Corrective Action Plans

Finding 2024-001: Statement of condition # 2024-001: For the year ended December 31, 2023, the Corporation did not submit audited financial statements to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse within 30 days after receipt of the auditor's report. The audited financial statements were submitted to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse on April 12, 2024. Recommendation: The Corporation should submit audited financial statements to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse within the time frames required. Action(s) taken or planned on the finding: The audited financial statements were submitted to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse on April 12, 2024. No further action is required.

Finding 2024-001: Statement of condition # 2024-001: For the year ended December 31, 2023, the Corporation did not submit audited financial statements to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse within 30 days after receipt of the auditor's report. The audited financial statements were submitted to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse on April 12, 2024. Recommendation: The Corporation should submit audited financial statements to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse within the time frames required. Action(s) taken or planned on the finding: The audited financial statements were submitted to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse on April 12, 2024. No further action is required.

Corrective action plan: Management has implemented correction of this finding, after education as to deadlines for submission of the completed audit report. Personnel responsible for corrective action: Timothy Jodway, Interim Chief Financial Officer. Estimated corrective action completion date: April 2025

Contact Person Jacqueline Hasset Corrective Action Plan Management agrees with the recommendation and will work to ensure timely audits are completed in the future. Completion Date Red River Valley Community Action will implement the plan in 2025.

Corrective Action Plan The 2024 single audit reporting package has been submitted by March 31, 2025. Completion Date Fiscal year end 2025

Dear Mr. Waguespack, Please find enclosed the Louisiana Workforce Commission's response to the above-mentioned finding. On behalf of Secretary Susana Schowen, we thank your staff for their guidance and technical assistance throughout this process. If you have any questions or need additional information, please do not hesitate to give me a call at (225) 342-3474 or email at swilliams@lwc.la.gov. Corrective Action The Louisiana Workforce Commission (LWC) concurs with the audit finding entitled "Inadequate Controls Over and Noncompliance with Subrecipient Monitoring Requirements". LWC Office of Workforce Development (OWD) has taken proactive steps to ensure that internal controls have been implemented to address issues of non-compliance. OWD has reviewed policy OWD 4-12.2, Financial and Programmatic Monitoring, and determined that language in the policy did not accurately align with federal and/or state standards that requires LWC to verify that each subrecipient submits their Single Audit report to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse (FAC) timely. LWC is currently updating our policy to include appropriate internal controls, including updated processes that will provide guidance on required submission of Single Audit reports. The updated policy will be issued within 30 days from the submission of this response to all appropriate entities and staff will be trained to ensure compliance with these requirements. LWC's updated process will include an established timeline for monitors to issue a letter to subrecipients - thirty days prior to the date each subrecipients reporting deadline as a reminder to submit their Single Audit report to the FAC. Subrecipients will be reminded that the report must be submitted within thirty calendar days after receipt of the auditor's report or nine months after the end of the audit period, whichever is earlier, to both Federal Audit Clearinghouse and LWC. Submission dates will vary throughout the year based on each entity's fiscal year end date. In addition, once LWC receives the Single Audit report, a management decision letter will be issued no later than six months after submission on reported findings. Follow-ups will be conducted to ensure subrecipients have taken necessary action to address all audit findings.

TASC of Southeast Ohio has implemented procedures and developed a schedule to ensure that the audited financial statements will be submitted, along with the data collection form, upon the release of the June 30, 2024 audit.

Deadline for Federal Single Audit Name of Contact:Kendrick D. Blais, President Management's view:Management agrees with the finding. Corrective Action: Management will transfer surplus cash to the residual receipts account. Proposed Completion Date: June 30, 2025

Corrective Action Plan HCAP’s current procedures require the selection of auditors at least every five years. The request for proposal and selection of auditors for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024 audit caused unexpected complications and delays in completing the audit and ultimately the filing of the single audit report to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse. The single audit for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024 is expected to be submitted prior to March 28, 2025. The lessons learned during the 2024 audit will contribute to an expeditious and timely 2025 audit. HCAP will work diligently with its audit firm to ensure that future single audit reports are filed timely with the Federal Audit Clearinghouse. Completion Date: Completion date of the CAP is expected to be prior to March 28, 2025. Contact Person Responsible: Lynnelle Hasegawa, Director of Finance.

2024-003 Federal Audit Clearinghouse Submission Corrective Action Planned: The Authority will make sure their future audits are completed timely and Federal Audit submissions are completed on time. Completion Date: June 30, 2025

On July 31, 2024, the Authority issued the audited financial statements for the fiscal year 2023 and Single Audit reporting package corresponding to year ended June 30, 2023 was submitted on August 30, 2024. Currently, the audit for the fiscal year 2024 is in process and the Authority expects to issue and submit the 2024 financial statements and Single Audit reporting package within the established due date.

