Corrective Action Plans

Finding 15975 (2022-033)

Material Weakness 2022

State of Washington C/o Office of Financial Management

WA

Questioned Costs Subrecipient Monitoring Allowable Costs / Cost Principles § 200.00 § 200.516

Finding: The Department of Health did not have adequate internal controls over and did not comply with fiscal monitoring requirements to ensure subrecipients of the Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases program only used funds for allowable activities and met cost principles....

Finding: The Department of Health did not have adequate internal controls over and did not comply with fiscal monitoring requirements to ensure subrecipients of the Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases program only used funds for allowable activities and met cost principles. Questioned Costs: Assistance Listing # 93.323 93.323 COVID-19 Amount $1,644,873 Status: Corrective action in progress Corrective Action: The Department partially concurs with the finding. The Department agrees with the auditors? recommendation over subrecipient monitoring to require transactions that were previously coded as ?COVID? to be recorded with the specific revenue source and will do so in future monitoring visits. The Department does not agree with the auditors? assessment of a material weakness in internal controls over subrecipient monitoring. When staff conduct fiscal monitoring site visits, key control systems including payroll and disbursements are reviewed and documented. These monitoring activities ensure internal controls are operating effectively and providing assurance that reimbursements are allowable and accurate. The Department acknowledges that internal controls can be strengthened over provider payments and will take the following actions: ? Require payments to providers be adequately supported by the appropriate backup documentation and subrecipient risk assessments. ? Update the documentation requirements to align with the identified risk levels and federal guidance. ? Develop tracking sheets, which enable staff to record details from backup documentation reviews and payment approvals. ? Provide additional training to staff in the Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases (ELC) program responsible for reviewing invoices. The Department disagrees with the SAO?s assessment of a material weakness in internal controls over the consolidated contract provider payment process for the ELC program. The Department has established processes in place to ensure payments are allowable and meet cost principles for the program. These include: ? Perform annual review and approval of detailed subrecipient budgets. ? Compare invoice amounts to budgeted amounts for reasonableness before payment approval. ? Provide subrecipients regular technical assistance and training on applicable policies related to fiscal and programmatic processes. ? Conduct biennial program and fiscal monitoring visits to subrecipients as part of the Department?s monitoring procedures. In addition, the ELC program has monitoring controls in place and evidence of review at the program level. Program staff maintain a detailed spreadsheet that documents review and approval and includes any amounts that need to be withheld until issues with invoice support are resolved. These reviews are to be completed within the 10-day period before payment is released. The Department is planning on meeting with federal grantors to work through the exceptions and questioned costs identified in the finding. Completion Date: Estimated March 2024 Agency Contact: Jeff Arbuckle External Audit Manager PO Box 47890 Olympia, WA 98504-7890 (360) 701-0798 Jeff.Arbuckle@doh.wa.gov

View Audit 23129 Questioned Costs: $1

Finding 15970 (2022-032)

Material Weakness 2022

State of Washington C/o Office of Financial Management

WA

Subrecipient Monitoring Internal Control / Segregation of Duties Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking

Finding: The Department of Health did not have adequate internal controls to ensure it filed accurate and timely reports required by the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act for the Immunization Cooperative Agreements program. Questioned Costs: Assistance Listing # 93.268 93.26...

Finding: The Department of Health did not have adequate internal controls to ensure it filed accurate and timely reports required by the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act for the Immunization Cooperative Agreements program. Questioned Costs: Assistance Listing # 93.268 93.268 COVID-19 Amount $0 Status: Corrective action in progress Corrective Action: The Department agrees with the finding. The Department will review internal processes and determine when a review is most effective to ensure accuracy and completeness of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act reporting submissions. Management has already addressed the obligation dates to ensure the execution date of the award or amendment is reported. Completion Date: Estimated July 2024 Agency Contact: Jeff Arbuckle External Audit Manager PO Box 47890 Olympia, WA 98504-7890 (360) 701-0798 Jeff.Arbuckle@doh.wa.gov

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Finding 15969 (2022-031)

Material Weakness 2022

State of Washington C/o Office of Financial Management

WA

Questioned Costs Subrecipient Monitoring Allowable Costs / Cost Principles § 200.00 § 200.1 § 200.410 § 200.516

Finding: The Department of Health did not have adequate internal controls over and did not comply with requirements to ensure payments to providers were allowable, met cost principles, and were within the period of performance for the Immunization Cooperative Agreements program. Questioned Costs:...

