Finding 1155522 (2024-002)

Material Weakness Repeat Finding
Requirement
L
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2024
Accepted
2025-09-26

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: Catholic Charities failed to submit monthly expenditure reports on time to the granting agency.
  • Impacted Requirements: Reports must be submitted by the 15th of the following month to comply with federal program guidelines.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: Catholic Charities should implement a new process to ensure timely submission of all required reports.

Finding Text

Finding 2024-002 Assistance Listing Number: 93.566 Program Title: Refugee and Entrant Assistance State/Replacement Designee Administered Programs Agency: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Pass-Through Entity: International Institute of St. Louis Missouri Office of Refugee Administration Federal Award Identification Number: 2403MORCMA, 2302MORSSS, 2402MORSSS and 2202MORSSS Compliance Requirements: Reporting Criteria: Monthly expenditure reports are required to be submitted to the granting agency by the 15th day of the following month. Condition: Monthly expenditure reports were not submitted to the granting agency by the 15th day of the following month. Cause: Catholic Charities experienced a significant increase in Afghan refugee arrivals as well as some staffing turnover which caused Catholic Charities to get behind in reporting expenditures on a monthly basis to the granting agency. Effect: Catholic Charities is not in compliance with the monthly reporting deadline for this federal program. Questioned Cost: None. Context: All of the monthly expenditure reports selected for testing were not submitted by the 15th day of the following month. Recommendation: We recommend Catholic Charities develop a process to ensure monthly expenditure reports are submitted timely to the granting agency. Views of the Responsible Officials: Catholic Charities of Central and Northern Missouri agrees with this finding and as of August 28, 2025, has altered procedures to ensure that all federal grant submissions are submitted by the 15th of the following month, unless the granting specifies otherwise.

Corrective Action Plan

Catholic Charities had implemented procedures to ensure that monthly expenditure reports were filed by the required deadline of the 15th day of the following month. In the following fiscal year, all grant reports were submitted on time, with the exception of the first few months of the beginning of the grant year when the required reporting templates were not yet available from the administering agency. These programs have since been closed; therefore, no ongoing corrective action or monitoring is required.

Categories

Subrecipient Monitoring Reporting

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
93.566 Refugee and Entrant Assistance State/replacement Designee Administered Programs $805,592
93.576 Refugee and Entrant Assistance Discretionary Grants $355,141
93.567 Refugee and Entrant Assistance Voluntary Agency Programs $312,025
19.510 U.s. Refugee Admissions Program $309,950
93.583 Refugee and Entrant Assistance Wilson/fish Program $115,646