The Comprehensive Cancer Center (CCC) has implemented a Corrective Action Plan on November 2023 and has significantly improved the submission of the Single Audit Report FY 2023 and the data collection. The result of the implementation of the corrective action plan for FY 2023 allows the CCC to begin the financial statement and Single Audit of FY 2024 on time. We establish a procedure to ensure that the information required to be disclosed in the Single Audit is scheduled. Despite efforts to complete the Single Audit FY 2023 on March 31, 2024, CCCUPR Management and auditors agreed that they require two (2) additional months to complete the process. To ensure the timely completeness of the Financial Statement and Single audit of FY 2024 before March 31, 2025 we implement the following aggressive work plan:  Management closing and submission Final Trial Balance to Auditors August 26, 2024.  Completion and Delivery to Auditors PBC items November 30, 2024.  Distribution of Financial Statement and Single Audit Draft for review (management and Auditors) February 4, 2025  Final review of the Draft by the auditors – February 28, 2025.  Final Issuance of Financial Statement, Single Audit, and data collection March 14, 2025.

Finding: The District's fiscal year 2023 Single Audit reporting package was not submitted to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse within the required time period. The Single Audit reporting package for the District's fiscal year ended June 30, 2023 should have been submitted to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse by November 30, 2023. Corrective Actions Taken or Planned: As part of the policies and procedures update, the Business Office has included a section on compliance, with the creation of a compliance calendar to ensure all filings are completed on a timely basis including auditor and auditee certifications for the Federal Audit Clearinghouse. The Business Office will continue to follow internal policies and procedures, including deadlines for fiscal year-end process. Contact Person: Douglas Ogarek, Assistant Superintendent and Chief School Business Official Anticipated Completion Date: March 31, 2025

The Data Collection Form was submitted to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse on May 22, 2024, and management will submit the Data Collection Form timely going forward.

View of Responsible Officials: As a result of the 2023 audit, IW has developed and implemented enhanced procedures for the preparation of the SEFA. This process is designed to prevent any future discrepancies between the SEFA and the general ledger. As noted in Section IV of the FY24 audit report (Finding 2023-004), during the 2024 audit, IW was able to provide supporting general ledgers for each individual award under the major program together with the SEFA at the start of audit fieldwork over Uniform Guidance. In addition, the audit for 2024 started earlier than in prior years to ensure that the audit is completed in time and the audit reports are submitted to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse by the deadline.

PDOA: 1. Designing a means to follow-up and ensure timely action of deficiencies through an audit tracking log to monitor reporting submissions, document when they were received, initiated, findings requiring follow-up, and subsequent steps to finalize the audit. 2. Management decisions for applicable findings will be issued and tracked. 3. Improvements have been made with regards to regularity in reporting to more effectively monitor activities of subrecipients consistently with respect to Federal statutes and regulations. 4. PDOA is looking to fill a vacant position with a focus of tracking subrecipient expenditures in the aggregate and tracking single audit submissions on a Commonwealth-wide basis since the Aging Cluster program is material and has material sub-granted expenditures in NSIP and Title III. 5. It is PDOA’s impression that having increased oversight of the SEFA will allow for timely dissemination of management decision letters (MDL) in the six-month timeframe for making a management decision for federal award findings. 6. Discussions have started regarding considerations to take enforcement action against noncompliance by building language into the terms and conditions of the Cooperative Block Grant Agreements to exercise ability to withhold funding as approved in the Cost Allocation Plan. 7. PDOA has reached out to the BAFM to verify all outstanding audit items for PDOA since action is required within six months of receipt. 8. Follow-up procedures resulting from this finding will be reviewed and adjusted as needed to deliver optimal outcomes. Anticipated Completion Date: 06/30/2025 Contact Name: Jennifer Cave, Fiscal Management Specialist, PDOA Audit Liaison PDA: PDA has added a Financial Management Specialist 1 (FMS1) to its complement with the primary duty of agency audit liaison. The FMS1 will report to the PDA’s Budget Office. This is a new position and role within the department and has training and certification requirements to complete which will allow the position to: 1. Evaluate single audit report submissions received from BAFM to determine program purpose acceptability by verifying, at a minimum, that all agency-funded programs are properly included on the applicable financial schedules; that findings affecting the agency contain sufficient information to facilitate a management decision; and that the subrecipient has submitted an adequate corrective action plan. 2. Issue management decisions relative to audit findings and crosscutting findings assigned to the agency for resolution, as required by 2 CFR §200.521. If responsible for the resolution of crosscutting findings, notify the affected agency or agencies upon resolution of such findings. 3. Impose or coordinate the imposition of remedial action in accordance with 2 CFR Part 200.339 and Management Directive 325.08 Amended, Remedies for Recipient Noncompliance with Audit Requirements, when subrecipients fail to comply with the provisions of Subpart F. The new FMS1 will help ensure effective and efficient audit resolutions. This newly created position will also be responsible for the department wide audit tracking log that is in development. Anticipated Completion Date: 06/30/2025 Contact Name: Nichole Nedinsky, Fiscal Management Specialist, PDA Audit Coordinator PDE: The PDE Audit Section is working with divisions to develop processes to ensure timely responses. A training will be conducted by April 2025 on audit procedures, best practices, and federal regulations governing single audit management decisions. Anticipated Completion Date: 04/30/2025 Contact Names: Clayton P. Carroll II, Audit Coordinator; Jessica Sites, Director, Bureau Financial Operations DEP: DEP has updated the concur subrecipient letter to include the specific language related to the management decision that was previously in our non-concur letters. This ensures whichever template is used, the management decision and related finding information will be included in the subrecipient letter. Revised letters were sent to both subrecipients, in which DEP was the lead agency and had findings for in the audited timeframe. Staff are reviewing all the steps of our standard operating procedures to ensure we will be in compliance regardless of whether DEP is or is not the lead agency and regardless of whether we are preparing a concur or non-concur letter for the subrecipient. Anticipated Completion Date: 06/30/2025 Contact Names: Jennifer Brandt, Senior Fiscal Mgmt. Specialist; Kristen Szwajkowski, Lead Fiscal Mgmt. Specialist DHS: As stated in the DHS finding response, this was the result of human oversight, and not a systemic issue with internal controls. We have reminded staff to make sure that a management decision is timely communicated to subrecipients at the time of making the management decision. Anticipated Completion Date: Completed Contact Names: David Bryan, Mgr., Audit Res. Section; Alexander Matolyak, Dir., Div. of Audit & Rev.

