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Finding Number: Finding 2025-005 Program Name: Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Pass Through Agency: California Department of Community Services and Development Type of Finding: Other Matter, compliance a. Criteria or Specific Requirement: Tri-Partite Board Composition: The CSBG Act at 42 USC 9910(b) requires that public organizations administer the CSBG program through a tri-Partite board. b. Condition: Less than 1/3 of the members of the board of directors of the Organization were representative of the government sector in accordance with CSBG requirements. c. Context: Recipients of Federal grants are required to administer the CSBG program through a tri-Partite board. d. Questioned Costs: None identified. Sonoma Community Action Network Schedule of Findings and Questioned Costs Year Ended February 28, 2025 36 e. Cause: The Organization had board turnover and experienced board recruiting difficulties during the year, causing it to not be in compliance with the tri-partite board requirement. f. Effect: Due to the above noted conditions, the Organization was not in compliance with this particular CSBG compliance requirement. g. Repeat: Yes. h. Recommendation: The Organization should recruit board members to comply with the tri-partite board composition requirement.