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Criteria: Per the cash management compliance requirement in the compliance supplement 10.558 Child and Adult Care Food Program, a sponsoring organization must disburse advance and meal reimbursement payments to centers and day care homes under its sponsorship within five working days of receiving them from its state agency.
Condition: Greater Bethel Temple, Inc. is a sponsoring organization for the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP). It was noted that out of forty disbursement selections which included ten site payment disbursements, five site payments were made after five working days of receiving its payment from the Pennsylvania Department of Education.
Cause: Change of policies and procedures relating to site payment processing.
Effect: The sponsored organization did not receive its payment within five working days of Greater Bethel Temple, Inc. receiving payment from the Pennsylvania Department of Education.
Questioned Costs: None noted.
Recommendation: Greater Bethel Temple, Inc. should ensure that site payments are processed within five working days of receiving payment from the Pennsylvania Department of Education.