Finding Text
AL number:21.027
AL title: Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Federal award identification number and year: n/a
Name of federal agency:U.S. Department of Treasury
Name of pass through entity:County of Los Angeles Workforce Development Aging and Community Services
Repeat finding: No
Criteria:Catholic Charities is required to submit monthly reports to the County of Los Angeles within 15 days of month end.
Condition:We tested three months of reporting and noted that reporting for all three 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.