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Finding 2025-002: Reporting Federal Program: Family Planning Services ALN: 93.217 Federal Awarding Agency: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Federal Award Identification Number: N/A Criteria: Uniform Guidance and the applicable grant agreement require non-Federal entities to submit required financial reports, including the Federal Financial Report (FFR), in accordance with the frequency and due dates specified in the award terms. Per the grant agreement, financial reports are required to be submitted no later than 15 days after the end of each quarter. Condition: For the budget period ended June 30, 2025, quarterly FFR reports were required to be submitted 15 days after the end of each quarter; however, the Agency did not timely submit three of the four reports. Cause: The Agency did not finalize the FFR reports until after the report due dates. Effect or Potential Effect: Failure to timely submit required financial reports may result in delayed reimbursement, increased federal oversight, or other enforcement actions by the federal awarding agency. Questioned Costs: None Recommendation: The Agency should enhance controls over federal reporting deadlines to ensure required reports are prepared, reviewed and submitted timely in accordance with grant requirements. Views of Responsible Officials and Planned Corrective Action: Management acknowledged the late submissions of the FFR reports and indicated that corrective actions will be implemented to ensure reports are prepared in advance of due dates and to address system access issues timely to ensure future reports are submitted in accordance with federal requirements. Repeat Finding: No