Finding 1157897 (2024-003)

Material Weakness Repeat Finding
Requirement
P
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2024
Accepted
2025-09-30

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: Errors in the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards were found during the audit, requiring multiple revisions.
  • Impacted Requirements: The Companies failed to meet Uniform Guidance criteria due to inadequate tracking of federal expenditures.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: Improve processes and internal controls for tracking federal grants to ensure accurate reporting in future schedules.

Finding Text

Criteria: Under Uniform Guidance, auditees are required to submit a Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards that include all federal monies expended during the fiscal year. Condition: During the Single Audit, we noted errors in the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards that required several revisions. Context: During the Single Audit, it was noted that due to recent changes in key financial personnel, the Companies had difficulty in locating supporting documentation needed to prepare the Schedule of Expenditures for Federal Awards. Cause: The Companies did not have a formal process to track and report federal expenditures needed to prepare the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards. Effect: The absence of proper formal tracking of federal expenditures, with the recent changes in key financial personnel, could result in the inaccurate reporting of expenditures over federal awards. Recommendation: The Companies should enhance their processes and internal controls over intake and tracking of grants, including identification as federal awards, to produce a complete and accurate Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards. Views of Responsible Official: See management’s Corrective Action Plan on page 38.

Corrective Action Plan

We acknowledge this finding, and we believe the finding reflects a transitional issue rather than a systemic weakness. The errors noted in the SEFA were directly tied to turnover in key finance personnel at the time, and those conditions no longer exist. We have since stabilized the team, centralized grant reporting responsibilities, and are implementing a new accounting system that will automate federal grant tracking.

Categories

Reporting

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 1157887 2024-003
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1157888 2024-003
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1157889 2024-003
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1157890 2024-003
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1157891 2024-003
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1157892 2024-003
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1157893 2024-003
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1157894 2024-003
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1157895 2024-003
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1157896 2024-003
    Material Weakness Repeat

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
16.575 Crime Victim Assistance $566,615
14.267 Continuum of Care Program $489,950
93.959 Block Grants for Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse $434,921
93.788 Opioid Str $414,907
84.287 Twenty-First Century Community Learning Centers $276,668
93.958 Block Grants for Community Mental Health Services $233,929
16.812 Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative $163,743
93.150 Projects for Assistance in Transition From Homelessness (path) $85,576
10.558 Child and Adult Care Food Program $79,271
93.778 Medical Assistance Program $67,388
93.558 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families $50,000
93.243 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance $38,621
16.582 Crime Victim Assistance/discretionary Grants $31,518