Finding 1208210 (2025-001)

Material Weakness Repeat Finding
Requirement
Activities Allowed/Unallowed
Questioned Costs
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Year
2025
Accepted
2026-04-20
Audit: 399126
Organization: Midland Area Agency on Aging (IL)

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: Financial statements were not fully adjusted before the audit, requiring corrections for accurate reporting of grant activities.
  • Impacted Requirements: Internal controls must ensure accurate recording of grant receivables and revenues prior to audits.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: The Fiscal Manager should implement a review process for year-end adjustments to minimize auditor-proposed entries and ensure accurate financial statements.

Finding Text

Finding 2025 – 001 Audit Journal Entries Condition: During audit fieldwork, our testing resulted in audit adjustments in order to present materially accurate financial statements on grant activities. Criteria: A good system of internal controls would provide for accurate recording of adjusted grant receivables and revenues for all Organization grant accounts prior to audit fieldwork. Cause: Year-end entries related to grant receivables and revenues were required in order to accurately present the Organization’s financial statements. Effect: The Organization’s financial statements were not fully adjusted prior to audit fieldwork. Recommendation: A vital process of effective internal controls is the review and subsequent adjustment of all general ledger balances, including grant activity. This review and adjustment will aid in the appropriate budgeting and management of the Organization’s financial activities and resources related to grant programs. Corrective Action Plan: The Fiscal Manager, along with staff, will review year-end adjustments as part of the audit preparation process and work to reduce the number of entries proposed by the auditors and prepare fully adjusted financial statements prior to audit fieldwork.

Corrective Action Plan

Finding 2025 – 001 Audit Journal Entries Condition: During audit fieldwork, our testing resulted in audit adjustments in order to present materially accurate financial statements on grant activities. Criteria: A good system of internal controls would provide for accurate recording of adjusted grant receivables and revenues for all Organization grant accounts prior to audit fieldwork. Cause: Year-end entries related to grant receivables and revenues were required in order to accurately present the Organization’s financial statements. Effect: The Organization’s financial statements were not fully adjusted prior to audit fieldwork. Recommendation: A vital process of effective internal controls is the review and subsequent adjustment of all general ledger balances, including grant activity. This review and adjustment will aid in the appropriate budgeting and management of the Organization’s financial activities and resources related to grant programs. Corrective Action Plan: The Fiscal Manager, along with staff, will review year-end adjustments as part of the audit preparation process and work to reduce the number of entries proposed by the auditors and prepare fully adjusted financial statements prior to audit fieldwork.

Categories

Internal Control / Segregation of Duties

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
93.048 SPECIAL PROGRAMS FOR THE AGING_TITLE IV_AND TITLE II_DISCRETIONARY PROJECTS $689,116
93.053 NUTRITION SERVICES INCENTIVE PROGRAM $97,524
93.324 STATE HEALTH INSURANCE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM $65,000
93.071 MEDICARE ENROLLMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM $46,000
93.634 SUPPORT FOR OMBUDSMAN AND BENEFICIARY COUNSELING PROGRAMS FOR STATES PARTICIPATING IN FINANCIAL ALIGNMENT MODEL DEMONSTRATIONS FOR DUALLY ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS $43,000
93.044 SPECIAL PROGRAMS FOR THE AGING_TITLE III, PART B_GRANTS FOR SUPPORTIVE SERVICES AND SENIOR CENTERS $32,454
93.052 NATIONAL FAMILY CAREGIVER SUPPORT, TITLE III, PART E $16,822
93.045 SPECIAL PROGRAMS FOR THE AGING_TITLE III, PART C_NUTRITION SERVICES $10,214
93.043 SPECIAL PROGRAMS FOR THE AGING_TITLE III, PART D_DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION SERVICES $6,914
93.041 SPECIAL PROGRAMS FOR THE AGING_TITLE VII, CHAPTER 3_PROGRAMS FOR PREVENTION OF ELDER ABUSE, NEGLECT, AND EXPLOITATION $4,964
93.747 ELDER ABUSE PREVENTION INTERVENTIONS PROGRAM $4,234
93.042 SPECIAL PROGRAMS FOR THE AGING_TITLE VII, CHAPTER 2_LONG TERM CARE OMBUDSMAN SERVICES FOR OLDER INDIVIDUALS $278