Finding 1215595 (2025-002)

Material Weakness Repeat Finding
Requirement
N
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2025
Accepted
2026-05-27
Audit: 402286
Organization: Winter Grove, Inc. (CT)
Auditor: COHNREZNICK

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: The project missed a required monthly deposit of $2,521 to the replacement reserve.
  • Impacted Requirements: This failure violates the regulatory agreement, leading to underfunding of the reserve.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: Management should ensure timely deposits moving forward and strengthen internal controls to prevent future lapses.

Finding Text

Finding No. 2025-002 Department of Housing and Urban Development Federal Assistance Listing Number 14.157 Supportive Housing for the Elderly (Section 202) Criteria The regulatory agreement requires that the project make monthly deposits to its replacement reserve. Condition During the year ended December 31, 2025, the project did not make the required monthly deposits to the replacement reserve in the amount of $2,521. Cause Management failed to implement adequate internal controls to ensure that replacement reserve deposits were made in full and on a timely basis. Effect or Potential Effect Failure to make monthly payments resulted in an underfunding of the replacement reserve and a violation of the regulatory agreement. Questioned Costs $0 Context One of the twelve required replacement reserve deposits was not made during the year. Identification as a Repeat Finding This is not a repeat finding. Recommendation Management should immediately deposit delinquent monthly deposit to ensure that the replacement reserve is funded in accordance with the terms of the regulatory agreement. Management should also review and update internal controls to ensure that all twelve monthly replacement reserve deposits are timely made during the year in accordance with the regulatory agreement. Auditor Noncompliance Code: N - Reserve for replacement deposits Finding Resolution Status: Completed Views of Responsible Officials and Planned Corrective Actions Management agrees with the finding and has made the delinquent replacement reserve deposit.

Corrective Action Plan

CP-1011 CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN Project Legal Name: Winter Grove, Inc. HUD Project No.: 017-EE118 Audit Firm: Cohn Reznick Period covered by the audit: 12/31/2025 Corrective Action Plan prepared by: Name: Arlene Lawrence Position: Chief Financial Officer Telephone Number: 203-562-4514 Signature: The following is a recommended format to be followed by the auditee for preparing a corrective action plan: 2. Finding 2025-002 a. Comments on the Finding and Each Recommendation During the year ended December 31, 2025, the project did not make the required monthly deposits to the replacement reserve in the amount of $2,521. b. Action(s) Taken or Planned on the Finding This finding has been corrected and the deposit was made within the first quarter of 2026.

Categories

Internal Control / Segregation of Duties

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 1215592 2025-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1215593 2025-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1215594 2025-002
    Material Weakness Repeat

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
14.157 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY $300,947