Finding: The Department of Health did not have adequate internal controls over and did not comply with requirements to ensure payments to providers were allowable, met cost principles, and were within the period of performance for the Immunization Cooperative Agreements program. Questioned Costs: Assistance Listing # 93.268 93.268 COVID-19 Status: Corrective action in progress Corrective Action: The Department partially agrees with the finding. The Department agrees that internal controls can be strengthened over provider payments to ensure funds are allowable and spent within the period of performance. The following actions were taken: ? Required payments to providers contain adequate support in line with the A19 matrix and subrecipients? risk assessments. ? Provided additional training to staff in the immunization unit responsible for reviewing invoices. ? Developed tracking sheets which enable staff to record details from backup documentation reviews and payment approvals. The Department will review the control weaknesses identified in the audit related to the consolidated contract payment process and will determine if changes need to be made. The Department disagrees with the audit exceptions and questioned costs identified in the finding. The Department will work with the federal grantor to resolve any questioned costs. Completion Date: Estimated December 2023 Agency Contact: Jeff Arbuckle External Audit Manager PO Box 47890 Olympia, WA 98504-7890 (360) 701-0798 Jeff.Arbuckle@doh.wa.gov

View Audit 23129 Questioned Costs: $1

Finding 15901 (2022-002)

Material Weakness 2022

Woodland School District No. 404

WA

Subrecipient Monitoring Internal Control / Segregation of Duties Special Tests & Provisions

Finding ref number: 2022-002 Finding caption: The District did not have adequate internal controls for ensuring compliance with wage rate requirements. Name, address, and telephone of District contact person: Stacy Brown, Director of Business Services 800 Second St Woodland, WA 98674-8467 (360) 8...

Finding ref number: 2022-002 Finding caption: The District did not have adequate internal controls for ensuring compliance with wage rate requirements. Name, address, and telephone of District contact person: Stacy Brown, Director of Business Services 800 Second St Woodland, WA 98674-8467 (360) 841-2715 Corrective action the auditee plans to take in response to the finding: (If the auditee does not concur with the finding, the auditee must list the reasons for disagreement). The current vendor invoices do not break out when we are getting equipment and when there are staff onsite working. The work has been sporadic, so in the Business Office, we do not know when they are onsite and therefore not sure when payrolls are required. We are working with the maintenance department to keep us apprised when we have contractors onsite working on the HVAC (ESSER) projects. We originally thought we could get the weekly payrolls from the L&I website, but are finding that they are not posted timely and sometimes not at all. We are working directly with the vendors to provide weekly payrolls when they are working. The district has implemented a review log for all Federal projects requiring review of weekly payrolls. The Purchasing and Benefits Coordinator will document the vendor, week and certify that she has received and reviewed the payrolls received. Payment will be withheld if we do not receive the payrolls in a timely manner. Anticipated date to complete the corrective action: 6/12/23

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Finding 15899 (2022-001)

Material Weakness 2022

Woodland School District No. 404

WA

Questioned Costs Procurement, Suspension & Debarment Subrecipient Monitoring

Finding ref number: 2022-001 Finding caption: The District did not have adequate internal controls for ensuring compliance with allowable activities and costs, equipment, procurement, and restricted purpose requirements. Name, address, and telephone of District contact person: Stacy Brown, Director...

Finding ref number: 2022-001 Finding caption: The District did not have adequate internal controls for ensuring compliance with allowable activities and costs, equipment, procurement, and restricted purpose requirements. Name, address, and telephone of District contact person: Stacy Brown, Director of Business Services 800 Second St Woodland, WA 98674-8467 (360) 841-2715 Corrective action the auditee plans to take in response to the finding: (If the auditee does not concur with the finding, the auditee must list the reasons for disagreement). The district disagrees with some portions of the finding. The district originally was not going to participate in the ECF program as we did not believe we had an unmet need, per the original requirements. We then received notification from our contractor that the FCC had clarified the rules and if we have a policy that shows we only allow district owned and managed devices on our network and we can estimate how many devices (staff and student) would be needed if the school or some schools went back to remote learning, we would qualify for funding. Based on this information and a review of our policies, we decided to apply for the funds. The finding states that we do not have internal controls in place to ensure we have all required elements for our inventories. We were not able to get serial numbers from the vendor but we were able to back into the dates the Chromebooks were entered into inventory and accounted for all 600 student devices and the students to which they were assigned. This also showed that we met the restricted purpose of one device per student or staff member. In response to the finding, the district will make the following corrective actions: 1. The Business Manager will be more diligent in ensuring that all Federal program funds are properly included on the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Assistance (SEFA). 2. The district will ensure that they are aware of compliance requirements new or unfamiliar Federal grants. 3. The district will ensure that devices or equipment purchased with Federal funds are identified as such and accounted for as such in the district inventory. 4. The district will ensure that Federal and District procurement policies are followed, including sealed bids for purchases greater than $75.000. 5. Once accounting for ECF purchases as federal devices, the district will be able to show that only one device has been issued to each student and staff member. Anticipated date to complete the corrective action: 6/12/23

