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FINDINGS AND QUESTIONED COSTS – MAJOR FEDERAL AWARD PROGRAMS AUDIT 2024-003 Material Weakness in Internal Controls over Compliance – Single Audit Report Submission Agency: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Program(s) and Federal Award Identification Number(s): Special Programs for The Aging – Title III, Part B—Grants For Supportive Services And Senior Centers, CARES Act For Supportive Services Under Title III-B Of The Older Americans Act, And American Rescue Plan For Supportive Services Under Title III-B Of The Older Americans Act AL 93.044 Nutrition Services for Nutrition Services Under Title III-C Of The Older Americans Act, CARES Act For Nutrition Services Under Title III-C Of The Older Americans Act, And American Rescue Plan For Nutrition Services Under Title III-C Of The Older Americans Act AL 93.045 Nutrition Services Incentive Program AL 93.053 Special Programs for the Aging, Title VI, Part A, Grants to Indian Tribes AL 93.047 New or Repeat: Repeat Criteria: Per 2 CFR 200.512(a), the single audit reporting package must be submitted within nine months after the end of the audit period, unless approved by the oversight agency. Condition: CCS’s fiscal year 2024 single audit package was not submitted within nine months after the end of the audit period. Statistical sampling was not relevant to this finding. Cause: CCS did not have appropriate internal control policies and procedures in place to ensure that the single audit package was submitted within nine months after year end. Effective: CCS was not in compliance with federal requirements related to the single audit report submission. Questioned costs: None. Perspective: CCS’s single audit package was not submitted within nine months after the end of the period under audit. Recommendation: To ensure compliance with the Uniform Guidance, CCS should ensure that the audit is performed in a timely manner to submit the single audit reporting package within nine months after the end of the audit period. View of responsible officials: Management concurs with this finding. See corrective action plan.