial aid MIchelle Lamb, lamb@uwosh.edu, Alison Casady, casadya@uwosh.edu, Julia Bodette, bodettej@uwosh.edu

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Finding 539257 (2024-709)

Significant Deficiency 2024

State of Wisconsin

WI

Student Financial Aid Reporting Special Tests & Provisions

Planned Corrective Action: As soon as UW-Milwaukee was notified during the LAB review process that enrollment status effective dates were being reported incorrectly, we took action to correct this issue. While a permanent fix to the extract process from PeopleSoft is dependent on Oracle providing a ...

Planned Corrective Action: As soon as UW-Milwaukee was notified during the LAB review process that enrollment status effective dates were being reported incorrectly, we took action to correct this issue. While a permanent fix to the extract process from PeopleSoft is dependent on Oracle providing a reliable solution to the issue or UW-Milwaukee Information Technology rewriting a custom process and therefore outside of the immediate control of the Registrar’s Office, the Registrar’s Office did immediately start using the “mass correction” feature for the 1800 series warnings provided by the NSC. This will result in enrollment status effective dates which fulfil the Department of Education’s requirements. Since utilizing the “mass correction” option increases the amount of time needed to work through NSC error and warning reports, the Registrar’s Office is hopeful that a more permanent reliable solution on the SIS level will be coming in the future. In the meantime, we will continue to utilize the mass correction option to ensure that enrollment status effective dates are only changed if a student’s enrollment status changes, per the Department of Education’s requirements. UW-Milwaukee Registrar’s Office staff reviewed the records of the five individuals that LAB indicated did not have accurate data reported to the NSLDS. We discovered that the data was reported accurately for enrollment status changes, which would result in a change in effective date. However, it appears that the NSLDS roster request schedule differs from UW-Milwaukee’s enrollment reporting schedule to the NSC. UWMilwaukee reports enrollment information to the NSC on the third Tuesday of each month. It looks like the NSLDS does a roster request at the beginning of the third week of each month. We will investigate if it is possible to adjust our NSC submission schedule to move up by one week, so new data should be available for the mid-month NSLDS roster request. Anticipated Completion Date: May 1, 2025 Person responsible for corrective action: Emily Bach, Records Coordinator UW-Milwaukee Registrar’s Office ecbach@uwm.edu

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Finding 539256 (2024-708)

Significant Deficiency 2024

State of Wisconsin

WI

Student Financial Aid Reporting Subrecipient Monitoring

Planned Corrective Action: UW-Madison’s Office of Student Financial Aid (OSFA) and Registrar’s Office (RO) reviewed the enrollment reporting recommendations cited in Finding 2024-708 and corrected error reports as appropriate. UW-Madison will review procedures to report all changes in student enroll...

Planned Corrective Action: UW-Madison’s Office of Student Financial Aid (OSFA) and Registrar’s Office (RO) reviewed the enrollment reporting recommendations cited in Finding 2024-708 and corrected error reports as appropriate. UW-Madison will review procedures to report all changes in student enrollment accurately, completely, and in a timely manner for all instances that require reporting. OSFA and RO will review and update internal procedures to ensure that the date that a student is unofficially withdrawn is communicated and reported consistently between the National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS) and the National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) as appropriate. Prior to the LAB’s review, UW-Madison discovered and corrected issues relating to program enrollment status in NSC and NSLDS. As of November 2024, updates were made for all retroactive instances using appropriate conferral dates and accurate “G - Graduated” statuses. The long-term solution includes the creation of a “Graduates Only Enrollment” file which includes all students who have been reported as enrolled, not withdrawn in a given term and who have earned their degree in each of UW-Madison’s three degree conferral dates. This enrollment file will trigger an enrollment status update that occurs outside of the automatic NSC process. UW-Madison has updated procedures and now uses the NSC extract process to comply with the NSLDS and NSC reporting procedures for program-level enrollment status effective dates. For the beginning of the Fall 2025 term, UW-Madison will update procedures and extract logic from the student information system to ensure accuracy in the reporting of program begin dates. In the meantime, the RO team has reviewed, tested, and updated the process to ensure previously inaccurate program begin dates are corrected. Anticipated Completion Date: September 30, 2025 Person responsible for corrective action: Beth Warner Registrar Office – Division of Enrollment Mangement beth.warner@wisc.edu

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Finding 539254 (2024-706)

Significant Deficiency 2024

State of Wisconsin

WI

Questioned Costs Subrecipient Monitoring Significant Deficiency

Item One: Establishing Attendance 1. The Registrar’s Office will inform the Financial Aid and Scholarships Office of approved retroactive withdrawals. 2. Financial Aid and Scholarships office staff have been added to the academic calendar group, so we are aware of changes as they are made. 3. Provos...

