Assistance Listings numbers
and names: 17.258 WIOA Adult Program
17.259 WIOA Youth Activities
17.278 WIOA Dislocated Worker Formula Grants
21.027 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
97.024 Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program
97.141 Shelter and Services Program
Name of con...
Assistance Listings numbers
and names: 17.258 WIOA Adult Program
17.259 WIOA Youth Activities
17.278 WIOA Dislocated Worker Formula Grants
21.027 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
97.024 Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program
97.141 Shelter and Services Program
Name of contact person: Ken Walker, Director (Interim), Grants Management & Innovation
Anticipated completion date: June 30, 2026
Response: Concur. The Pima County Department of Grants Management & Innovation (GMI) has re-organized its structure to include a division called Monitoring, Analysis, and Performance (MAP), which is now the lead on monitoring of all County sub-recipients and has begun the
process of improving its sub-recipient monitoring processes and practices. The new process combines a more robust analysis of each subrecipient’s required core documents including the entity’s most recent financial audits as well as relevant policies and procedures with an updated
fiscal and programmatic compliance review protocol that is aligned with specific award terms and with federal regulations. For example,
1. GMI has institutionalized the use of standardized written communication and timelines regarding monitoring all sub-recipients - e.g., entrance letters, corrective action requests, and exit letters.
2. GMI is currently piloting a new risk assessment methodology. Once it is finalized the County will communicate the new methodology to all subrecipient entities with an explanation of the revised system elements. The new methodology includes first-hand
scoring of the degree to which the materials provided by each entity align with grantor and federal requirements.
3. GMI is developing a standardized method for initiating special terms and conditions with out-of-compliance sub-recipients. Corrective action steps will be incremental and may include increased meeting or reporting frequencies, technical assistance, and/or required
training completion to help the entity attain regulatory compliance. Serious, on-going issues or refusal to correct may result in suspending payment until the items are corrected
and contract termination as a last resort.
4. MAP will work with its Grants Data Management division colleagues to integrate monitoring scheduling and activities, results, and documents into Amplifund, the County’s new grants management plug-in to its new ERP, Workday. Additionally, to address the ongoing challenge of geometric growth in subrecipients over the last several fiscal years without added personnel capacity, GMI is working to achieve efficiency through the County’s new grants management database, AmpliFund, as the centralized data repository for all subrecipient related reporting. Since go-live of the County’s new ERP in July
2024, GMI has been providing training to all County subrecipients regarding how to interact with AmpliFund to be responsive to GMI monitoring and federal compliance. The County continues to work on the implementation of the full functionality of the new ERP software and
its ancillary systems. Full functionality will allow real time updates to track subrecipient monitoring activities with visibility for both County departments and subrecipient entities.