Finding Text
Criteria or Specific Requirement: According to 7 CFR 226.16 (d)(4)(iii), the City must review each day care home three times each year and not more than six months may elapse between reviews.
Condition: During our testing, we noted more than six months elapsed between the City's monitoring reviews.
Questioned Costs: None.
Context: For five out of the fourteen day care homes selected for testing, more than six months had elapsed between the City's monitoring reviews.
Cause: The department's monitoring personnel was out on disability leave and subsequently retired, leaving the department with insufficient staffing to monitor all of the day care homes in accordance to the requirements.
Effect: Day care homes were not monitored in accordance with the program requirements.
Recommendation: We recommend the City implement controls and procedures to track when day care homes are reviewed to ensure that no more than six months elapses between review s of each day care home..
View of Responsible Officials: There is no disagreement with the audit finding.