Item One: Establishing Attendance 1. The Registrar’s Office will inform the Financial Aid and Scholarships Office of approved retroactive withdrawals. 2. Financial Aid and Scholarships office staff have been added to the academic calendar group, so we are aware of changes as they are made. 3. Provost and College Deans are now ensuring 100% completion of attendance rosters from faculty. 4. We will look more closely at students with withdrawal dates in the first week of the term to ensure they established attendance. 5. We will investigate more automated ways to monitor both establishing attendance as well as retroactive changes. Item Two: Calculation of Days in the Term We have implemented a semesterly meeting, including multiple people, to review the calendar together to determine the number of days in the term. Anticipated Completion Date: Item One: Establishing Attendance 1. Completed February 2025 2. Completed February 2025 3. Completed September 2024 4. In Progress a. Written policies completed February 2025. b. The next time this practice will be done is June 2025. 5. In Progress a. Determine current options and implement if there are automated ways to monitor by September 2025. Item Two: Calculation of Days in the Term Complete. First meeting held 2/12/2025 Person responsible for corrective action: Melissa Haberman Director, Financial Aid and Scholarships University of Wisconsin - Platteville Platteville, Wisconsin habermanm@uwplatt.edu

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Finding 539253 (2024-705)

Significant Deficiency 2024

State of Wisconsin

WI

Questioned Costs Subrecipient Monitoring Significant Deficiency

Planned Corrective Action: Module R2T4 date determination corrective action: Updated module R2T4 procedures to assist in determination of dates to be included in the R2T4 calculation. Complete recalculation for impacted 23-24 audit students, and review others in similar programs for updates by Revie...

Planned Corrective Action: Module R2T4 date determination corrective action: Updated module R2T4 procedures to assist in determination of dates to be included in the R2T4 calculation. Complete recalculation for impacted 23-24 audit students, and review others in similar programs for updates by Review withdrawals in terms/programs taught in modules for 24-25 for accuracy in determining correct end dates and charges used in determining withdrawal. Withdrawal Timing Updated R2T4 procedures to include quick review of timing of the disbursement of funds versus the students recorded withdrawal date. Anticipated Completion Date: March 2025 Person responsible for corrective action: Kristina Klemens Director of Scholarships and Financial Aid Name Title Jamie Thomas Financial Aid Business Analyst-Operations and Compliance Name Title Financial Aid/Enrollment Management Division or Unit (if applicable) Kristina Klemens: klemens@uwp.edu Email address Jamie Thomas: thomsonj@uwp.edu Email address

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Finding 539252 (2024-704)

Significant Deficiency 2024

State of Wisconsin

WI

Questioned Costs Student Financial Aid Subrecipient Monitoring

Interim corrective actions: These cases involved situations where students dropped courses before withdrawing (officially or unofficially) from all courses. UW-River Falls did not have a system in place to review course participation for courses which students dropped prior to withdrawal, although i...

