Finding 1172608 (2025-003)

Material Weakness Repeat Finding
Requirement
A
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2025
Accepted
2026-02-05
Audit: 385864
Organization: Neighborhood Properties, Inc. (OH)

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: The organization did not properly document actual payroll costs for certain employees, relying instead on time studies.
  • Impacted Requirements: This finding violates the Uniform Grant Guidance, which mandates that payroll costs must reflect actual, documented time and effort.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: Establish a strategy for accurate time and effort documentation, including necessary backward-looking reconciliations for payroll costs charged to grants.

Finding Text

Federal Agency: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Federal Program Name: Continuum of Care Program Assistance Listing Number: 14.267 Type of Finding: Significant Deficiency in Internal Control over Compliance Criteria or specific requirement: Uniform Grant Guidance (2 CFR Part 200) requires that payroll costs charged to grants is based on actual, documented time and effort. Condition: The Organization based its cost allocations on time studies, but did not perform and document backward-looking reconciliations of actual payroll costs charged for certain employees. Questioned Costs: None. Context: Of the 15 payroll transactions tested, a total of 7 did not have controls in place over time and effort reporting. Cause: Administrative error. Effect: Time may be inappropriately charged to a grant or not recorded against a grant. Repeat Finding: No. Recommendation: Implement strategy of using time and effort documentation in determining payroll costs charged to grants, including use of backward-looking reconciliations when necessary. Views of Responsible Officials: Management is in process of implementing a policy to track time and effort of all employees.

Corrective Action Plan

Continuum of Care Program – Assistance Listing No. 14.267 Recommendation: Management should implement a strategy of using time and effort documentation in determining payroll costs charged to grants, including use of backward-looking reconciliations when necessary. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. Action taken in response to finding: Management of the Organization is in the process of implementing a policy to track time and effort of all employees based on actual time spent by grant. Some employees work directly with tenants on a HUD funded grant on a regular basis, but all employees may work directly with a tenant on a HUD funded grant or may perform administrative work specifically on a HUD funded grant from time to time. Therefore, all employees will track time spent with tenants or specifically with a grant in the Yardi Tenant Contact system. • Housing Support Staff and Management will document grant allocations as required. • Backoffice employees, such as those working in HR or Accounting, will be allocated to Admin and Support within the HUD funded grant, based on time spent. • Maintenance employees can be allocated to tenants based on units and work orders. • Formal review of payroll and grant allocations, based on time sheets, will take place by March 30th 2026, and on a monthly basis going forward. Potential true-up to take place after each review. Name(s) of the contact person(s) responsible for corrective action: Susan Keshen, Fractional CFO Planned completion date for corrective action plan: March 31, 2026

Categories

Allowable Costs / Cost Principles Reporting Significant Deficiency Internal Control / Segregation of Duties

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 1172558 2025-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1172559 2025-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1172560 2025-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1172561 2025-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1172562 2025-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1172563 2025-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1172564 2025-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1172565 2025-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1172566 2025-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1172567 2025-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1172568 2025-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1172569 2025-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1172570 2025-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1172571 2025-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1172572 2025-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1172573 2025-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1172574 2025-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1172575 2025-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1172576 2025-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1172577 2025-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1172578 2025-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1172579 2025-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1172580 2025-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1172581 2025-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1172582 2025-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1172583 2025-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1172584 2025-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1172585 2025-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1172586 2025-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1172587 2025-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1172588 2025-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1172589 2025-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1172590 2025-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1172591 2025-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1172592 2025-003
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1172593 2025-003
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1172594 2025-003
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1172595 2025-003
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1172596 2025-003
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1172597 2025-003
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1172598 2025-003
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1172599 2025-003
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1172600 2025-003
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1172601 2025-003
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1172602 2025-003
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1172603 2025-003
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1172604 2025-003
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1172605 2025-003
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1172606 2025-003
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1172607 2025-003
    Material Weakness Repeat

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
93.150 PROJECTS FOR ASSISTANCE IN TRANSITION FROM HOMELESSNESS (PATH) $239,555
14.267 CONTINUUM OF CARE PROGRAM $118,059
64.024 VA HOMELESS PROVIDERS GRANT AND PER DIEM PROGRAM $82,221
93.958 BLOCK GRANTS FOR COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES $23,820