View Audit 19549 Questioned Costs: $1

Finding 15893 (2022-001)

Material Weakness 2022

Home Share 092-Hd017

MN

Internal Control / Segregation of Duties Eligibility HUD Housing Programs § 200.303

March 27, 2023 HOME SHARE HUD PROJECT NO. 092-HD017 Corrective Action Plan Finding: 2022-001 ? Compliance and Controls over Compliance ? Eligibility Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities (Section 811), CFDA No. 14.181 Material Weakness & Noncompliance In 2022, Home Share did not have cont...

March 27, 2023 HOME SHARE HUD PROJECT NO. 092-HD017 Corrective Action Plan Finding: 2022-001 ? Compliance and Controls over Compliance ? Eligibility Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities (Section 811), CFDA No. 14.181 Material Weakness & Noncompliance In 2022, Home Share did not have controls in place to ensure that eligibility criteria and rent calculations were being reviewed and/or approved by someone other than the individual making the initial determination or annual recertification. Actions Taken or Planned: Management agrees with this finding. Beginning in January 2022, management has contracted out the eligibility determination process to a third-party contractor with significant experience in affordable housing and similar processes. Management is working with the contractor to include a second individual in this process so that there will be a review performed by someone other than the individual making the initial determination or annual recertification. Contact Persons: Ernest Johnson, Housing Associate Director Robert Pickering, Chief Financial Officer

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Finding 15889 (2022-004)

Material Weakness 2022

Memorial Health and Subsidiaries

IL

Subrecipient Monitoring Allowable Costs / Cost Principles Cash Management § 200.303

? Finding 2022-004 ? In October 2022, Management enhanced its maintained supporting documentation to provide evidence of review and approval of FEMA expenditures and financial reporting for future FEMA submissions. o Responsible Party: Amanda Zentefis

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Finding 15884 (2022-003)

Significant Deficiency 2022

Memorial Health and Subsidiaries

IL

Subrecipient Monitoring Reporting § 200.303

? Finding 2022-003 ? On or before September 30, 2023, Management will re-review its subrecipient monitoring policy and ensure it has fully complied during its fiscal year 2023. o Responsible Party: Peggy Wisher

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Finding 15882 (2022-001)

Material Weakness 2022

Memorial Health and Subsidiaries

IL

Questioned Costs Subrecipient Monitoring Reporting § 200.303

? Finding 2022-001 ? In June 2023, Management re-educated itself on the terms & conditions of the Hospital Rate Agreement and has adjusted its subaward calculation forms to ensure direct costs included in the base is limited to $25,000 per subaward per grant year for purposes of calculating indirect...

? Finding 2022-001 ? In June 2023, Management re-educated itself on the terms & conditions of the Hospital Rate Agreement and has adjusted its subaward calculation forms to ensure direct costs included in the base is limited to $25,000 per subaward per grant year for purposes of calculating indirect costs. On or before September 30, 2023, Management will review all indirect cost rate calculations covering its fiscal year 2023 and ensure the correct indirect cost rate used was based on the applicable Hospital Rate Agreement. In addition, effective June 2023, Management has changed its process to ensure updates to the indirect cost rate used is applied in the month the updated Hospital Rate Agreement is received from the Federal agency, and no later. o Responsible Party: Peggy Wisher

View Audit 19521 Questioned Costs: $1

Finding 15880 (2022-001)

Significant Deficiency 2022

Mar Vista Eldorado, INC

IN

Questioned Costs Subrecipient Monitoring Cash Management

Name of auditee: Mar Vista Eldorado, Inc. HUD auditee identification number: 122-EH528-WAH-NP Name of audit firm: Dauby O'Connor & Zaleski, LLC Period covered by the audit: Year ended June 30, 2022 CAP prepared by Name: Dwight Hargett Position: President/CEO - Management Agent Tele...