Interim corrective actions: These cases involved situations where students dropped courses before withdrawing (officially or unofficially) from all courses. UW-River Falls did not have a system in place to review course participation for courses which students dropped prior to withdrawal, although it has procedures in place to review course participation for enrolled courses at the time of withdrawal and when students are assigned failing grades. For Fall Semester 2024: Existing procedures: 1. Official withdrawals: Students officially withdrawing from the University must complete an electronic form which collects instructor verification of course participation. The Financial Aid office receives this form once it has been processed by the Registrar’s office. Students reported as not having participated in courses have their financial aid adjusted prior to calculating a return to Title IV funds. 2. Unofficial withdrawals: Instructors assigning failing grades to students must report student’s course participation or non-participation and, if available, a last date of course participation. Following the grading deadline, a report listing all students who never participated in classes is run and students found to have failed courses due to non-participation have their financial aid adjusted prior to calculating a return to Title IV funds. Additional procedure instituted: 3. Learning management system review: Students who withdraw (officially or unofficially) and who dropped courses prior to withdrawing had their dropped courses reviewed in the Learning Management System (LMS). Students who submitted assignments as recorded in the system were determined to have begun participation in the course. Students who submitted no assignments were determined to not have participated in the course and financial aid was adjusted prior to calculating a return to Title IV funds. For Spring Semester 2025: Existing procedures: 1. Procedures 1,2, and 3 from Fall Semester 2024 continue to be employed for Spring semester 2025. Additional procedures: 2. Expanding the LMS review to Pell grant students with dropped courses: Students with disbursed Pell Grants who drop courses after the Pell grant census date now have these courses reviewed to determine if the student began attendance before dropping the course, using the same procedure as #3 above.Instructor course participation verification: After the 3rd week of classes for Spring 2025, UWRiver Fall requested that instructors report students who had not begun participation in their courses. This report is currently being reviewed and students with Pell grants will be evaluated to determine if an adjustment to the student’s enrollment intensity is needed to ensure that the disbursed Pell grant is accurate. Student who have begun participation in no enrolled courses will be reviewed for possible return of all Title IV funds. Future additional corrective actions: 1. UW-River Falls will pursue making course participation verification by instructors during the first month of the semester an administrative policy and develop formal procedures for surveying instructors and reporting students found to not have begun participation in a course or courses to the Financial Aid office for adjustments to their disbursed Title IV aid. 2. UW-River Falls will pursue adding an instructor course participation step to the course drop form currently in use by the Registrar’s office. Anticipated Completion Date: Interim actions were implemented in September 2024 and February 2025. Permanent action expected by Spring 2026. Person(s) responsible for corrective action: Cindy Holbrook, Executive Director of Enrollment Management Cindy.Holbrook@uwrf.edu 715-425-3500 Robert Bode, Director of Financial Aid and Military/Veterans Resource Center Robert.Bode@uwrf.edu 715-425-3141 Kelly Browning, University Registrar Kelly.Browning@uwrf.edu 715-425-3342 Responsible Unit Division of Enrollment Mangagement

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Finding 539251 (2024-703)

Significant Deficiency 2024

State of Wisconsin

WI

Questioned Costs Subrecipient Monitoring Significant Deficiency

Planned Corrective Action: UW-Madison’s Office of Student Financial Aid (OSFA) reviewed the return of fund calculations cited in Finding 2024-703 and returned funds as appropriate. OSFA will review internal procedures to ensure accuracy and timely completion of the return of funds process. As a proa...

Planned Corrective Action: UW-Madison’s Office of Student Financial Aid (OSFA) reviewed the return of fund calculations cited in Finding 2024-703 and returned funds as appropriate. OSFA will review internal procedures to ensure accuracy and timely completion of the return of funds process. As a proactive measure, UW-Madison is establishing a new position focused on compliance and training within OSFA. This individual will oversee key compliance areas in Title IV administration, including R2T4 calculations and the unofficial withdrawal process. The new position will conduct quality assurance reviews at the end of each term to identify and address any weaknesses in the R2T4 and other administrative processes. Any concerns will be remedied within the required timeframe, and staff will receive training on the relevant policies and procedures. Additionally, two OSFA team members are registered to attend National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators’ (NASFAA) online Return of Title IV Funds five-week course in April 2025. This training will inform any necessary updates to OSFA’s policies and procedures related to official and unofficial withdrawals. Anticipated Completion Date: June 30, 2025 Person responsible for corrective action: Shane Maloney, Associate Director of Financial Aid Office of Student Financial Aid - Division of Enrollment Mangement shane.maloney@wisc.edu

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Finding 539250 (2024-700)

Significant Deficiency 2024

State of Wisconsin

WI

Student Financial Aid Reporting Significant Deficiency

Planned Corrective Action: Financial Aid will continue to reconcile Direct Loans and the Federal Pell Grant programs with the Department of Education through the Common Origination and Disbursement system. The loan coordinator and Pell Grant manager will confirm SIS amounts reconcile with WISER mont...

