Finding 1099974 (2024-001)

Significant Deficiency
Requirement
B
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2024
Accepted
2025-02-18
Audit: 342825
Auditor: Wegner CPAS

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: An employee was incorrectly charged to federal awards as an independent contractor, violating cost consistency rules.
  • Impacted Requirements: Costs must align with established policies for both federal and non-federal activities, as per 2 CFR 200.403(c).
  • Recommended Follow-up: Record independent contractors correctly, review personnel costs regularly, and amend budgets as needed to ensure compliance.

Finding Text

Assistance Listing Number(s): 93.558 Name of Federal Program or Cluster: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Name of Federal Agency: Department of Health and Human Services Name of Pass-through Entity: Boys & Girls Clubs of Fox Valley Award Period: July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024 Criteria: Per 2 CFR 200.403(c) costs charged to the Federal award must be consistent with policies and procedures that apply Uniformly to both federally financed and other activities of the subrecipient. Condition: An individual was charged to the Federal awards as an employee when the individual was contracted as an independent contractor. The award budgets did not include contractor services. Cause: The individual was an employee up until October 9, 2023 when the independent contractor agreement was entered. No controls are in place to identify changes that costs are no longer recorded consistently with policies and procedures. Effect or Potential Effect: Independent contractor costs charged are questioned and may be disallowed and repayment made. Recommendation: Independent contractors are to be recorded to a contractor general ledger account per policies and procedures. A review of personnel costs to identify changes in personnel, ensure transactions are recorded per policies and procedures, and that award budgets are amended if necessary. Views of Responsible Officials: Boys and Girls Club of Dane County, Inc. agrees with the finding and is implementing procedures.

Categories

Subrecipient Monitoring Allowable Costs / Cost Principles

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 523532 2024-001
    Significant Deficiency
  • 523533 2024-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 523534 2024-003
    Material Weakness
  • 523535 2024-004
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 523536 2024-001
    Significant Deficiency
  • 523537 2024-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 523538 2024-003
    Material Weakness
  • 523539 2024-004
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 1099975 2024-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1099976 2024-003
    Material Weakness
  • 1099977 2024-004
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 1099978 2024-001
    Significant Deficiency
  • 1099979 2024-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1099980 2024-003
    Material Weakness
  • 1099981 2024-004
    Significant Deficiency Repeat

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
93.558 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families $389,572
14.218 Community Development Block Grants/entitlement Grants $181,250
84.425 Education Stabilization Fund $101,540
17.261 Workforce Data Quality Initiative (wdqi) $94,324
21.027 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds $43,743
16.726 Juvenile Mentoring Program $8,647
94.006 Americorps State and National 94.006 $5,681