Corrective Action Plans

Finding 526752 (2024-003)

Significant Deficiency 2024

Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District

CA

Student Financial Aid Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking Significant Deficiency § 200.303

Corrective Action Plan: These initial Pell overpayments were incurred in the “early” Pell disbursements that occurred a week before the semester started and the first two weeks of the semester. The enrollment was reported correctly, but part of the issue was the current FA system (SAM) was not progr...

Corrective Action Plan: These initial Pell overpayments were incurred in the “early” Pell disbursements that occurred a week before the semester started and the first two weeks of the semester. The enrollment was reported correctly, but part of the issue was the current FA system (SAM) was not programmed to adjust the amount disbursed based on the student’s current enrollment at the time of disbursement. For the Spring 2024 semester, testing was done on SAM to disburse aid based on current enrollment for the early Spring 2024 disbursements. This change reduced the amount in overpayments if students drop below ½ time for the semester, or withdrew completely. In addition, the Financial Aid Office transitioned from SAM to the Colleague Financial Aid System (starting in 2024-25). Colleague is already programmed to disburse aid based on current enrollment status, so this will not be a recurring issue in the future. Early Disbursement and Overpayment Notes: • For Fall 2023 semester, the first early Pell disbursement was based on 25% of a student’s semester award based on full-time enrollment. If a student is currently enrolled ½-time or higher when this disbursement is processed, they will receive the 25% award amount. If a student is enrolled in less than ½-time status (.5 units to 5.5 units), they will receive a $500 Pell disbursement to account for the lower Pell grant award for less than ½-time students. • For Spring 2024 semester, after testing in SAM, we were able to disburse the early disbursements based on the current enrollment before Census which lowered the overpayment amount significantly. • We understand students add/drop courses through the first two weeks of the semester. The final Pell grant award for the semester is adjusted to the student’s enrollment status on Census day. Students who are ½-time or higher at Census will not be a Pell overpayment for the semester since their Pell grant award will be at 50% or higher. • For students who were enrolled at ½-time or higher at the time the early disbursement was processed, but then dropped to less than ½-time or withdrew completely by Census day, they will be considered a Pell overpayment. o These types of overpayments are unavoidable. o Example: Currently, if a student is scheduled a $500 disbursement for the early 25% disbursement, and is enrolled ½ time, they will receive $500. With the change to actual enrollment (1/2 time for this case), the student will receive $250 instead of $500. If the student drops below 1/2-time or withdraws completely by census, the highest overpayment amount will be $250 instead of $500.

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Finding 526751 (2024-007)

Material Weakness 2024

Siouxland Human Investment Partnership, Inc.

IA

Questioned Costs Cash Management Material Weakness § 200.303 § 200.305

Federal Agency Name: Department of Justice Assistance Listing Number: 16.812 Program Name: Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative Finding Summary: There were two months out of twelve where the draw request amount for the Second Chance Act Reentry program was switched with a draw request for another f...

Federal Agency Name: Department of Justice Assistance Listing Number: 16.812 Program Name: Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative Finding Summary: There were two months out of twelve where the draw request amount for the Second Chance Act Reentry program was switched with a draw request for another federal program. The draw request amount exceeded the actual expenditures incurred for these two months. Corrective Action Plan: SHIP’s Finance Director drew down funds for two months of expenditures on the same day for both the Department of Labor‐funded BOOST GO program and the Department of Justice‐funded BOOST Re‐Entry program. This resulted in mistakenly swapping the drawdowns for the programs, therefore drawing down GO’s funds for Re‐Entry and Re‐Entry’s funds for GO. The payments were recorded correctly by Accounting staff. The mistake was caught while the Finance Director was preparing for the annual audit. Once the mistake was discovered, the Executive Director and the Finance Director immediately contacted the Federal Project Officers of both grants to report the error and request information on how to proceed with correcting it. The Federal Project officers were supportive of being informed of the errors, and in providing feedback on how to correct the mistakes, which SHIP did immediately. Next, the Finance Director reported the error to the auditors, and the errors were also reported to the SHIP Executive Committee of the Board of Directors. Moving forward in the short term, the Finance Director has started to double check the account number on the report and the account number on the draw down platform to ensure that it is the correct grant. The reports are prepared monthly and the accountant that will prepare the monthly report will also add the account identifier to the front of the packet. This will be double checked by the Finance Director. Deposits will have to be verified as well to ensure we record the payor correctly. The Finance Director will also reconcile that the payments recorded on the grant platform and SHIP’s financial system to ensure they both agree. Long term, SHIP will be more intentional about the naming and branding of programs. Currently, SHIP is applying for a new grant from the Department of Labor to continue the BOOST Re‐Entry program. If awarded, this program will be dropping the “BOOST” acronym from the name to avoid confusion with the established BOOST GO program. Having two separate programs sharing a name was intended to build on the branding and community awareness of the BOOST program but has had the unintentional consequence of creating confusion for the public, partner agencies, and participants. As the above finding also demonstrates, it can cause unfortunate errors administratively as well. See also 2024‐006 Finding for each program Responsible Individual: Mindy Baylor, Director of Finance Anticipated Completion Date: November 2024

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Finding 526750 (2024-006)

Material Weakness 2024

Siouxland Human Investment Partnership, Inc.