Planned Corrective Action: Financial Aid will continue to reconcile Direct Loans and the Federal Pell Grant programs with the Department of Education through the Common Origination and Disbursement system. The loan coordinator and Pell Grant manager will confirm SIS amounts reconcile with WISER monthly, at minimum. If there are any discrepancies, the Controller will be contacted to assist with internal reconciliation of funds. Anticipated Completion Date: Will begin corrective action Spring 2025 Person responsible for corrective action: Alison Casady, Director of Financial Aid; casadya@uwosh.edu In conjunction with Direct Loan coordinator: Ashley Hass; hassa@uwosh.edu Pell Grant program manager: Elizabeth Bloedow; bloedowe@uwosh.edu Controller: Mai Lee; Financial Services; leemai@uwosh.edu

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Finding 539230 (2024-303)

Significant Deficiency 2024

State of Wisconsin

WI

Subrecipient Monitoring Reporting Allowable Costs / Cost Principles

Wisconsin Department of Health Services Planned Corrective Action: This finding is a continuation of a prior year finding. The current finding does not include any new recommendations. The prior year finding continued into SFY 2023-24 because we didn’t receive the finding until the final quarter of ...

Wisconsin Department of Health Services Planned Corrective Action: This finding is a continuation of a prior year finding. The current finding does not include any new recommendations. The prior year finding continued into SFY 2023-24 because we didn’t receive the finding until the final quarter of SFY 2023-24, and the federal website would not accommodate the solution we implemented immediately upon receipt of the finding. DHS adjusted its corrective action plan and successfully submitted all the SFY 2023-24 awards to the federal website in July 2024. This represents timely reporting for obligations occurring in June 2024, though technically after the audit period. No further corrective actions are needed for this finding. Anticipated Completion Date: July 2024 Person responsible for corrective action: Vanessa Salata, Section Chief Expenditure Accounting, Bureau of Fiscal Services, Division of Enterprise Services vanessaa.salata@dhs.wisconsin.govRebuttal from the Wisconsin Legislative Audit Bureau In its corrective action plan on page 349, the Department of Health Services noted that it had adjusted its prior year corrective action plan and successfully submitted all the FY 2023-24 Social Services Block Grant (SSBG) awards to the federal website in July 2024. To assist the reader in understanding the corrective action plan, we offer the following clarification: The July 2024 submission was not timely for amounts awarded under SSBG that were obligated through agreements signed in fall 2023.

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Finding 539229 (2024-302)

Significant Deficiency 2024

State of Wisconsin

WI

Subrecipient Monitoring Allowable Costs / Cost Principles Cash Management § 200.332

Wisconsin Department of Health Services Planned Corrective Action: After the SFY 2022-23 audit finding was received, DHS immediately began corrective actions. No new concerns were identified by LAB during their SFY 2023-24 audit. DHS corrected the assistance listing number (ALN) of TANF funds transf...

Wisconsin Department of Health Services Planned Corrective Action: After the SFY 2022-23 audit finding was received, DHS immediately began corrective actions. No new concerns were identified by LAB during their SFY 2023-24 audit. DHS corrected the assistance listing number (ALN) of TANF funds transferred to the SSBG on the DHS website (https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/gears/index.htm) for the calendar year 2023 and 2024 Basic County Allocation on March 20, 2024. DHS changed the ALN for TANF funds transferred to the SSBG on the calendar year 2025 Basic County Allocation contracts that started January 1, 2025. Anticipated Completion Date: January 1, 2025 Person responsible for corrective action: Rebecca Mogensen, Section Chief Managerial Accounting, Bureau of Fiscal Services, Division of Enterprise Services rebeccaj.mogensen@dhs.wisconsin.gov

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Finding 539228 (2024-201)

Significant Deficiency 2024

State of Wisconsin

WI

Subrecipient Monitoring Reporting Significant Deficiency

Planned Corrective Action: The DCF Bureau of Finance will continue to review and improve the FFATA reporting process to ensure the reporting is accurate and timely. Anticipated Completion Date: The bureau will complete this work by June 30, 2026. Person responsible for corrective action: Rachelle Ar...

