Finding 1167653 (2024-001)

Material Weakness Repeat Finding
Requirement
B
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2024
Accepted
2026-01-05

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: The organization is using enrollment instead of attendance to calculate meal costs, leading to financial losses.
  • Impacted Requirements: This practice violates CFR Part 225, risking future grant funding and ongoing operational losses.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: Implement policies to ensure meal costs align with attendance to comply with allowable cost principles.

Finding Text

Criteria: The organization must ensure that the correct costs for meals is based on children attendance and not enrollment in accordance with CFR Part 225, Cost Principles. Condition: The costs incurred for children meals were significantly more than the amount reimbursed by USDA resulting in Agency losses. Cause: The Organization incurred costs for meals based on enrollment and not attendance. The Agency was reimbursed for meals based on attendance. Effect: The Agency is not in compliance with the allowable costs principles and could lose future grant funding and could incur continued operating losses. Questioned Costs: Not determinable Recommendation: The entity should implement policies and procedures to ensure compliance with allowable costs and activities. Views of Responsible Officials: Management is in the process of implementing policies and procedures to ensure cost incurred for the delivery of meals to children are allowable and reasonable.

Corrective Action Plan

Management is in the process of implementing policies and procedures to ensure cost incurred for the delivery of meals to children are allowable and reasonable.

Categories

Allowable Costs / Cost Principles

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 1167652 2024-001
    Material Weakness Repeat

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
93.600 HEAD START $10.05M
10.558 CHILD AND ADULT CARE FOOD PROGRAM $531,402
93.568 LOW-INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE $257,361
93.569 COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT $90,796
93.045 SPECIAL PROGRAMS FOR THE AGING, TITLE III, PART C, NUTRITION SERVICES $14,550
93.499 LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLD WATER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM $11,249