IA

Cash Management § 200.303

Federal Agency Name: Department of Labor Assistance Listing Number: 17.270 Program Name: Reentry Employment Opportunities Finding Summary: There were two months identified in which the draw request amount for the Reentry Employment Opportunities Program was inadvertently switched with a draw reques...

Federal Agency Name: Department of Labor Assistance Listing Number: 17.270 Program Name: Reentry Employment Opportunities Finding Summary: There were two months identified in which the draw request amount for the Reentry Employment Opportunities Program was inadvertently switched with a draw request for a different federal program. The expenditures for the Reentry Employment Opportunities program were incurred prior to the draw down request being completed. Corrective Action Plan: SHIP’s Finance Director drew down funds for two months of expenditures on the same day for both the Department of Labor‐funded BOOST GO program and the Department of Justice‐funded BOOST Re‐ Entry program. This resulted in mistakenly swapping the drawdowns for the programs, therefore drawing down GO’s funds for Re‐Entry and Re‐Entry’s funds for GO. The payments were recorded correctly by Accounting staff. The mistake was caught while the Finance Director was preparing for the annual audit. Once the mistake was discovered, the Executive Director and the Finance Director immediately contacted the Federal Project Officers of both grants to report the error and request information on how to proceed with correcting it. The Federal Project officers were supportive of being informed of the errors, and in providing feedback on how to correct the mistakes, which SHIP did immediately. Next, the Finance Director reported the error to the auditors, and the errors were also reported to the SHIP Executive Committee of the Board of Directors. Moving forward in the short term, the Finance Director has started to double check the account number on the report and the account number on the draw down platform to ensure that it is the correct grant. The reports are prepared monthly and the accountant that will prepare the monthly report will also add the account identifier to the front of the packet. This will be double checked by the Finance Director. Deposits will have to be verified as well to ensure we record the payor correctly. The Finance Director will also reconcile that the payments recorded on the grant platform and SHIP’s financial system to ensure they both agree. Long term, SHIP will be more intentional about the naming and branding of programs. Currently, SHIP is applying for a new grant from the Department of Labor to continue the BOOST Re‐Entry program. If awarded, this program will be dropping the “BOOST” acronym from the name to avoid confusion with the established BOOST GO program. Having two separate programs sharing a name was intended to build on the branding and community awareness of the BOOST program but has had the unintentional consequence of creating confusion for the public, partner agencies, and participants. As the above finding also demonstrates, it can cause unfortunate errors administratively as well. See also 2024‐007 Finding for each program Responsible Individual: Mindy Baylor, Director of Finance Anticipated Completion Date: November 2024

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Finding 526749 (2024-005)

Material Weakness 2024

Siouxland Human Investment Partnership, Inc.

IA

Internal Control / Segregation of Duties Material Weakness Reporting § 200.303 § 200.328

Federal Agency Name: Department of Labor Assistance Listing Number: 17.270 Program Name: Reentry Employment Opportunities Finding Summary: Our auditors identified that the 9130 financial reports were completed on the cash basis of accounting and were completed as of the date of the report was submi...

Federal Agency Name: Department of Labor Assistance Listing Number: 17.270 Program Name: Reentry Employment Opportunities Finding Summary: Our auditors identified that the 9130 financial reports were completed on the cash basis of accounting and were completed as of the date of the report was submitted and not based on the specified quarterly reporting period. Additionally, documentation was not retained to support the numbers reported and there was no documented review or approval over the 9130 quarterly reports. Corrective Action Plan: The first two 9130 quarterly reports were submitted, and the cumulative federal expenditures were misstated. Once the 9130 reports are submitted and approved by the funder, we are unable to correct it. The amounts were corrected and accurate by the fiscal year ending 2024. This final quarterly 9130 was submitted accurately to reflect the full year of expenditures. Effective immediately, the General Ledger detail will be saved for each monthly report as well as the quarterly reports. This will ensure that if something does get changed after the submission of the 9130 reports, we are able to review the detail to see what was changed in order to reconcile. Responsible Individual: Mindy Baylor, Director of Finance Anticipated Completion Date: January 2025

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Finding 526748 (2024-004)

Material Weakness 2024

Siouxland Human Investment Partnership, Inc.

