Finding 1214672 (2025-002)

Material Weakness Repeat Finding
Requirement
P
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2025
Accepted
2026-05-14

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: The Organization failed to file audited financial statements on time, violating funder and regulatory deadlines.
  • Impacted Requirements: Compliance with financial reporting due dates as mandated by funders and the Federal Audit Clearinghouse.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: Review program requirements, establish contingency plans, and maintain ongoing communication with funders to ensure timely and accurate reporting.

Finding Text

Type: Audited Financial Statements Late Filing – Noncompliance and Significant Deficiency in Controls Over Compliance Criteria / Requirement: The Organization must ensure that financial information is filed by the reporting due dates pursuant to the requirements of its funders and the Federal Audit Clearinghouse. Condition / Context: The Organization did not file the audited financial statement and related reports before their specified due dates. Management did not meet the year-end reporting due dates required by funders and regulations. Cause: The filings were not performed timely, in part, due to the delay in the issuance of the compliance supplement which required the audit to start late. In addition, several funders reported a materially different funding mix on audit confirmation responses than originally documented in the underlying agreements. This caused the major program determination to be significantly delayed while the federal expenditures were confirmed with the funders reconciled to the records. Effect: The year-end audited financial statements were not timely completed and filed by the regulatory due dates. Questioned Costs: None Recommendation: The Organization should review the program requirements and implement contingency plans to ensure that year-end reporting requirements are met. The Organization personnel should communicate with funders throughout the year to ensure that the federal programs are properly identified and any changes in funding mix are received and documented contemporaneously. This will allow the Organization to provide timely and accurate information for the annual audit. Management’s Response: Management concurs with the finding and has defined corrective action to address it.

Corrective Action Plan

Findings – Federal Award 2025-002 Finding Audited Financial Statements Late Filing – Noncompliance and Significant Deficiency in Controls Over Compliance Context: The Organization did not file the audited financial statement and related reports before their specified due dates. Management did not meet the year-end reporting due dates required by funders and regulations. Recommendation: The Organization should review the program requirements and implement contingency plans to ensure that year-end reporting requirements are met. The Organization personnel should communicate with funders throughout the year to ensure that the federal programs are properly identified and any changes in funding mix are received and documented contemporaneously. This will allow the Organization to provide timely and accurate information for the annual audit. Action Taken: As a subrecipient of braided Federal/non-Federal funding, MHAO is wholly reliant on accurate revenue confirmations from our State and County funders. Corrective Action: All contracts are now reviewed by the Finance Director and Senior Financial Analyst for ALN numbers, and stored centrally in the finance drive. Responsible Official: Zach Brooks, Finance Director Planned Completion Date: June 30, 2026.

Categories

Reporting Significant Deficiency

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
93.732 MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH EDUCATION AND TRAINING GRANTS $300,376
21.027 CORONAVIRUS STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS $250,000
93.959 BLOCK GRANTS FOR PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE $220,449
14.251 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING, AND MISCELLANEOUS GRANTS $208,013
17.270 REENTRY EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES $180,572
93.958 BLOCK GRANTS FOR COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES $150,000
93.788 OPIOID STR $100,461
93.136 INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL RESEARCH AND STATE AND COMMUNITY BASED PROGRAMS $47,500
93.243 SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES PROJECTS OF REGIONAL AND NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE $36,930