Planned Corrective Action: The DCF Bureau of Finance will continue to review and improve the FFATA reporting process to ensure the reporting is accurate and timely. Anticipated Completion Date: The bureau will complete this work by June 30, 2026. Person responsible for corrective action: Rachelle Armstrong, Director Bureau of Finance Rachelle.Armstrong@wisconsin.gov

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Finding 539227 (2024-200)

Significant Deficiency 2024

State of Wisconsin

WI

Subrecipient Monitoring Significant Deficiency Internal Control / Segregation of Duties

Planned Corrective Action: The DCF Bureau of Working Families (BWF) will review the Work Verification Plan, make updates as necessary, and submit it to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for approval. BWF will resume monitoring and documentation of the work participation information in...

Planned Corrective Action: The DCF Bureau of Working Families (BWF) will review the Work Verification Plan, make updates as necessary, and submit it to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for approval. BWF will resume monitoring and documentation of the work participation information in accordance with the approved Work Verification Plan. Anticipated Completion Date: The bureau will complete this work by June 30, 2025. Persons responsible for corrective action: Patara Horn, Director Bureau of Working Families Pataras.Horn@wisconsin.gov Rachelle Armstrong, Director Bureau of Finance Rachelle.Armstrong@wisconsin.gov

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Finding 539225 (2024-901)

Significant Deficiency 2024

State of Wisconsin

WI

Allowable Costs / Cost Principles Eligibility HUD Housing Programs § 200.303

Planned Corrective Action: The Office of the Commissioner of Insurance accepts the Legislative Audit Bureau’s recommendation to ensure claims meet eligibility requirements and include appropriate documentation. The following corrective actions are planned: • A spreadsheet is used to collect claims s...

Planned Corrective Action: The Office of the Commissioner of Insurance accepts the Legislative Audit Bureau’s recommendation to ensure claims meet eligibility requirements and include appropriate documentation. The following corrective actions are planned: • A spreadsheet is used to collect claims service and payment dates. A formula will be applied to either restrict or flag dates outside the allowable period. • Insurance carriers will be notified of the formula change and reminded to only include claims that were paid within the allowable period. Anticipated Completion Date: The PY 2025 spreadsheet will be updated by February 2025 and insurance carriers notified when provided the updated spreadsheet for PY 2025 reporting. Reporting for 1st quarter 2025 is due in May 2025. Person responsible for corrective action: Rebecca Easland, Deputy Commissioner of Insurance Rebecca.easland@wisconsin

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Finding 539210 (2024-309)

Significant Deficiency 2024

State of Wisconsin

WI

Subrecipient Monitoring Reporting Significant Deficiency

Wisconsin Department of Health Services Planned Corrective Action: DHS agrees with the recommendation to continue efforts to implement the reporting improvements started after the prior year audit. As stated by LAB, updates have been made to the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (F...

Wisconsin Department of Health Services Planned Corrective Action: DHS agrees with the recommendation to continue efforts to implement the reporting improvements started after the prior year audit. As stated by LAB, updates have been made to the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (FFATA) reporting process and procedures since the prior audit, and they were implemented in the final quarter of SFY 2023-24. Unfortunately, at the time we received the prior year finding, much of SFY 2023-24 was complete, so we had little time to improve FY 2023- 24 reporting. Since the prior audit, all reporting has been accomplished in a timely manner, provided the Federal Award Identification Number (FAIN) was made available by the federal government in a timely manner. For many awards, including Substance Abuse Block Grant, this doesn’t become available for up to 10 months after the period of performance begins, making timely reporting of the subawards impossible. DHS is struggling to meet the extensive audit requirements of FFATA reporting, while also ensuring it adds value to the public. For example: The contract signed date is not captured in STAR and can’t be pulled by query. Manual intervention is required to locate the subaward signed date. • Though the description field is required, it is not displayed publicly in the subawards search results page under the FAIN. In this way, the field may not add value to the public, so DHS uses it to describe the award in ways that are administratively purposeful. • DHS must be informed of subawards by DCF and UW to report them. Reasonably, DHS relies on language in the interagency grant agreement to communicate with these agencies. This communication did not happen in all instances. Anticipated Completion Date: June 30, 2025 Person responsible for corrective action: Vanessa Paulsen, Section Chief Expenditure Accounting, Bureau of Fiscal Services, Division of Enterprise Services vanessa.paulsen@dhs.wisconsin.gov