IA

Procurement, Suspension & Debarment § 200.303 § 200.317 § 200.318 § 200.327

Federal Agency Name: Department of Labor Assistance Listing Number: 17.270 Program Name: Reentry Employment Opportunities Finding Summary: The Organization’s procurement policy did not contain all of the required procurement standards and contract provisions as required by Uniform Guidance. The org...

Federal Agency Name: Department of Labor Assistance Listing Number: 17.270 Program Name: Reentry Employment Opportunities Finding Summary: The Organization’s procurement policy did not contain all of the required procurement standards and contract provisions as required by Uniform Guidance. The organization entered into a covered transaction with a vendor before performing a review to ensure the vendor was not suspended or debarred. Corrective Action Plan: SHIP has had a long‐standing partnership with Sky Ranch Behavioral Services (SRBS), the lone applicant for the BOOST GO’s Violence Prevention Services RFP. Since SHIP serves as fiscal agent and employer of record for SRBS, SHIP would know if SRBS was on the disbarred list. Therefore, the Executive Director did not check to see if SRBS was suspended or disbarred. Despite having this knowledge, this action still should have been taken to tick the boxes on SHIP’s procurement policy, and to stay consistent with this practice being done for other vendors. The Executive Director takes full responsibility for this oversight. SHIP will review its procurement policy to ensure it matches federal guidance and will make necessary revisions (if any), and will take a draft to the SHIP Board of Directors for approval. Once approved, training will be provided to all Program Directors and relevant staff to ensure everyone understands the steps and procedures for the procurement policy. SHIP will also review all MOUs and subcontracts to ensure they match the federal requirements Responsible Individual: Matt Ohman, Executive Director Anticipated Completion Date: Revised Procurement Policy will be presented to the SHIP Board for approval and staff will be trained by June 2024, ready for new fiscal year contracts.

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Finding 526747 (2024-003)

Material Weakness 2024

Siouxland Human Investment Partnership, Inc.

IA

Allowable Costs / Cost Principles § 200.303

Federal Agency Name: Department of Education Pass‐through Entity: State of Iowa Department of Education Assistance Listing Number: 84.287 Program Name: Twenty‐First Century Community Learning Centers Program Finding Summary: Through review of indirect costs charged to the federal awards, our audito...

Federal Agency Name: Department of Education Pass‐through Entity: State of Iowa Department of Education Assistance Listing Number: 84.287 Program Name: Twenty‐First Century Community Learning Centers Program Finding Summary: Through review of indirect costs charged to the federal awards, our auditors noted that we charged an 8% administrative indirect cost rate to the federal awards, however, calculated the 8% on the budgeted grant award rather than on the actual direct costs incurred under the federal award for the first three quarters of the grant period. Corrective Action Plan: Resolved. Procedures were placed into service following the prior year audit to ensure indirect amounts charged to the program are based on actual underlying direct costs and the total indirect allocation of general administration costs do not exceed the rate allowed by the federal program. All claims submitted for 21st Century grants in the third and fourth quarter of Fiscal Year 2024 were reviewed to ensure the administrative indirect cost is assigned to direct expenses only. Also, in the third quarter the previous two quarters were corrected to result in an overall fiscal year of indirect costs of 8% on expenditures. Responsible Individual: Mindy Baylor, Director of Finance Anticipated Completion Date: Resolved

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Finding 526732 (2024-002)

Significant Deficiency 2024

Roosevelt Elementary School District No. 66

AZ

Period of Performance Significant Deficiency Internal Control / Segregation of Duties § 200.303

Finding Number: 2024-002 Program Name/Assistance Listing Titles: Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies; Education Stabilization Fund Assistance Listing Numbers: 84.010; 84.425U; 84.425W Contact Person: Kris Terwilleger, Director of Finance Anticipated Completion Date: June 30, 2025 Planned Co...

Finding Number: 2024-002 Program Name/Assistance Listing Titles: Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies; Education Stabilization Fund Assistance Listing Numbers: 84.010; 84.425U; 84.425W Contact Person: Kris Terwilleger, Director of Finance Anticipated Completion Date: June 30, 2025 Planned Corrective Action: Will adjust process of JE approval to include contingency plan that in the event of the accountant being absent, the Senior Buyer will prepare the JE for Director of Finance approval.

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Finding 526686 (2024-001)

Significant Deficiency 2024

Town of Oakland, MD

MD

Questioned Costs Allowable Costs / Cost Principles § 200.303 § 200.403

Audit Finding Number: 2024-001 Agency: Town of Oakland, Maryland Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Name: Valerie Stemac Title: Business Coordinator 15 South Third Street Oakland, Maryland 21550 Anticipated Completion Date: 06/30/2025 Response to Finding: Management concurs with audit r...