Name of auditee: Mar Vista Eldorado, Inc. HUD auditee identification number: 122-EH528-WAH-NP Name of audit firm: Dauby O'Connor & Zaleski, LLC Period covered by the audit: Year ended June 30, 2022 CAP prepared by Name: Dwight Hargett Position: President/CEO - Management Agent Telephone number: 812-987-8344 Current Findings on the Summary of Auditors Results Statement of Condition 2022-001 (Assistance Listing Number 14.157): The required residual receipts deposit in the amount of $9,607 per the June 30, 2021 Computation of Surplus Cash, Distributions and Residual Receipts was not deposited into the residual receipts account within 90 days after the fiscal year end. Recommendation: Management should make a deposit of $9,607 to the residual receipts account for the underfunded amount. Additionally, management should make deposits, as required by the Regulatory Agreement, on an annual basis. Actions taken or planned on the finding: Management made a deposit of $9,607 on August 4, 2022 to fully fund the residual receipts account for the year ended June 30, 2022.

View Audit 19417 Questioned Costs: $1

Finding 15875 (2022-007)

Material Weakness 2022

School District of Marathon City

WI

Internal Control / Segregation of Duties Subrecipient Monitoring Cash Management

Child Nutrition Cluster Reporting Child Nutrition Cluster - Assistance Listing No. 10.553, 10.555 Recommendation: We recommend the District implement a review procedure over reimbursement requests where someone other than the preparer reviews the claim to ensure accounts agree back to supporting doc...

Child Nutrition Cluster Reporting Child Nutrition Cluster - Assistance Listing No. 10.553, 10.555 Recommendation: We recommend the District implement a review procedure over reimbursement requests where someone other than the preparer reviews the claim to ensure accounts agree back to supporting documentation prior to the reimbursement request being filed with the grating agency. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. Action Planned/Taken: Food service reports are now reviewed and initialed monthly. Food service director would initially run the report and it would be reconciled by the Business Manager. Final claims are reconciled before the report is submitted and initialed by the Superintendent. Name(s) of the contact person(s) responsible for corrective action: Nimisha Patel, Business Manager Planned completion date for corrective action plan: January 1, 2023

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Finding 15833 (2022-030)

Material Weakness 2022

State of Washington C/o Office of Financial Management

WA

Subrecipient Monitoring Procurement, Suspension & Debarment Allowable Costs / Cost Principles § 200.208 § 200.332 § 200.339 § 200.501 § 200.513

Finding: The University of Washington did not have adequate internal controls over and did not comply with federal requirements to ensure subrecipients of the Global AIDS program received required single or program-specific audits, and that it followed up on findings and issued management decisions...

Finding: The University of Washington did not have adequate internal controls over and did not comply with federal requirements to ensure subrecipients of the Global AIDS program received required single or program-specific audits, and that it followed up on findings and issued management decisions. Questioned Costs: Assistance Listing # 93.067 93.067 COVID-19 Amount $0 Status: Corrective action in progress Corrective Action: The University maintains that there are adequate internal controls to ensure the Global AIDS program complies with the requirements for pass-through entities as outlined in Uniform Guidance 2 CFR ? 200.332 and the university policy incorporated in Grants Information Memorandum 8. As noted in the finding, the University uses a certification process to obtain information and documentation needed, such as audited financial statements, from each subrecipient and perform a risk assessment using standard risk criteria. For the one exception identified by the auditors, the University misinterpreted the response provided by the subrecipient regarding whether it expended $750,000 or more in federal awards during the fiscal year. Although the single or program specific audit report was not obtained and reviewed, a risk assessment was performed on the subrecipient. With a medium risk rating, the subrecipient was subject to monitoring at the program level throughout the project during the period in question, in accordance with University policy. The University will: ? Update the certification process with all subrecipients to confirm if federal expenditures during a fiscal year exceed the $750,000 threshold to require a single or program-specific audit. ? Issue written management decisions for all applicable audit findings. ? Ensure subrecipients develop and perform acceptable corrective actions to address all audit recommendations, if applicable. Completion Date: Estimated September 2023 Agency Contact: Erick Winger Controller 4300 Roosevelt Way NE Seattle, WA 98195 (206) 543-5322 erickw@uw.edu

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Finding 15832 (2022-029)

Material Weakness 2022

State of Washington C/o Office of Financial Management

WA

Subrecipient Monitoring

Finding: The University of Washington did not have adequate internal controls over and did not comply with requirements to ensure it filed reports required by the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act. Questioned Costs: Assistance Listing # 93.067 93.067 COVID-19 Amount $0 St...

