Corrective Action Plans

FINDING 2022?003 Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Maria Conwell Contact Phone Number: 260-868-2125 Views of Responsible Official: We agree with the finding. Description of Corrective Action Plan: DeKalb County Eastern Community School District will work with the Northeast Indiana Special Education Cooperative to implement the procedures detailed below. The Northeast Indiana Special Education Cooperative (NEISEC) Treasurer will reach out to DeKalb Eastern during the writing process of the IDEA 611 and 619 grants in order for DeKalb Eastern to submit their plans for their allocation of proportionate share money. NEISEC will provide the allocation amounts to DeKalb Eastern. These submissions will include a proportionate share budget and include proportionate share staff names and any necessary information for the budget categories. The NEISEC Treasurer will then compile the proportionate share information and include on the grant submission. The LEA Treasurer will be given a copy of the grant application and budget upon approval of the grant. Any NEISEC employee being paid out of proportionate share grant funds for salary and benefits will be paid from the LEA's financial software. The LEA Treasurer will keep a spreadsheet of employee proportionate share expenses and this spreadsheet will be updated monthly based on time and effort logs that are submitted by DeKalb Eastern to the LEA and NEISEC. Any employee utilizing proportionate share funds that is not an employee of NEISEC, but rather a direct employee of DeKalb Eastern, will be paid directly by DeKalb Eastern. Time and effort logs will still be submitted to the LEA and NEISEC Treasurers for these employees in order to generate a direct reimbursement from the grant fund to DeKalb Eastern. For any expenses for a category outside of salary and benefits, DeKalb Eastern will need to submit an invoice and proof of purchase for equipment, supplies, etc. to NEISEC and the LEA in order to be directly reimbursed for those proportionate share expenses. If the request was not in the initial grant budget, DeKalb Eastern must submit all relevant information to NEISEC in order for a grant modification to be completed. Per IDOE the grant modification must be approved first prior to purchasing the items. Time and effort logs as well as invoice and proof of payment must be sent to the LEA Treasurer in order to completed the grant reimbursement requests. At the end of the grant period, any remaining proportionate share money will require that a waiver be completed. As of this date (2/10/2023) the LEA (DeKalb County Eastern CSD) and NEISEC are still in communication with SBOA and IDOE to review the proportionate share plan and ensure all necessary requirements will be satisfied. Anticipated Completion Date: Changes discussed above will be implemented for the remainder of the FY23 grant period starting 07/01/2023.

FINDING 2022-003 Subject: Special Education Cluster - Earmarking Audit Finding: Significant Deficiency Condition: The School Corporation is a member of the Northeast Indiana Special Education Cooperative (Cooperative). The School Corporation did not have adequate internal controls in place to ensure that the Cooperative complied with the earmarking requirements. Context: The School Corporation is a member of the Northeast Indiana Special Education Cooperative (Cooperative). During fiscal year 2021-2022, the Cooperative operated the special education programs and spent the federal money on behalf of all its members. As the grant agreements were between the Indiana Department of Education (IDOE) and each member school, the School Corporation was responsible for ensuring and providing oversight of the Cooperative. However, there was inadequate oversight performed by the School Corporation in order to ensure compliance with the Matching, Level of Effort, Earmarking compliance requirement. The School Corporation did not have internal controls in place to ensure that the Cooperative complied with the earmarking requirements. The Cooperative did not have adequate procedures in place to ensure that the required level of expenditures for non-public students with disabilities was met for each member school. The Cooperative did not have effective internal controls to ensure non-public school expenditures were appropriately identified and reported. The Non-Public Proportionate Share expenditures for 19611-042-PN01 and 20611-042-PN01 grant awards could not be verified for the individual schools to verify the minimum amount per the grant awards was expended and properly reported to IDOE as required. The School Corporation?s minimum earmarking requirements for the 19611-042-PN01 and 20611-042-PN01 grant awards were $1,095 and $1,791, respectively. The lack of internal controls and noncompliance were isolated to the 19611-042-PN01 and 20611-042-PN01 grant awards. Views of Responsible Official: We concur with the finding. Description of Corrective Action Plan: Hamilton Community Schools will work with the Northeast Indiana Special Education Cooperative to ensure proper oversight and internal controls are maintained of awarded monies. Responsible Party and Timeline for Completion: Brittany Taylor, Business Manager Completion Date: 6/30/2023

