Finding Text
Federal program
93.958 – Block Grants for Community Mental Health Services
Compliance requirements
Reporting
Criteria or specific requirement
Internal controls should be in place to ensure that reports are filed accurately and by applicable due dates.
Condition
During the year under audit, there was turnover in personnel that led to responsible reporting parties to not receive reporting deadline notifications, as well as a staffing shortfall that required responsible reporting parties to be inundated with additional responsibilities, causing reporting deadlines to be missed.
Context
The IPS MHBG ARPA Grant had 3 reports filed after reporting deadlines and the CMHC Grant had 1 report filed after reporting deadlines.
Effect
Reports were filed after applicable deadlines.
Cause
Staffing shortages and turnover caused reporting deadlines to be missed.
Recommendation
Employees with grant reporting responsibilities need to be aware of reporting deadlines and implement processes and procedures to ensure deadlines are identified and communicated to all parties involved.
Views of responsible officials and planned corrective actions
See corrective action plan.