Finding: The University of Washington did not have adequate internal controls over and did not comply with requirements to ensure it filed reports required by the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act. Questioned Costs: Assistance Listing # 93.067 93.067 COVID-19 Amount $0 Status: Corrective action in progress Corrective Action: The University acknowledges that one report related to the Global AIDS program subaward modification was not submitted during the audit period in accordance with Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (FFATA) requirements. The University: ? Submitted the required report as of May 2023. ? Reviewed all subaward actions (new subawards and modifications) for the program active during fiscal year 2022 and verified that no additional reports were missed. The University maintains that solid and effective controls are already in place related to FFATA reporting, but acknowledges that the current process can be enhanced through better use of the data in the Sponsored Projects Administration and Electronic Research Compliance (SPAERC) system. The University will: ? Strengthen management monitoring process to ensure compliance with FFATA reporting requirements. ? Design a report to assist in the identification and review of FFATA-reportable actions. Implementation of this process is expected to occur in fiscal year 2024. Completion Date: Estimated December 2023 Agency Contact: Erick Winger Controller 4300 Roosevelt Way NE Seattle, WA 98195 (206) 543-5322 erickw@uw.edu

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Finding 15831 (2022-028)

Material Weakness 2022

State of Washington C/o Office of Financial Management

WA

Subrecipient Monitoring Allowable Costs / Cost Principles § 200.516

Finding: The University of Washington did not establish adequate internal controls to ensure payments to contractors and subrecipients for the Global AIDS program were allowable, properly supported and within the period of performance. Questioned Costs: Assistance Listing # 93.067 93.067 COV...

Finding: The University of Washington did not establish adequate internal controls to ensure payments to contractors and subrecipients for the Global AIDS program were allowable, properly supported and within the period of performance. Questioned Costs: Assistance Listing # 93.067 93.067 COVID-19 Amount $0 Status: Corrective action complete Corrective Action: The University partially concurs with the finding. The University disagrees with the auditors? assertion that internal controls were inadequate to ensure payments to contractors and subrecipients of the Global AIDS program were allowable, properly supported, and within the period of performance. Payments to country offices The University administers the program through its International Training and Education Center for Health (I-TECH), a center in the University?s Department of Global Health, with staff in various locations worldwide. I-TECH country offices are not contractors but are an extension of the University. The audit identified one of 58 payments in the test sample (1.7 percent) that did not meet the approval requirements set forth in I-TECH?s standard operating procedures. Based on the error percentage, the University disagrees with this part of the finding. Payments to contractors The University?s current payment process to contractors has multiple approval requirements. Upon receipt, program/budget manager reviews and approves individual invoices prior to input into the University?s procurement system by the I-TECH accounts payable administrator. The system requires compliance approval from the account payable supervisor or other manager, as well as funding approval from the budget manager prior to payment. Approvals of Budget Activity Reports (BARS) are not part of the approval process for contractor payments, but are post-payment reviews by budget managers of monthly expenses posted to the budget to ensure they are within expectations. The University disagrees with the exceptions identified in the finding related to payments to contractors. The exceptions noted were payments made to country offices instead of contractors, the supporting approvals of which were provided to the auditors on April 26, 2023, prior to the completion of fieldwork. Subrecipient reimbursements Contract managers review each subrecipient invoice for reasonableness, allowability and allocability, and require approval by both budget managers and principal investigators (PI) prior to payment in the University?s procurement system. The auditors reviewed and verified PI approvals for each selected subrecipient with no exception identified. It should be noted that approvals of BARS are also not part of the approval process for payments to subrecipients. The University acknowledges that documentation related to BARS reviews by budget managers was not available for 52 of the transactions tested and agrees that improvement is needed for retaining documentation of monthly reviews. In response to the finding, the University has started saving BARS review documentation on the server to ensure the documents are readily available. Completion Date: April 2023 Agency Contact: Erick Winger Controller 4300 Roosevelt Way NE Seattle, WA 98195 (206) 543-5322 erickw@uw.edu

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Finding 15816 (2022-027)

Material Weakness 2022

State of Washington C/o Office of Financial Management

WA

Subrecipient Monitoring Internal Control / Segregation of Duties Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking

Finding: The Office of Financial Management did not have adequate internal controls over and did not comply with federal level of effort requirements for the Education Stabilization Fund program. Questioned Costs: Assistance Listing # 84.425D COVID-19 84.425R COVID-19 94.425U COVID-19 84.425...

