Finding 1054752 (2021-007)

Significant Deficiency Repeat Finding
Requirement
L
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2021
Accepted
2024-07-11
Audit: 314981
Organization: City of Compton (CA)

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: The City failed to submit required reports, including the SF-425, Section 3 report, and CAPER, due to staff turnover and poor internal controls.
  • Impacted Requirements: Non-compliance with federal reporting requirements risks sanctions from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, including potential funding loss.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: The City should implement new policies for report retention and succession planning, with a completion target of December 31, 2024.

Finding Text

2021-007- Missing Reports (SD, NC) Federal Program Title: Federal Catalog Number: Federal Agency: Pass-Through Entity: Federal Award Number and Year: Category of Finding: Community Development Block GranUEntitlement Grants 14.218 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development No applicable B-19-MC-06-0515 - 2019 Reporting Criteria: The Office of Management and Budget 2021 Compliance Supplement states that the following reports are required to be submitted to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. SF-425, Federal Financial Report - Applicable (cash status only) (this is the IDIS C04PR29 Cash on Hand Quarterly Report made available in IDIS on August 12, 2019, which allows grantees to generate this report by custom date ranges and export data to Excel and PDF) Integrated Disbursement and Information System (/DIS) (0MB No. 25060077) - Grantees may include reports generated by IDIS as part of their annual performance and evaluation report that must be submitted for the CDBG Entitlement program 90 days after the end of a grantee's program year. (1) C04PR03 - Activity Summary Report (2) C04PR26 - CDBG Financial Summary Report (3) C04PR26 - CDBG-CV Financial Summary Report (4) C04PR26 - CDBG Activity Summary by Selected Grant Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 - The purpose of Section 3 is to ensure that employment and other economic opportunities generated by certain HUD financial assistance shall, to the greatest extent feasible, and consistent with existing federal, state, and local laws and regulations, be directed to low-and very low-income persons, particularly those who are recipients of government assistance for housing, and to business concerns which provide economic opportunities to low-and very low-income persons. Section 3 projects are housing rehabilitation, housing construction, and other public construction projects assisted under HUD programs that provide housing and community development financial assistance when the total amount of assistance to the project exceeds a threshold of $200,000. Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) (24 CFR 91.520) -- A grantee's CAPER, submitted through the IDIS e-Con Planning Suite, is due 90 days after the close of a jurisdiction's program year. Condition: We were unable to obtain the following reports: SF-425, Section 3 report and CAPER. Cause: Turnover of staff and lack of internal control over the retention of program reports. Effect or Potential Effect: The City's failure to comply with stated reporting requirements exposes the City to sanctions from the federal agency, including loss of funding. Questioned Cost: None Context: The City did not provide the abovementioned reports. Statistical Sampling Validity: Not applicable. Repeat of a Prior-Year Finding: Yes, 2019-001, 2018-001 Recommendation: We recommend the City establish policies and procedures that will ensure the retention of program reports. City's Response: The City concurs with the recommendation. Corrective Action Plan: The City Controller drafted a grants policy which is currently under review by the City Manager, that includes succession planning in case of staff turnover and parameters for grant reporting compliance. Planned Implementation Date: December 31, 2024 Responsible Person(s): City Manager, Grants Manager

Categories

Reporting

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 478306 2021-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 478307 2021-003
    Significant Deficiency
  • 478308 2021-004
    -
  • 478309 2021-005
    -
  • 478310 2021-007
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 478311 2021-008
    Significant Deficiency
  • 478312 2021-006
    Significant Deficiency
  • 1054748 2021-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1054749 2021-003
    Significant Deficiency
  • 1054750 2021-004
    -
  • 1054751 2021-005
    -
  • 1054753 2021-008
    Significant Deficiency
  • 1054754 2021-006
    Significant Deficiency

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
14.871 Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers $8.70M
14.218 Community Development Block Grants/entitlement Grants $1.38M
21.019 Coronavirus Relief Fund (crf) $1.21M
14.248 Section 108 Loans Receivable - Balance at Beginning of Year $522,691
14.248 Section 108 Note Payable - Current Expenditures $506,125
14.871 Cares Act - Supplemental Housing Assistance Payment (hap) $300,953
16.034 Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding Program $149,719
14.239 Home Investment Partnership Program $148,848
14.871 Cares Act -Supplemental Administative Fee Funding $67,493
14.218 Community Development Block Grants/disaster Recovery Grants (drgr) $4,420
14.218 Covid-19-Cdbg - Cv, Cares Act $4,068