To ensure fiscal compliance and operational efficiency, grant activities will undergo enhanced monitoring through the addition of monthly reviews of review revenue and expense recognition, regular comparisons against budget and award terms, and provide targeted training for new grant managers and accounting staff on expenditures to meet grant spend down schedules. This finding relates to one legacy grant.

Panhandle Public Health District engaged with a firm demonstrating the capacity to perform PPHD's audit in time for the required submission deadline to the Federal Audit Clearing House. PPHD engaged HBE LLP from Lincoln, NE to conduct audits of Fiscal Year 2024, 2025, and 2026. Subsequent engagement planning will prioritize timely repo11ing.

The Village is expected to have its May 31, 2025 audit and required submissions completed on time, by February 28, 2026. The Village now has a recurring independent audit firm to perform the audits in the future.

CSS Management has improved staffing and internal controls to ensure timely completion of the audit to comply with 2 CFR 200.212.

Recommendation: We recommend the District review policies and procedures to ensure all submissions as required by 2 U.S. Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 200.512 are submitted timely. Action Taken: District management will review their grant management policies and procedures to ensure that they are in compliance with all reporting requirements. Anticipated Completion Date: Throughout Fiscal Year Ending August 31, 2025

Finding: The District's fiscal year 2023 Single Audit reporting package was not submitted to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse within the required time period. The Single Audit reporting package for the District's fiscal year ended June 30, 2023 should have been submitted to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse by March 31, 2024. Corrective Actions Taken or Planned: As part of the policies and procedures update, the Business Office has included a section on compliance, with the creation of a compliance calendar to ensure all filings are completed on a timely basis including auditor and auditee certifications for the Federal Audit Clearinghouse. The Business Office will continue to follow internal policies and procedures, including deadlines for fiscal year-end process. Contact Person: Kathy Picciolini Business Manager/CSBO Anticipated Completion Date: March 31, 2025

Finding Type: Compliance. Name of Contact Person: Landon Sommer, Superintendent. Recommendation: We recommend that all required filings be submitted timely according to the Single Audit Act of 1984 and Title 2 U.S. Code of Federal Regulations guidelines.

Recommendation: We recommend that management implement processes to ensure timely completion and submission of the Single Audit report in future years. This could include setting internal deadlines, increasing oversight, and coordinating with the audit firm to identify and address potential delays earlier in the audit process. Action Taken: Management agrees with the finding and will take steps to improve the timeliness of the audit process. Specifically, management has hired a new Chief Operating Officer and Chief Executive Officer who have been notified of the reporting requirements of the federal awards. Anticipated completion date: January 31, 2025 Name of contact person and title: Quisha Beardsley, Chief Executive Officer

ASPIRA will put in place a process for monitoring the certification of the audit reporting package and ensure to submit the audit reporting package before the deadline.