Finding: The Office of Financial Management did not have adequate internal controls over and did not comply with federal level of effort requirements for the Education Stabilization Fund program. Questioned Costs: Assistance Listing # 84.425D COVID-19 84.425R COVID-19 94.425U COVID-19 84.425V COVID-19 Amount $0 Status: Corrective action not taken Corrective Action: The Office does not concur with the finding. The Office performed the maintenance of effort (MOE) calculations in accordance with the guidance provided by the U.S. Department of Education (ED). Based on appropriations and past funding, it was determined that the fiscal year 2022 expenditure level did not meet the MOE requirement. The Office followed the federal guidance and directions from a legislative proviso in the enacted state budget (Chapter 334, Laws of 2021, Sec. 954) and submitted a waiver request for fiscal years 2022 and 2023. The waiver was submitted before ED?s stipulated deadline of December 31, 2021. ED?s website confirmed an MOE waiver request was received from Washington state and the status of the request is currently listed as ?under review.? The Office maintains adequate internal controls and has followed all federal and state requirements with due diligence in requesting the MOE waiver. The approval process rests with the federal grantor, and the waiver has not been disapproved. In addition, the Office has been meeting with ED on a monthly basis and is already consulting with the grantor regarding the pending waiver request. The Office will also continue to work with the Legislature, which is the state-level authority for state appropriations, to monitor any updates to federal requirements. Completion Date: Not applicable Agency Contact: Brian Tinney Statewide Accounting Director PO Box 43127 Olympia, WA 98504-3127 (564) 999-1781 brian.tinney@ofm.wa.gov

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Finding 15799 (2022-001)

Significant Deficiency 2022

The International Center for Journalists, Inc.

DC

Subrecipient Monitoring Reporting

Views of Responsible Officials and Planned Corrective Actions: All applicable subawards (including any cost-related modifications) are now registered in the FFATA Subaward Reporting System (FSRS.gov). ICFJ?s Budget & Compliance Officer carefully reviews all new Federal awards received by ICFJ to ens...

Views of Responsible Officials and Planned Corrective Actions: All applicable subawards (including any cost-related modifications) are now registered in the FFATA Subaward Reporting System (FSRS.gov). ICFJ?s Budget & Compliance Officer carefully reviews all new Federal awards received by ICFJ to ensure all applicable subawards are registered at FSR.gov in compliance with FFATA requirement. Periodic trainings on FFATA compliance for all staff who work on federally-funded awards have been conducted and are scheduled at least annually. FFATA requirement is a checklist item during onboarding of new awards.

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Finding 15797 (2022-001)

Significant Deficiency 2022

Lake Erie Preparatory School

OH

Special Tests & Provisions Subrecipient Monitoring Significant Deficiency

Finding Number: 2022-001: ESSER ? Wage Rate Requirements Planned Corrective Action: Summary of corrective action to be taken Anticipated Completion Date: December 31, 2022 Responsible Contact Person: Dave Massa, Treasurer As recommended, the School will perform existing controls and establish new c...

Finding Number: 2022-001: ESSER ? Wage Rate Requirements Planned Corrective Action: Summary of corrective action to be taken Anticipated Completion Date: December 31, 2022 Responsible Contact Person: Dave Massa, Treasurer As recommended, the School will perform existing controls and establish new controls to ensure that contractors and subcontractors are in compliance with all labor standards by conducting on-site inspections and collecting the required certified payroll documentation in a timely manner. Specifically, the School will add an Affidavit of Compliance Form to the contracts that will be required to be submitted by the grantee before closing. A project will not be considered closed until the School has received an executed copy of the form. Upon notification of construction commencement, the School will immediately begin monitoring for Wage Rate Requirements in the form of both on-site inspections and review and approval of certified payroll reports.

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Finding 15786 (2022-002)

Significant Deficiency 2022

United Way of Thurston County

WA

Subrecipient Monitoring

Auditor?s Recommendations: The Organization should communicate the compliance requirements for staff involved in the distribution of funds to sub-recipients. The staff should conduct the required procedures to monitor the use of funds, check status of programs and obtain regular updates sufficient...

Auditor?s Recommendations: The Organization should communicate the compliance requirements for staff involved in the distribution of funds to sub-recipients. The staff should conduct the required procedures to monitor the use of funds, check status of programs and obtain regular updates sufficient to satisfy themselves regarding the appropriate use of funds in accordance with the requirements of the federal award and any related contracts. Response: Finance Director, Richele Center, will update the finance policies with the procurement policy including a section concerning Federal Awards. This new section will include guidance for Budget Managers requiring them to create a system of monitoring the appropriate use of funds for each project or sub recipient based on specific federal award. Budget Managers will be responsible for creating and implementing a timeline, and procedures sufficient to ensure their confidence that the funds are being used appropriately based on the contract. Budget Managers will provide documentation of monitoring to Finance Director, Richele Center, for auditing purposes. Timing of Remediation: This updated policy will be completed by the Finance Director, Richele Center by March 23, 2023.

