Finding 1175794 (2025-003)

Material Weakness Repeat Finding
Requirement
AB
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2025
Accepted
2026-02-28

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: There are significant internal control weaknesses regarding allowable costs for the Child Care and Development Block Grant.
  • Impacted Requirements: Compliance with Section 200 of the Code of Federal Regulations, which mandates accurate cost allocation for grant transactions.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: Management should align charges to grants with the approved cost allocation plan to prevent discrepancies.

Finding Text

Finding 2025-003: Allowable costs and activities – Significant deficiency in internal controls over compliance and compliance finding. ALN 93.575 Child Care and Development Block Grant Criteria: Section 200 of the Code of Federal Regulations requires recipients to implement robust internal controls to ensure compliance with allowable cost principles for all transactions allocated to the grant. Condition: During allowable cost testing for federal grants, for 13 out of 40 transactions tested, the amount charged to the grant did not agree to the cost allocation plan. Cause: Funding percentages in the accounting system did not match the cost allocation plan. Effect: The cumulative effect of the exceptions noted during testing resulted in the grants being overcharged by the Organization by a nominal amount. Questioned Costs: None. Recommendation: Management should ensure amount charged to the grants agree to the approved percentage per the cost allocation plan. Management’s response: See corrective action plan.

Corrective Action Plan

Management Response: Management acknowledges that funding percentages in the accounting system did not match the cost allocation plan for several transactions, resulting in a nominal overcharge to the grants. To prevent this in the future, management will institute a mandatory verification step where funding percentages entered into the accounting system are cross-referenced directly against the approved cost allocation plan. We will ensure that the amounts charged to grants agree strictly with the approved percentages. Any discrepancies or rounding issues will be addressed by allocating differences to the organization's operating expense class rather than a government grant, ensuring federal awards are not overcharged. Parties Responsible and Timeline The Executive Director and Accountant will conduct a review of current system percentages against the cost allocation plan immediately. Updates to the internal review process for cost allocations will be approved by TXAEYC’s Finance Committee and Governing Board by April 30, 2026.

Categories

Allowable Costs / Cost Principles

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 1175789 2025-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1175790 2025-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1175791 2025-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1175792 2025-003
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1175793 2025-003
    Material Weakness Repeat

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
84.371 COMPREHENSIVE LITERACY DEVELOPMENT $533,238
93.575 CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT $400,000
21.027 CORONAVIRUS STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS $64,096