Finding 1130963 (2023-005)

Significant Deficiency
Requirement
L
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2023
Accepted
2025-04-10
Audit: 353211
Organization: Mills County (IA)

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: The County could not locate the Annual Project and Expenditure Report due April 30, 2023, raising compliance concerns.
  • Impacted Requirements: Failure to maintain effective internal controls and documentation as required by the Uniform Guidance and Compliance and Reporting Guidance.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: Establish clear policies and procedures to ensure all report submissions are documented and tracked to maintain compliance.

Finding Text

Project and Expenditure Report. Criteria – The Uniform Guidance, Part 200.303, requires the auditee establish and maintain effective internal control over the federal award which provides reasonable assurance the auditee is managing the federal award in compliance with federal statutes, regulations, and the terms of the federal award. The County is required to submit an annual Project and Expenditure Report. This report is a report on projects funded, expenditures, and contracts and subawards equal to or greater than $50,000 and other information. The Compliance and Reporting Guidance, State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, requires the annual report be submitted to the U.S. Treasury by April 30. Condition – The Annual Project and Expenditure Report for the Coronavirus State and Local Recovery funds due April 30, 2023 could not be located. Therefore, we were unable to determine if the report was submitted as required. Cause – County procedures have not been established to ensure documentation of the report being submitted is maintained. Effect – The lack of established policies and procedures resulted in the County not being in compliance with requirements of the Compliance and Reporting Guidance. Recommendation – The County should establish policies and procedures to ensure documentation of reports being submitted is maintained to confirm the County is in compliance with requirements of the Compliance and Reporting Guidance. Response – I am developing a project board that will include a listing of all reports due throughout the year, which will assist this office is ensuring all reports are completed on time. Conclusion – Response accepted.

Categories

Subrecipient Monitoring Reporting Internal Control / Segregation of Duties

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 554521 2023-005
    Significant Deficiency

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
21.027 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds $1.08M
14.272 National Disaster Resilience Competition $309,931
93.069 Public Health Emergency Preparedness $231,994
97.039 Hazard Mitigation Grant $155,619
93.889 National Bioterrorism Hospital Preparedness Program $108,375
93.268 Immunization Cooperative Agreements $20,354
16.738 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program $19,717
93.778 Medical Assistance Program $16,738
10.561 State Administrative Matching Grants for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program $14,625
93.590 Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention Grants $13,500
15.226 Payments in Lieu of Taxes $12,167
93.556 Marylee Allen Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program $10,635
93.044 Special Programs for the Aging, Title Iii, Part B, Grants for Supportive Services and Senior Centers $8,154
16.922 Equitable Sharing Program $6,863
20.600 State and Community Highway Safety $4,531
93.667 Social Services Block Grant $3,865
93.596 Child Care Mandatory and Matching Funds of the Child Care and Development Fund $3,365
93.658 Foster Care Title IV-E $3,083
93.659 Adoption Assistance $1,708
93.669 Child Abuse and Neglect State Grants $1,455
93.558 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families $1,130
20.616 National Priority Safety Programs $868
93.472 Title IV-E Prevention Program $433
93.767 Children's Health Insurance Program $253
93.566 Refugee and Entrant Assistance State/replacement Designee Administered Programs $41
93.090 Guardianship Assistance $3