Views of Responsible Officials and Planned Corrective Action While the Organization concurred with the prior year (2022-002) and current year renumbered recommendation (2023-002), the Organization notes the corrective actions that have been implemented, specifically, related to the subrecipient moni...
Views of Responsible Officials and Planned Corrective Action While the Organization concurred with the prior year (2022-002) and current year renumbered recommendation (2023-002), the Organization notes the corrective actions that have been implemented, specifically, related to the subrecipient monitoring and management provision of 2 CFR§ 200.331 and 2 CFR §200.332 of the Uniform Guidance, that emphasizes accountability and compliance in managing federal funds and subrecipients, and that have been in practice, from the effective date(s) noted below, to the present period of the report dated March 2, 2026: A. Subrecipient Monitoring and Management. Implemented internal process changes, effective November 1, 2024, specifically, prospectively, and consistently the: 1. Use of a checklist, to comprehensively assess risk of determining subrecipient or contractor classification, before entering into any subrecipient agreement; 2. Provision of identification details such as CFDA number, amount of federal funds obligated, and the award period for determined subrecipient awards; 3. Submission of programmatic and financial reports as specified in the subrecipient agreement; 4. Review of a single audit in accordance with 2 CFR Part 200, Subpart F for subrecipients that expend $750,000 or more in federal funds during a fiscal year, if applicable; and 5. Review of their audit report(s) and addressing any finding(s) related to their federal award(s), including the related appropriate corrective actions, when applicable. B. Retroactive Subrecipient Portfolio Risk Assessment and Correction(s). The Organization performed a risk assessment of the existing subrecipient portfolio to identify risks, for the audit periods July 1, 2022 – June 30, 2023, and July 1, 2023 – June 30, 2024. The objective of this risk assessment was to identify, evaluate, and prioritize risks that could adversely impact the Organization’s ability to achieve its strategic, operational, compliance and quality assurance goals. The completion of the Organization’s portfolio risk assessment resulted in correction of identified non-compliant subrecipient agreement(s). C. Subrecipient Policies and Procedures. By December 31, 2024, the Organization updated and implemented financial policies and procedures aligned to the subrecipient monitoring and management provision of 2 CFR §200.331 and 2 CFR §200.332 of the Uniform Guidance, including checklists, flowcharts, samples, data sheets, data sharing agreements, etc.; and the current practices of the Organization to the present period of the report dated March 2, 2026, is consistent with such developed subrecipient policies and procedures.