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Finding 15706 (2022-003)

Material Weakness 2022

New Castle County, Delaware

DE

Subrecipient Monitoring Material Weakness Period of Performance § 200.303

2022-003 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds ? Assistance Listing No. 21.027 Recommendation: The County should enhance its procedures and internal controls regarding preparation of the Project and Expenditure Reports to ensure that information reported is accurate and agrees to support...

2022-003 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds ? Assistance Listing No. 21.027 Recommendation: The County should enhance its procedures and internal controls regarding preparation of the Project and Expenditure Reports to ensure that information reported is accurate and agrees to supporting documentation. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. Action taken in response to finding: : New Castle County self-reported the variances in expenditures and obligations due to accruals of costs to previously reported quarters. Such variances can be common with just-in-time reporting. Regarding the omitted projects, the Reporting Portal has undergone several updates throughout the period of performance. These updates contributed to confusion in required data for projects. The omitted projects were included in the subsequent reports after the data points were known and tracked. Regarding the reporting of project obligations, Treasury?s definition of obligation is very broad and FAQ 13.17 allows the recipient to use its discretion to determine when an obligation is incurred. Such discretion calls for the interpretation of several source documents. In each report total obligations were not less than total expenditures nor did total obligations exceed available funding. Name(s) of the contact person(s) responsible for corrective action: Benjamin Morris-Levenson Planned completion date for corrective action plan: June 30, 2023

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Finding 15704 (2022-004)

Material Weakness 2022

New Castle County, Delaware

DE

Subrecipient Monitoring Material Weakness Reporting § 200.303

2022-004 Community Development Block Grant/Entitlement Grants ? Assistance Listing No. 14.218 Recommendation: We recommend that the County develop internal controls and procedures to ensure that FFATA reporting requirements are met. We further recommend the County develop controls and procedures to ...

2022-004 Community Development Block Grant/Entitlement Grants ? Assistance Listing No. 14.218 Recommendation: We recommend that the County develop internal controls and procedures to ensure that FFATA reporting requirements are met. We further recommend the County develop controls and procedures to ensure that all required subawards are reported accurately and timely to FSRS. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. Action taken in response to finding: The Department of Community Services is developing the following internal controls to ensure that FFATA reporting requirements are met. A system has been created to ensure all required sub-awards are reported accurately and timely in the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act Subaward Reporting System (FSRS). The following actions have been taken to ensure future compliance FFATA reporting requirements: ? DCS Fiscal Staff is creating an account within the FSRS system on March 27, 2023 ? DCS Grant Management Staff visited the FSRS site to research the data needed to report ? DCS Grant Management Staff created a document outlining the subaward entity information needed. Any entities receiving a sub-award of $30,000 or more will have this document attached to their Funding Award Letter. The FFTA Forms must be completed by the entity (signed by their Fiscal Officer) and returned to DCS Grant Management staff within 10 business days. A contract will not be issued until the completed FFTA Form is received. ? When the entity returns the completed FFATA Reporting Form to the DSC Grants Department, staff will forward a copy to DCS?s Fiscal Department. DCS?s Fiscal staff will enter the information into the FSRS. A contract will then be sent to the entity. ? DCS Grants Management and Fiscal Staff will be provided the FFATA/FSTS guidance and educated on the new process DCS has established for FFATA Reporting. ? DCS will have until the end of the month, plus one additional month after an award or sub-award is made to enter the information into FSRS system. The DCS issued agency award letter is the point of reference. Name(s) of the contact person(s) responsible for corrective action: Carrie Casey Planned completion date for corrective action plan: June 30, 2023

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Finding 15688 (2022-001)

None 2022

Upper Iowa University

IA

Subrecipient Monitoring Reporting

Finding 2022-001: COVID-19 Education Stabilization Fund - Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF)- Reporting Condition/Context: For the Institutional portion qua1terly reports for the quarters ending December 31, 2021 and June 30, 2022, the Strengthening Institutions Program (SIP) expenditure...

Finding 2022-001: COVID-19 Education Stabilization Fund - Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF)- Reporting Condition/Context: For the Institutional portion qua1terly reports for the quarters ending December 31, 2021 and June 30, 2022, the Strengthening Institutions Program (SIP) expenditures were not reported in the section (a)(2). Subsequently, the University corrected the reports and posted to the College 's website. Corrective Action Plan: We have reviewed the finding and while we believe everything was posted in time, we agree the numbers were not in the correct area. We have made the updates to the website, and updated ED with the changes. UIU commits to having the Assistant VP of Enrollment Management monitor reporting requirements, while the Executive Director of Financial Services reviews any changes for accuracy. These two individuals have also been signed up for webinars regarding HEERF funds.

