Finding 1097569 (2023-003)

Material Weakness
Requirement
L
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2023
Accepted
2025-02-03
Audit: 341067
Organization: Lake County, Colorado (CO)

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: The County failed to submit several quarterly and one annual report on time, leading to noncompliance with grant program requirements.
  • Impacted Requirements: This situation violates the UMB Compliance Supplement section L and 2 CFR 200 Section 303, indicating inadequate internal controls over reporting.
  • Recommended Follow-up: The County should reassess its reporting processes and internal controls for Federal awards to ensure compliance and prevent future issues.

Finding Text

Criteria: The UMB Compliance Supplement section L (Reporting) for the grant program requires that the County submits a project and expenditure report on a quarterly and annual basis. Condition: We judgmentally selected two of four quarterly reports and the annual report for the grant program for testing compliance and internal control over the reporting requirement. However, we were notified by management that several of the required quarterly and one annual report were not filed in a timely manner by the required deadline(s), which put the County out of compliance with the grant program requirements. As result, this noncompliance has identified that the County does not have proper internal controls related to reporting based on 2 CFR 200 Section 303. Cause: County did not have proper internal controls and processes in place to make sure that the reporting is satisfied on a timely basis. The County is out of compliance with the reporting requirement and indicates a lack of internal controls over reporting. Effect: The County is out of compliance with the reporting requirement and indicates a lack of internal controls over reporting. This may be a violation of the Federal award that may cause additional requirements or additional oversight over the grant award. Repeat Finding: No. Recommendation: We recommend that the County re-evaluate the reporting processes over Federal awards at the County to be in compliance with the Federal requirements. In addition, we recommend that the County evaluate grant requirements including reporting and related internal controls to avoid future noncompliance.

Categories

Internal Control / Segregation of Duties Reporting

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 521127 2023-003
    Material Weakness

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
20.106 Airport Improvement Program $996,774
93.558 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families $387,208
93.778 Medical Assistance Program $215,614
10.561 State Administrative Matching Grants for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program $180,666
93.658 Foster Care_title IV-E $158,771
93.323 Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases (elc) $153,766
97.042 Emergency Management Performance Grants $152,783
93.563 Child Support Enforcement $134,160
20.509 Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program $116,278
16.753 Congressionally Recommended Awards $99,029
93.217 Family Planning_services $64,899
93.575 Child Care and Development Block Grant $64,547
93.667 Social Services Block Grant $53,296
93.596 Child Care Mandatory and Matching Funds of the Child Care and Development Fund $47,235
93.354 Public Health Emergency Response: Cooperative Agreement for Emergency Response: Public Health Crisis Response $46,678
93.568 Low-Income Home Energy Assistance $34,597
93.268 Immunization Cooperative Agreements $27,763
93.659 Adoption Assistance $27,111
93.069 Public Health Emergency Preparedness $24,980
93.994 Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant to the States $16,447
16.575 Crime Victim Assistance $7,228
21.027 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds $3,991
93.090 Guardianship Assistance $1,164
66.444 Lead Testing in School and Child Care Program Drinking Water (sdwa 1464(d)) (a) $358
93.645 Stephanie Tubbs Jones Child Welfare Services Program $0
93.747 Elder Abuse Prevention Interventions Program $-11,277