FINDING 2022-004 Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Chad Shireman Contact Phone Number: 812-738-8241 Views of Responsible Official: We concur with the finding. Description of Corrective Action Plan: The county will be retaining and periodically reviewing the grant application and award to stay current on applicable requirements of the subrecipient in order to ensure compliance. Lines of communication with the subrecipient will be established and maintained to better monitor activities, ensuring that the subaward is used for authorized purposes, complies with the terms and conditions of the subaward and achieves performance goals. Policies and procedures will be adopted and implemented to allow the county to evaluate the subrecipient?s risk of noncompliance. The county will request supporting documentation from the subrecipient when reimbursement requests are made, and this process will be documented in order to provide evidence that it is taking place. Anticipated Completion Date: The anticipated completion date will be December 31, 2023. This will allow the county and the subrecipient to work together to create the necessary policies and procedures. Once created, the remainder of the year will be used to implement them, allowing the county to evaluate all activities for the entire 2023 audit period that will be under review by SBOA in 2024.

Finding: The Health Care Authority did not have adequate internal controls over and did not comply with federal requirements to ensure subrecipients of the Block Grants for Community Mental Health Services program and the Block Grants for Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse program received required single audits, and that it appropriately followed up on findings and issued management decisions. Questioned Costs: Assistance Listing # 93.958 93.958 COVID-19 93.959 93.959 COVID-19 Amount $0 Status: Corrective action in progress Corrective Action: The Authority concurs with the finding. The Authority will: ? Follow established procedures related to the agency-wide monitoring of subrecipients? single audits. ? Issue management decision letters for findings subrecipients received related to programs that are funded by the Authority?s pass-through federal funding. ? Evaluate corrective actions to ensure subrecipients adequately address audit recommendations. Completion Date: Estimated July 2023 Agency Contact: William Sogge, CPA External Audit Liaison PO Box 45502 Olympia, WA 98504-5502 (360) 725-5110 william.sogge@hca.wa.gov

Finding: The Department of Commerce did not have adequate internal controls over and did not comply with requirements to issue management decisions for audit findings to subrecipients of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program. Questioned Costs: Assistance Listing # 93.568 93.568 COVID-19 Status: Corrective action complete Corrective Action: The Department?s internal control officer is responsible for completing the monitoring of federal reporting and issuing management decisions for subrecipients who receive federal audit findings for programs funded with the Department?s federal pass-through funding. Beginning in December 2021, the internal control officer documented all findings, corrective action plans, and communication with subrecipients in a monitoring spreadsheet. This enabled the Department to ensure all efforts in monitoring subrecipients were taken. In May 2022, all management decisions were added to the monitoring spreadsheet which documented the Department?s management decisions. To ensure compliance with federal requirements for subrecipient monitoring, the Department has implemented the following process: ? Review all audit findings issued to Department subrecipients. ? Review each subrecipient?s corrective action plan. ? Review and discuss all findings and corrective action plans with subrecipients to identify and understand the basis for the deficiency and planned corrections. ? Create a management decision for each subrecipient finding, receive leadership approval, and formally communicate the decision to our subrecipient. ? All management decisions will be formally communicated to our pass-through subrecipients within the six-month federal deadline. Completion Date: September 2022 Agency Contact: Gena Allen Internal Control Officer PO Box 42525 Olympia, WA 98504-2525 (360) 480-5149 Gena.Allen@Commerce.wa.gov

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

Regional Planning Commission (RPC) has hired a new Executive Director effective March, 2023. RPC also hired a new Finance Director effective September, 2023, who is experienced in public finance and general reporting requirements. Both staff members are dedicated to ensuring proper procedures and performance going forward. Both staff members will review and sign off on the timely and accurate filing of all grant reporting documentation and requirements.