View Audit 18472

Finding 15685 (2022-003)

Significant Deficiency 2022

Oklahoma State University

OK

Subrecipient Monitoring Reporting Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking § 200.303

SHIP COVID Testing and Mitigation: Assistance Listing No. 93.155 Recommendation: We recommend that the University review and update current procedures to ensure the program reporting requirements are completed timely and to ensure review of reports are documented. Explanation of disagreement with au...

SHIP COVID Testing and Mitigation: Assistance Listing No. 93.155 Recommendation: We recommend that the University review and update current procedures to ensure the program reporting requirements are completed timely and to ensure review of reports are documented. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. Action planned/taken in response to finding: Management agrees with the finding and has already implemented a corrective plan. This delay was caused by communication and workflow breakdown resulting from structural change, a change in the mechanism type from previous years, and key staff passing away at a time when the reporting information would be required. With a new award management system implemented, subawards and fully executed subawards are provided in the Cayuse workflow between offices within CHS and to Stillwater via a Cayuse event. Name(s) of the contact person(s) responsible for corrective action: Michael Sauer, Director of Grants, Contracts & Post Award Administration, OSU-CHS Planned completion date for corrective action plan: Spring 2023

View Audit 18279

Finding 14477 (2022-001)

Material Weakness 2022

The Water Works and Sewer Board of the Town of Sardis City, Alabama

AL

Internal Control / Segregation of Duties Reporting Subrecipient Monitoring

Segregation of Duties: Description of Finding: The auditor found that duties were not segregated in a number of areas where small adjustments to the policies of the Entity could help to further facilitate this important control. Statement of Concurrence or Nonconcurrence: Management concurs with...

Segregation of Duties: Description of Finding: The auditor found that duties were not segregated in a number of areas where small adjustments to the policies of the Entity could help to further facilitate this important control. Statement of Concurrence or Nonconcurrence: Management concurs with this finding. Corrective Action: Management has issued written policies and required training of all employees that handle financial transactions and will continually evaluate processes to find ways to segregate duties where possible. Management and the board of directors will continue to oversee operations closely requiring approvals for all transactions.

View Audit 18147

Finding 14471 (2022-002)

Material Weakness 2022

Huntington County Community School Corporation

IN

Internal Control / Segregation of Duties Material Weakness Reporting § 200.303

FINDING 2022-002 Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Edette Eckert Contact Phone Number: 260-356-8312 Views of Responsible Official: We concur with the finding Description of Corrective Action Plan: Data collections will be reviewed by someone in the business department other than the ...

FINDING 2022-002 Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Edette Eckert Contact Phone Number: 260-356-8312 Views of Responsible Official: We concur with the finding Description of Corrective Action Plan: Data collections will be reviewed by someone in the business department other than the preparer prior to submitting the report and a hard copy of the report will be printed and approved by the Superintendent or someone other than the submitter. Anticipated Completion Date: April 2023

View Audit 17216

Finding 14458 (2022-002)

Significant Deficiency 2022

Brazos Valley Community Action Programs

TX

Special Tests & Provisions Subrecipient Monitoring Significant Deficiency

Criteria: The 2022 Compliance Supplement requires that ?the auditee has provided training and technical assistance to the governing body and policy council to support understanding of financial information provided to them and support effective oversight of the Head Start award (42 USC 9837(d)(3)).?...

Criteria: The 2022 Compliance Supplement requires that ?the auditee has provided training and technical assistance to the governing body and policy council to support understanding of financial information provided to them and support effective oversight of the Head Start award (42 USC 9837(d)(3)).? Condition: During the fiscal year under audit, the Agency?s Board of Directors has not received training intended to comply with this requirement. Cause: The Agency had not established control activities or monitoring procedures to provide assurance that these requirements are complied with. CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 Federal Award Findings (Continued): Item 2022-002 (Continued): Effect: The Agency did not comply with the provisions specified in 42 USC 9837(d)(3). Recommendation: We recommend that the Agency implement written procedures to provide training and technical assistance. PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR CORRECTION ACTION: Amy Duron, Interim Director of Finance CORRECTIVE ACTION PLANNED: The Agency has since provided initial training to the Board of Directors and is developing a written procedure to ensure that future training and reporting requirements for the Board of Directors is completed. ANTICIPATED COMPLETION DATE: September 30, 2023

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