Finding 2025-002: Reporting (Material Weakness, repeat finding) U.S. Treasury Department – COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (ALN 21.027) Statement of Condition: During testing one of the College’s quarterly ARPA expenditure reports was submitted to Bucks County after the deadline per the grant agreements. The report tested was submitted 20 days late. Criteria: The College is a subrecipient of ARPA funding from Bucks County. The grant agreements state the College must submit quarterly expenditure reports to the County 11 days after the end of the quarter (calendar year). Cause: The College did not have adequate controls in place to ensure the timely filing of expenditure reports. Effect: Failure to comply with ARPA reporting requirements could jeopardize future federal funding. Recommendation: We recommend that the College reconcile, review, and submit reports in a timely manner based on grant agreements. Questioned Costs: This finding does not result in questioned costs. View of responsible officials and planned corrective actions: Management agrees with the finding. The College has strengthened the process to ensure the timely and accurate reconciliation, review, and submission of expenditure reports consistent with the requirements of all grant agreements. The College’s Grant Office has created a Grant Project Management Platform to track compliance requirements for all grants including timely invoicing and reporting. This platform provides a dashboard and reminder functions for deadline monitoring. The Grants Manager participates in weekly meetings with the Executive Director, Research, Assessment, Data Analytics, & Reporting, to review deadlines and facilitate the timely and accurate completion of all tasks related to grant compliance. Name(s) of Contact Person(s) Responsible for Corrective Action: Elana Felberg, Grants Manager Anticipated Completion Date: January 31, 2026