Finding 1164390 (2024-001)

Material Weakness Repeat Finding
Requirement
L
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2024
Accepted
2025-12-10
Audit: 373822
Organization: UNITED FAMILIES, INC. (CA)

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: The Organization misinterpreted reporting requirements, leading to under-reporting of $1,071,581 in state-related expenditures.
  • Impacted Requirements: Contractors must report all sources of revenue and total expenditures for child development programs quarterly to CDE and CDSS.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: Adjust reporting practices to include all operational expenses for state-sponsored programs to ensure accurate funding and cash flow.

Finding Text

2024.01 - Enrollment, Attendance, and Fiscal Reports (CCTR3062, CSPP3118, CMIG3003), (HHS - CFDA 93.596 & 93.575) Criteria: Contractors are required to submit enrollment, attendance, and fiscal reports every quarter to both CDE and CDSS. In addition to attendance information, contractors are required to report all sources of revenues, including restricted and unrestricted income utilized for the child development programs. Total expenditures related to the program’s operations for the reporting period and the year-to-date total, including all expenses for specific purposes, as designated by restricted income and all non-reimbursable expenses. Condition: The Organization has complied with all aspects of record-keeping, and they have identified all expenditures related to restricted income. As required, the Organization has only reported restricted income to the extent that they have been designated and earned for specific purposes. However, due to a misinterpretation of the reporting requirements, reportable expenditures were reduced to the extent they were allocated for specific restricted purposes resulting in total state-related expenditures of $1,071,581 not being reported. The following is a summary of the under-reporting by contract: Questioned Costs: None Cause: As noted in the condition, management misinterpreted the restricted expenditures reporting requirements. Effect: The under reporting of expenses reduced the Organization’s reimbursable state contract funding and related cash flows needed to operate the Organization's child development programs. Recommendation: We recommend the Organization adjust its reporting practices and report all expenses related to the operations of the state-sponsored child development programs. Management Response: Management concurs with the findings.

Corrective Action Plan

As part of our correction plan to ensure all expenditures are counted, we implemented the following procedure: All quarterly Fiscal Reports will go through a third review process to ensure that all expenses are reported correctly.

Categories

Reporting

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 1164387 2024-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1164388 2024-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1164389 2024-001
    Material Weakness Repeat

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
10.558 CHILD AND ADULT CARE FOOD PROGRAM $637,137
93.596 CHILD CARE MANDATORY AND MATCHING FUNDS OF THE CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT FUND $628,712
93.575 CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT $2,242