Audit Finding Number: 2024-001 Agency: Town of Oakland, Maryland Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Name: Valerie Stemac Title: Business Coordinator 15 South Third Street Oakland, Maryland 21550 Anticipated Completion Date: 06/30/2025 Response to Finding: Management concurs with audit recommendation. Corrective Action to be Taken: Management will work with funding agency to conduct a thorough review of reimbursement records to confirm the duplication and determine if an overpayment occurred. If an overpayment is identified, coordinate with the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) to correct the error and issue any necessary reimbursement or adjustment.

View Audit 345699 Questioned Costs: $1

Finding 526669 (2024-003)

Material Weakness 2024

Southwest Dubois County School Corporation

IN

Procurement, Suspension & Debarment § 200.1 § 200.303 § 200.317 § 200.318 § 200.319

FINDING 2024-003 Finding Subject: Child Nutrition Cluster – Procurement and Suspension and Debarment Summary of Finding: Documented evidence of the implementation of the control process was not maintained. Due to the lack of controls, it could not be determined that the school corporation ensured co...

FINDING 2024-003 Finding Subject: Child Nutrition Cluster – Procurement and Suspension and Debarment Summary of Finding: Documented evidence of the implementation of the control process was not maintained. Due to the lack of controls, it could not be determined that the school corporation ensured compliance with the grant agreement. Proper safeguards were not in place to ensure that documentation was properly maintained, causing the CFO and Food Service Director to be unable to locate the documentation for each procurement method. Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Allison Pund and Margaret Leavitt Contact Phone Number and Email Address: 812-683-3971 x5002; punda1@swdubois.k12.in.us; leavittm@swdubois.k12.in.us Views of Responsible Officials: We concur with the finding. Explanation and Reasons for Disagreement: NA Description of Corrective Action Plan: The School Corporation will establish a proper system of internal control and develop policies and procedures to ensure all requirements are followed. Creation of these policies and procedures will be created by the CFO and Food Service Director. Internal controls will be put in place to ensure these policies and procedures are followed. In addition, the Food Service Director will maintain all bids, contracts, and other documentation to support the procurement methods used and will verify suspension and debarment prior to entering into covered transactions of $25,000 or more. Anticipated Completion Date: August 2025

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Finding 526663 (2024-002)

Material Weakness 2024

Southwest Dubois County School Corporation

IN

School Nutrition Programs Eligibility Allowable Costs / Cost Principles § 200.303

FINDING 2024-002 Finding Subject: Child Nutrition Cluster – Eligibility and Special Tests and Provisions – Non-Profit School Food Accounts Summary of Finding: Documented evidence of the implementation of the internal controls was not maintained. Due to the lack of controls, it could not be determine...

FINDING 2024-002 Finding Subject: Child Nutrition Cluster – Eligibility and Special Tests and Provisions – Non-Profit School Food Accounts Summary of Finding: Documented evidence of the implementation of the internal controls was not maintained. Due to the lack of controls, it could not be determined if the School Corporation ensured compliance with Eligibility and Non-Profit School Food Accounts. Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Allison Pund and Margaret Leavitt Contact Phone Number and Email Address: 812-683-3971 x5002; punda1@swdubois.k12.in.us; leavittm@swdubois.k12.in.us Views of Responsible Officials: We concur with the finding. Explanation and Reasons for Disagreement: NA Description of Corrective Action Plan: The School Corporation will document the internal controls that are in place. This will be completed by ensuring signatures or initials are acquired for internal controls that are in place. Anticipated Completion Date: August 2025

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Finding 526642 (2024-003)

Significant Deficiency 2024

Hanover Community School Corporation

IN

Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking Allowable Costs / Cost Principles § 200.208 § 200.303 § 200.403

FINDING 2024‐003 Subject: Special Education Cluster (IDEA) – Earmarking Summary of Finding: Lack of effective internal controls to ensure earmarking requirements were met for grants that began prior to September 2022 Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Adam C. Minth Contact Phone Numbe...