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Finding 539204 (2024-101)

Significant Deficiency 2024

State of Wisconsin

WI

Subrecipient Monitoring Reporting Significant Deficiency

Planned Corrective Action: The Wisconsin Department of Administration (DOA) is committed to accountability and transparency in federal award administration, as is the objective of Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (FFATA) reporting under 2 CFR s. 170. Accordingly, in March 2024, in...

Planned Corrective Action: The Wisconsin Department of Administration (DOA) is committed to accountability and transparency in federal award administration, as is the objective of Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (FFATA) reporting under 2 CFR s. 170. Accordingly, in March 2024, in response to the auditor’s finding and recommendations, DOA inquired to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clarification on the requirements for reporting subaward modifications in the FFATA Subaward Reporting System (FSRS). OMB’s response indicated that DOA should “use the total amount after adjusted,” which was DOA’s practice at the time and thus, was maintained. In February 2025, DOA became aware of U. S. General Services Administration (GSA) knowledge base article titled, “Five tips for accurate FFATA* subaward reporting”, published at the Federal Service Desk (fsd.gov). The article states, “When you modify a subaward, update the original report with the new information. If you modify the amount, replace the original amount with the new amount.” In response to that guidance, DOA updated its guidance to state agencies effective March 2025. DOA’s updated guidance also incorporated changes resulting from GSA’s February 27, 2025, announcement that FSRS.gov would be retired on March 6, 2025, and subaward reporting transitioned to SAM.gov effective March 8, 2025. State agencies were provided training regarding the updated guidance on March 6, 2025. Anticipated Completion Date: March 31, 2025 Person responsible for corrective action: Dustin Trickle, Executive Policy & Budget Manager State Budget Office Division of Executive Budget & Finance dustin.trickle1@wisconsin.gov

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Finding 539183 (2024-100)

Significant Deficiency 2024

State of Wisconsin

WI

Eligibility Reporting Significant Deficiency § 200.303

Planned Corrective Action: As the auditors noted, the Department of Administration implemented the policies and procedures it developed to review and assess the service organization audit report for the Homeowner Assistance Fund to establish and maintain effective internal control over federal award...

Planned Corrective Action: As the auditors noted, the Department of Administration implemented the policies and procedures it developed to review and assess the service organization audit report for the Homeowner Assistance Fund to establish and maintain effective internal control over federal awards. Anticipated Completion Date: October 2, 2024 Person responsible for corrective action: David Pawlisch, Administrator Division of Energy, Housing and Community Resources david.pawlisch@wisconsin.gov

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Finding 539160 (2024-004)

Significant Deficiency 2024

Felician University

NJ

Questioned Costs Student Financial Aid Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking

Return of Title IV (R2T4) Calculations Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants; Federal Work Study Program; Federal Pell Grant Program; Federal Direct Student Loans – Assistance Listing No. 84.007; 84.033; 84.063; 84.268 Recommendation: We recommend that the University review the R2T4 re...

Return of Title IV (R2T4) Calculations Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants; Federal Work Study Program; Federal Pell Grant Program; Federal Direct Student Loans – Assistance Listing No. 84.007; 84.033; 84.063; 84.268 Recommendation: We recommend that the University review the R2T4 requirements and implement procedures to ensure that scheduled breaks and correct withdrawal dates are properly factored into the calculations. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. Action taken in response to the finding: Felician University has evaluated and updated our procedures in overseeing R2T4 requirements and will implement procedures to ensure that scheduled breaks and correct withdrawal dates are properly factored into the calculations. Appropriate staff have been notified, and management will monitor this issue regularly during the year to ensure compliance. Name(s) of the contact person(s) responsible for corrective action: Kathy Prieto, Director of Financial Aid Planned completion date for corrective action plan: April 1st, 2025.

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