Finding 1155986 (2024-002)

Material Weakness Repeat Finding
Requirement
B
Questioned Costs
$1
Year
2024
Accepted
2025-09-29

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: AACF incurred $55,548 in questioned costs due to noncompliance with federal regulations regarding allowable expenses and criminal history checks.
  • Impacted Requirements: Noncompliance with 2 CFR 200.403 (allowable costs) and 45 CFR 2540.200-207 (criminal history checks).
  • Recommended Follow-Up: AACF should formalize its compliance policies to ensure adherence to federal regulations and monitor ongoing compliance.

Finding Text

CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE- NON MAJOR PROGRAM Program Information: Assistance Listing Number: 94.016 AmeriCorps Seniors Senior Companion Program Federal Award Project Title: Senior Companion Program Federal Award Number: 21SCBMD001 Questioned Costs: $55,548 Compliance Requirement: Activities Allowed or Unallowed 2024-002 Unallowable Costs Condition: During an audit of the program by Office of Monitoring’s Financial and Operational Fitness and the National Service Criminal History Checks for the fiscal year 2023 expenses, it was noted that $13,513 arose from noncompliance with allowability of costs (2 CFR 200.403) and $42,035 for noncompliance with National Service Criminal History Checks Federal Regulations (45 CFR 2540.200-207) Criteria: The Code of Federal Regulations (CRF) requires organizations to be in compliance with 2 CFR 200.403 and 45 CFR 2540.200-207. Cause: Management was not aware of the specific federal requirement. Effect: AACF is not in compliance with 2 CFR 200.403 and 45 CFR 2540.200-207. Repeat Finding: No. Auditor’s Recommendation: We recommend AACF review its policies and procedures over compliance to ensure all requirements under 2 CFR 200.403 and 45 CFR 2540.200-207 are adopted in a formal written policy. Views of Responsible Officials and Planned Correct Action: AACF concurs with this finding. AACF submitted a corrective action plan to AmeriCorps and on January 31, 2025 AmeriCorps accepted their corrective action plan and closed the finding. AACF will ensure all requirements under 2 CFR 200.403 and 45 CFR 2540.200-207 are met moving forward.

Corrective Action Plan

AACF concurs with this finding. AACF submitted a corrective action plan to AmeriCorps and on January 31, 2025 AmeriCorps accepted their corrective action plan and closed the finding. AACF will ensure all requirements under 2 CFR 200.403 and 45 CFR 2540.200-207 are met moving forward.

Categories

Questioned Costs Allowable Costs / Cost Principles

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 1155984 2024-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1155985 2024-001
    Material Weakness Repeat

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
93.516 Public Health Training Centers Program $681,080
17.285 Registered Apprenticeship $309,332
84.215 Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects $267,527
94.016 Americorps Seniors Senior Companion Program (scp) 94.016 $244,528
94.002 Americorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (rsvp) 94.002 $164,295
93.590 Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention Grants $150,670
93.323 Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases (elc) $105,027
93.137 Community Programs to Improve Minority Health $102,126
97.010 Citizenship Education and Training $94,625
14.251 Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous Grants $48,982
93.569 Community Services Block Grant $41,571
93.391 Activities to Support State, Tribal, Local and Territorial (stlt) Health Department Response to Public Health Or Healthcare Crises $9,345
97.024 Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program $6,673
10.935 Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production $2,409
66.312 Environmental Justice Government-to-Government (ejg2g) Program $500