FINDING 2024‐003 Subject: Special Education Cluster (IDEA) – Earmarking Summary of Finding: Lack of effective internal controls to ensure earmarking requirements were met for grants that began prior to September 2022 Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Adam C. Minth Contact Phone Number: 219-374-3504 Views of Responsible Official: The school corporation concurs with the finding and will be implementing corrective procedures by the end of this fiscal year. Description of Corrective Action Plan: As a member of the Northwest Indiana Special Education Cooperative (NISEC), Hanover Community School Corporation reported their proportionate share based on a percentage of expenditures and have successful audits in doing so. When Hanover was notified that this process was no longer acceptable, we immediately implemented an internal control process with NISEC which included detailed reporting of staff work hours for nonpublic schools related to only our school corporation. The report is then reviewed and signed by the NISEC staff working for the nonpublic school and their supervisor. The employee detailed time and effort report are then provided to the NISEC finance department for a second review and signature before being provided to payroll. NISEC payroll then charges the proportionate share to the IDEA Part B grant in the payroll system bi-weekly based on the time and effort report pertinent to just School Corporation Non-public schools. The time and effort reports are then used to submit the reimbursement request to the Department of Education for Hanover’s proportionate share. Anticipated Completion Date: 4/30/2025

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Finding 526638 (2024-002)

Material Weakness 2024

Hanover Community School Corporation

IN

Procurement, Suspension & Debarment § 200.1 § 200.303 § 200.317 § 200.318 § 200.319

FINDING 2024‐002 Subject: Special Education Cluster (IDEA) – Procurement Summary of Finding: During the 2023-2024 fiscal year, federal grant funds were to pay for contracted speech services. The vendors used exceeded the Simplified Acquisition Threshold and sealed bids or competitive proposals were ...

FINDING 2024‐002 Subject: Special Education Cluster (IDEA) – Procurement Summary of Finding: During the 2023-2024 fiscal year, federal grant funds were to pay for contracted speech services. The vendors used exceeded the Simplified Acquisition Threshold and sealed bids or competitive proposals were not obtained. Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Adam C. Minth Contact Phone Number: 219-374-3504 Views of Responsible Official: The school corporation concurs with the finding and will be implementing corrective procedures by the end of this fiscal year. Description of Corrective Action Plan: As a member of the Northwest Indiana Special Education Cooperative (NISEC), Hanover Community School Corporation usually expends contracted services out of our general education fund. For the fiscal year 2023-2024, we included our contracted speech services into our federal grant funds. During the audit, Hanover was notified that we didn’t follow the procurement procedures when expending out of the federal grant. This finding was due to Hanover not going out and receiving multiple bids for contracted companies that provide services to our students. Hanover uses three contracted companies to provide Speech Pathologist and Speech Language Assistants. We have used these three companies for many years and have built great working relationships with these providers. After receiving the finding, and discussing with the auditor, we created a memo that we took to our board. In the memo we explained why we use the three contracted vendors instead of going out for bids. Finding Speech Pathologists and Speech Language Assistants is very difficult in the school setting, and they have created great working relationships with these three contracted companies. Within the memo, we listed all the contracted vendors that they use and why they work directly with them instead of going out for bids. At the beginning of each school year, they will create a new memo with any contracted companies that they will be using during that school year. Anticipated Completion Date: 4/30/2025

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Finding 526634 (2024-001)

Material Weakness 2024

Hanover Community School Corporation

IN

Procurement, Suspension & Debarment Subrecipient Monitoring School Nutrition Programs § 200.303

FINDING 2024‐001 Subject: Child Nutrition Cluster‐Suspension and Debarment Summary of Finding The School Corporation did not verify that three of three vendors tested were neither suspended nor debarred, or otherwise excluded or disqualified from participating in federal assistance programs. Contact...

FINDING 2024‐001 Subject: Child Nutrition Cluster‐Suspension and Debarment Summary of Finding The School Corporation did not verify that three of three vendors tested were neither suspended nor debarred, or otherwise excluded or disqualified from participating in federal assistance programs. Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Adam C. Minth Contact Phone Number: 219-374-3504 Views of Responsible Official: The school corporation concurs with the finding and will be implementing corrective procedures by the end of this fiscal year. Description of Corrective Action Plan: Our Child Nutrition Director will conduct the necessary suspension and debarment check via Sam.gov to make certain that we are in compliance with each vendor throughout the entire fiscal year. This will be in addition to our Food, Dairy and Bakery vendors that are contracted, as their suspension and debarment information is checked by a third-party purchaser. Anticipated Completion Date: 4/30/2025

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Finding 526626 (2024-002)

Significant Deficiency 2024

Brevard Health Alliance, Inc.

FL

Questioned Costs Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking Internal Control / Segregation of Duties § 200.303

SPECIAL TEST AND PROVISIONS CRI selected a sample of 25 patients to ensure the sliding fee schedule was properly applied. 1 of the 25 patient had the incorrect fee scale applied. Recommendation: Procedures shou...

