Finding 2024-028
Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, ALN 21.027 - Subrecipient Audits
Management Views
For part a., LEO agrees with the finding.
All three of MSF’s subrecipient awards for the fiscal year were sampled totaling approximately $274,000 (0.3 percent of the total award). ...
Finding 2024-028
Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, ALN 21.027 - Subrecipient Audits
Management Views
For part a., LEO agrees with the finding.
All three of MSF’s subrecipient awards for the fiscal year were sampled totaling approximately $274,000 (0.3 percent of the total award). While MSF agrees with the finding that it did not have a written process to verify single audit compliance, management believes that MSF’s risk assessment of subrecipients adequately determined that single audit verification was not required for two of its subrecipients since, based on all anticipated federal awards for the subrecipient, it was not expected that they would reach the expenditure threshold (2 CFR 200.332(f)). The third annually files a single audit, was expected to file a single audit, and did file a single audit.
For part b., EGLE agrees with the finding.
Planned Corrective Action
For part a., the LEO Internal Controls Unit (LEO-IC) will expand LEO’s subrecipient monitoring function for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds and update procedures to include sending an inquiry to subrecipients to determine whether they meet the requirements for a single audit, ensuring that audits are received and reviewed, and issuing management decision letters (when applicable). LEO-IC will train staff on the new procedures and is in the process of hiring another individual to assist with subrecipient monitoring.
MSF completed its risk assessment in November 2024 and determined it necessary to update the existing process. On March 4, 2025, MSF implemented an updated process to notify subrecipients of single audit requirements and require feedback on the status of the funding. A Single Audit Certification letter is sent to all subrecipients via email and requires a response to whether a single audit would be required for the fiscal year. The response is then documented and MSF will review the single audits for all subrecipients for which an audit is required to be completed.
For part b., the EGLE Budget unit within the Finance Division has assigned responsible staff and began reviewing single audits of applicable subrecipients for fiscal year 2024 activity and will be fully compliant for this subrecipient monitoring cycle and moving forward.
Anticipated Completion Date
a. LEO: August 31, 2025
MSF: Completed
b. EGLE: Completed
Responsible Individual(s)
a. Christopher Blondell, LEO
Allen Williams, LEO
Gregory West, MSF
Christine Whitz, MSF
Lori Mullins, MSF
David Meninga, MSF
b. Jon Doyle, EGLE
Daniel Lance, EGLE