Finding Text
Federal Program: COVID-19: Provider Relief Fund and American Rescue Plan (ARP)
Rural Distribution
Assistance Listing Number: 93.498
Federal Agency: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Award Number: N/A
Award Year: 2022
Compliance Requirement: N/A
Questioned Costs: Not applicable
Criteria: Nonfederal entities in receipt of federal funds must comply with the requirements of
2 CFR 200.303(a), which require an entity to establish and maintain effective internal control over the Federal award to ensure compliance with Federal statutes, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award. This includes properly identifying all federal awards subject to Uniform Guidance.
Condition/Context: Inglis failed to identify all federal awards subject to the Uniform Guidance.
The preliminary schedule of expenditures of federal awards only included ALN 93.498, COVID-19: Provider Relief Fund and American Rescue Plan (ARP) Rural Distribution. The Schedule was missing ALN 97.036 and 14.912. In addition, there was no documented evidence of formal review of the Schedule.
Effect: Federal grants subject to the Uniform Guidance may not be captured, audited and reported on in accordance with the requirements of the associated grant agreement.
Cause: Inglis did not have a formal process to track, review and report on all federal awards subject to the Uniform Guidance.
Recommendation: Inglis should implement a formal process to identify and accumulate all federal award information to evaluate the appropriate requirements, including those subject to the Uniform Guidance.
Managements Response: The omission of occurred as a result of timing of receipt of award and not knowing all unsolicited funding had to be reported on SEFA schedule. The error has been corrected. Management did perform a review however there was no documentation maintained of this process. There are specific ledger codes used to track all grants. The SEFA will be prepared by the Controller and signed off on by the CFO.