SPECIAL TEST AND PROVISIONS CRI selected a sample of 25 patients to ensure the sliding fee schedule was properly applied. 1 of the 25 patient had the incorrect fee scale applied. Recommendation: Procedures should be implemented to verify the sliding fee schedule applied to new patients. Responsible Party: Shannon Wherry, Controller Corrective Action: Management will establish a procedure to ensure the sliding fee schedule is applied to all new patients. Brevard Health Alliance will continue to audit the sliding fee schedule on an annual bases, at minimum, in addition to sampling sliding fee scale patient charts quarterly. Estimated date of ompletion: Management estimates that the above findings will be corrected by the year ended September 30, 2025.

View Audit 345566 Questioned Costs: $1

Finding 526619 (2024-001)

Significant Deficiency 2024

Brevard Health Alliance, Inc.

FL

Questioned Costs Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking Allowable Costs / Cost Principles § 200.303 § 200.403

FACTORS AFFECTING ALLOWABILITY OF COSTS Brevard Health Alliance requested reimbursement for $8,978 of expenditres under two differentfederal grants. One grant is requested based upon clinic hours and another based on an individual's time and ...

FACTORS AFFECTING ALLOWABILITY OF COSTS Brevard Health Alliance requested reimbursement for $8,978 of expenditres under two differentfederal grants. One grant is requested based upon clinic hours and another based on an individual's time and effort. Recommendation: The client should verify that reimbursement request do not include payroll expenditures submitted for other grants. The allocation of payroll should be done monthly. Responsible Party: Shelley Jackson, Director of Accounting Corrective Action: Brevard Health Alliance will ensure allocationof payroll expenditures submitted for grants is done monthly to ensure stronger internal controls regarding grant funds.

View Audit 345566 Questioned Costs: $1

Finding 526613 (2024-006)

Material Weakness 2024

Laporte Community School Corporation

IN

Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking Special Tests & Provisions § 200.303

FINDING 2024-006 Finding Subject: Education Stabilization Fund – Special Tests and Provisions – Wage Rate Summary of Finding: The School Corporation did not have adequate policies or procedures to ensure that all construction contracts in excess of $2,000 paid from federal grant funds included a pre...

FINDING 2024-006 Finding Subject: Education Stabilization Fund – Special Tests and Provisions – Wage Rate Summary of Finding: The School Corporation did not have adequate policies or procedures to ensure that all construction contracts in excess of $2,000 paid from federal grant funds included a prevailing wage rate clause. The School Corporation had four contracts related to an HVAC project during the audit period that was subject to the wage rate requirements. Three of the four contracts did not have the required prevailing wage rate clause included in the contract. Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Greg Hunt Contact Phone Number: (219) 362-7056 Views of Responsible Official: We concur with the finding. Description of Corrective Action Plan: The AIA contracts references following the construction manual and the Davis Bacon Law is referenced in the construction manual. In addition, certified payroll was submitted with each pay application to verify prevailing wages was adhered to. If there are any future funded construction projects, LPCSC will ensure that the Davis Bacon Law is sited in the individual contract. Anticipated Completion Date: February 14, 2025

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Finding 526607 (2024-005)

Material Weakness 2024

Laporte Community School Corporation

IN

Equipment & Real Property Management Internal Control / Segregation of Duties § 200.303 § 200.313

FINDING 2024-005 Finding Subject: Education Stabilization Fund – Equipment and Real Property Management Summary of Finding: The School Corporation’s capital asset listing did not include all the required asset information for assets purchased with federal awards. The following information for each a...

FINDING 2024-005 Finding Subject: Education Stabilization Fund – Equipment and Real Property Management Summary of Finding: The School Corporation’s capital asset listing did not include all the required asset information for assets purchased with federal awards. The following information for each asset was not included in the School Corporations capital asset listing: the source of funding for the property (including the federal award identification number (FAIN)), percentage of federal participation in the project costs for the federal award under which the property was acquired, and the use and condition of the property. During the audit period, the School Corporation had improvement projects totaling $8,022,149 with Education Stabilization Funds (ESF). These assets were not included on the asset listing or physical inventory prepared by the consultant. The School Corporation did not maintain a capital asset listing with the equipment purchased with ESF and could not have conducted a complete physical inventory bi-annually as required and could not properly maintain and safeguard the equipment as required. Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Greg Hunt Contact Phone Number: (219) 362-7056 Views of Responsible Official: We concur with the finding. Description of Corrective Action Plan: We have contacted our appraisal company and provided documentation to include the HVAC equipment into our next appraisal document update. We anticipate the next official appraisal listing will be in July 2025. Anticipated Completion Date: July 2025

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Finding 526603 (2024-004)

Material Weakness 2024

Laporte Community School Corporation

IN

Procurement, Suspension & Debarment § 200.1 § 200.303 § 200.317 § 200.318 § 200.319

FINDING 2024-004 Finding Subject: Special Education Cluster (IDEA) – Procurement and Suspension and Debarment Summary of Finding: Procurement- Small Purchase In fiscal year 2023, the Cooperative had five vendors which fell within the small purchase threshold (between $10,000 and $150,000). The Coope...

