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Community Program to Improve Minority Health, Assistance Listing #93 .13 7 Information on the federal program: Expenditures made by the City must be authorized by the CFO prior to purchase, ensuring that purchases are eligible under the grant award. Condition: The City's current procedures for authorizing purchases under the Community Program to Improve Minority Health Program are not functioning as intended. Questioned Costs: Unable to be detennined. Context: The City has authorized a purchase that does not meet the eligibility criteria outlined in the grant agreement. Effect: Failure to perform adequate fiscal control procedures resulted in non-compliance with the specific program requirements in accordance with the grant agreement. Cause: The City lacks a system in place to ensure that purchases and authorizations comply with the Community Program to Improve Minority Health Program requirements. Recommendation: A process will be developed and implemented to ensure proper authorization is obtained prior to the expenditure of grant funds. Management's response: Procedures are to be implemented to ensure proper authorization is obtained prior to expenditure of grant funds.