Finding Text
AL number: 17.258, 17.259 and 17.278
AL title: WIOA Cluster
Federal award identification number and year: n/a
Name of federal agency:U.S. Department of Labor
Name of pass through entity:County of Los Angeles Workforce Development Aging and Community Services; City of Los Angeles Economic and Workforce Development Department
Repeat finding: No
Criteria:Catholic Charities is required to submit monthly reports to the City of Los Angeles and County of Los Angeles within 15 days of month end.
Condition:We tested four months of reporting and noted that reporting in two of the four months were not submitted timely.
Cause: Catholic Charities lacked sufficient accounting resources to submit the monthly reports on a timely basis.
Effect or potential effect:Catholic Charities was not in compliance with the Reporting compliance requirement.
Questioned cost:No questioned costs identified.
Recommendation:Management should ensure that timely reporting is prioritized and bring in temporary assistance as needed.
Views of responsible officials: This was the result of being understaff during this period. Priorities were determined and unfortunately these reports were delayed. Sufficient staff has been hired since this occurred and I don't see this as a problem going forward.