FINDING 2024-004 Finding Subject: Special Education Cluster (IDEA) – Procurement and Suspension and Debarment Summary of Finding: Procurement- Small Purchase In fiscal year 2023, the Cooperative had five vendors which fell within the small purchase threshold (between $10,000 and $150,000). The Cooperative did not obtain quotes or competitive proposals, nor was a circumstance met that would have allowed for a noncompetitive procurement for the purchases. The total amount spent in was $292,806. Suspension and Debarment Verification to verify that contractors and subrecipients are not suspended, debarred, or otherwise under a nonprocurement transaction through SAM was not being completed. Three vendors each fiscal year provided goods or services which equaled or exceeded $25,000 were selected for testing. The total amount spent on covered transactions was $266,063 and $142,639 for fiscal years 2023 and 2024. For all six vendors, the Cooperative did not verify the vendors’ suspension and debarment status prior to payment. Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Greg Hunt Contact Phone Number: (219) 362-7056 Views of Responsible Official: We concur with the finding. Description of Corrective Action Plan: Our Special Education Administrative Assistant has already begun checking on SAM for any federal purchases to verify suspension and debarment. She has also been provided with the LaPorte Community School Corporation’s Procurement Policy number po6325 and will adhere to those guidelines for any future purchases. Anticipated Completion Date: January 2025

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Finding 526601 (2024-003)

Significant Deficiency 2024

Laporte Community School Corporation

IN

Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking Allowable Costs / Cost Principles § 200.303 § 200.403

FINDING 2024-003 Finding Subject: Special Education Cluster (IDEA) - Earmarking Summary of Finding: Lack of Internal Controls in Place to Ensure the Cooperative Complied with Earmarking Requirements The Cooperative did not have adequate procedures in place to ensure that the required level of expend...

FINDING 2024-003 Finding Subject: Special Education Cluster (IDEA) - Earmarking Summary of Finding: Lack of Internal Controls in Place to Ensure the Cooperative Complied with Earmarking Requirements The Cooperative did not have adequate procedures in place to ensure that the required level of expenditures for non-public school students with disabilities was net 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 were determined by a percentage to the non-public school budgeted expenditures. Beginning in March 2023, the Cooperative began tracking expenditures by member schools for the non-public services. Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Greg Hunt Contact Phone Number: (219) 362-7056 Views of Responsible Official: We concur with the finding. Description of Corrective Action Plan: Corrective actions have already been taken beginning in March 2023. The Cooperative began tracking expenditures by member schools for the non-public services. Anticipated Completion Date: March 2023

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Finding 526571 (2024-003)

Material Weakness 2024

East Gibson School Corporation

IN

Subrecipient Monitoring Internal Control / Segregation of Duties Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking § 200.302 § 200.303 § 200.328 § 200.329 § 200.334

FINDING 2024-003 Finding Subject: COVID-19 - Education Stabilization Fund - Reporting Summary of Finding: Annual Report for ESSER grants were all submitted but there was no supporting documentation showing internal controls of another person reviewing the information that was submitted was accurate....

FINDING 2024-003 Finding Subject: COVID-19 - Education Stabilization Fund - Reporting Summary of Finding: Annual Report for ESSER grants were all submitted but there was no supporting documentation showing internal controls of another person reviewing the information that was submitted was accurate. Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Ginger Schenks Contact Phone Number and Email Address: 812-749-4755 ext 1143; gschenks@corp.egsc.k12.in.us Views of Responsible Officials: We concur with the finding Description of Corrective Action Plan: The Treasurer will work with the Superintendent and/or Grant Administrator ensuring that annual financial reporting for federal grants is completed on time with review by the Superintendent. The Treasurer will supply the financial data for the time period of reporting to the Grant Administrator and/or Superintendent for their approval and submission of the annual financial report. The Superintendent and/or Grant Administrator will ensure that expenses align with the grant application prior to submission. The report and supporting documentation will be downloaded and the Treasurer and Superintendent will sign and date that report. This document will be in the grant folder in the Treasurer’s Office. Anticipated Completion Date: This process will begin with the next annual financial report due date.

View Audit 345524

Finding 526532 (2024-002)

Material Weakness 2024

Rossville Consolidated School District

IN

School Nutrition Programs Cash Management Internal Control / Segregation of Duties § 200.303

Information on the federal program: Subject: Child Nutrition Cluster - Internal Controls Federal Agency: Department of Agriculture Federal Program: School Breakfast Program, National School Lunch Program Assistance Listing Number: 10.553, 10.555 Federal Award Numbers and Years (or Other Identifying ...

Information on the federal program: Subject: Child Nutrition Cluster - Internal Controls Federal Agency: Department of Agriculture Federal Program: School Breakfast Program, National School Lunch Program Assistance Listing Number: 10.553, 10.555 Federal Award Numbers and Years (or Other Identifying Numbers): FY 22-23, FY 23-24 Pass-Through Entity: Indiana Department of Education Compliance Requirement: Reporting Audit Finding: Material Weakness Context: We noted that for two claims in a sample of six, the Food Service Director prepared the reimbursement claim without a secondary, documented review to ensure the accuracy of the reimbursement claim. The lack of controls was isolated to fiscal year 2023. Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Cara Cornell Contact Phone Number: 765-379-2990 Views of Responsible Official: We concur with the finding. Description of Corrective Action Plan: In March 2023, the School Corporation implemented a secondary review/signoff to ensure accuracy of the reimbursement claim form. Anticipated Completion Date: March 2023

View Audit 345463

Finding 526528 (2024-001)

Material Weakness 2024

Rossville Consolidated School District

IN

School Nutrition Programs Internal Control / Segregation of Duties Eligibility § 200.303

Information on the federal program: Subject: Child Nutrition Cluster - Internal Controls Federal Agency: Department of Agriculture Federal Program: School Breakfast Program, National School Lunch Program Assistance Listing Number: 10.553, 10.555 Federal Award Numbers and Years (or Other Identifying ...

Information on the federal program: Subject: Child Nutrition Cluster - Internal Controls Federal Agency: Department of Agriculture Federal Program: School Breakfast Program, National School Lunch Program Assistance Listing Number: 10.553, 10.555 Federal Award Numbers and Years (or Other Identifying Numbers): FY 22-23, FY 23-24 Pass-Through Entity: Indiana Department of Education Compliance Requirement: Eligibility Audit Finding: Material Weakness Context: During testing over controls for eligibility, we noted there was no formal, secondary review for the applications entered in the food service software determining eligibility for 17 of the 60 students sampled. Additionally, there was no documented annual review by School Corporation personnel of the income eligibility guidelines used by the food service software. Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Cara Cornell Contact Phone Number: 765-379-2990 Views of Responsible Official: We concur with the finding. Description of Corrective Action Plan:·The School Corporation will implement a dual review/signoff for each application presented for eligibility. The School Corporation will implement a dual review/signoff for verification of the income eligibility guidelines used by the food service software. Anticipated Completion Date: February 2025

View Audit 345463

Finding 526522 (2024-001)

Significant Deficiency 2024

Orleans Community Schools

IN

Internal Control / Segregation of Duties Subrecipient Monitoring Reporting § 200.302 § 200.303 § 200.328

Views of Responsible Officials and Planned Corrective Actions: Management agrees with the finding and will take the following corrective action. The ESSER annual Data Collection reports will need to be reviewed more closely to ensure that they are matching to the disbursement detail in the accountin...

Views of Responsible Officials and Planned Corrective Actions: Management agrees with the finding and will take the following corrective action. The ESSER annual Data Collection reports will need to be reviewed more closely to ensure that they are matching to the disbursement detail in the accounting software. Once the superintendent has entered numbers into the report, there should be a second review of those numbers to the accounting software numbers by the corporation treasurer. In addition, detail of full-time equivalent employees needs to be documented by the deputy treasurer and retained with each report going forward. Responsible party and timeline for completion: Responsible party is Theresa Robbins, Corporation Treasurer. The timeline for completion is spring of 2025.

View Audit 345450

Finding 526476 (2024-003)

Material Weakness 2024

Hamilton Community Schools

IN

Special Tests & Provisions Subrecipient Monitoring Material Weakness § 200.303

Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Brittany Taylor Contact Phone Number: 260-488-2513 Views of Responsible Official: We concur with the finding. Description of Corrective Action Plan: For projects requiring Davis-Bacon wage requirements be met, we will obtain weeky payroll certificati...

Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Brittany Taylor Contact Phone Number: 260-488-2513 Views of Responsible Official: We concur with the finding. Description of Corrective Action Plan: For projects requiring Davis-Bacon wage requirements be met, we will obtain weeky payroll certification reports from the contractor to ensure pay rates comply with the federal wage rate requirements. Anticipated Completion Date: 6/30/2025

View Audit 345388

Finding 526425 (2024-001)

Material Weakness 2024

Oregon-Davis School Corporation

IN

Subrecipient Monitoring Material Weakness Reporting § 200.303

The treasurer will manage the grant with the superintedent providing oversight. The superintendent will review all financial reports and approve them in writing with a notification to the treasurer.

View Audit 345367

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