Finding 1222623 (2025-004)

Material Weakness Repeat Finding
Requirement
CL
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2025
Accepted
2026-06-30
Audit: 406207
Organization: Disability Rights South Dakota (SD)

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: The Organization lacks a proper internal control process to reconcile grant revenue with actual expenses, leading to discrepancies in federal program reporting.
  • Impacted Requirements: Compliance with cash management and reporting for federal grants is compromised, resulting in material noncompliance.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: Implement a system to use actual expenditure reports for reimbursement requests and ensure management reviews these reports for accuracy before submission.

Finding Text

Finding No. 2025-004: Federal Program Expenditure Tracking Federal Program Affected: Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness, ALN 93.318 and Developmental Disabilities Basic Support and Advocacy Grants, ALN 93.630 Compliance Requirement: Cash Management and Reporting Questioned Costs: None after adjustment Condition and Cause: The Organization does not have a current internal control process to reconcile reimbursement-based grant revenue to incurred expenses. Federal grant revenue reimbursed exceeded expenses incurred and allocated to the grant funding, also creating variances in the federal program reporting requirements. A refundable advance totaling $139,872 was recorded as of September 30, 2025, which included the following federal grant programs: • Developmental Disabilities Basic Support and Advocacy Grants, ALN 93.630 - $69,253 • Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness, ALN 93.138 - $36,760 • Non-major federal programs - $33,859 Criteria and Effect: Current internal controls did not identify the errors in drawdown requests for reimbursement-based federal programs during the year. This resulted in material noncompliance. Repeat Finding from Prior Year: N/A Recommendation: The Organization should use actual expenditure reports from the general ledger to prepare reimbursement requests and federal reporting submissions. The general ledger reports should be maintained to support reimbursement requests and report submissions. Management reviewing the reimbursement requests should ensure such expenditure reports match or exceed the reimbursement requests and agree to reports submitted for the federal programs. Response/Corrective Action Plan: The Organization agrees with the above finding. See Corrective Action Plan.

Corrective Action Plan

Finding No. 2025-004: Federal Program Expenditure Tracking Responsible Individuals: Carrie Watts, Fiscal and Grant Manager Corrective Action Plan: The Organization will establish cash management internal control and review processes and maintain adequate documentation for reimbursement requests and federal grant reports. Anticipated Completion Date: September 30, 2026

Categories

Cash Management

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 1222618 2025-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1222619 2025-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1222620 2025-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1222621 2025-004
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1222622 2025-004
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1222624 2025-005
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1222625 2025-005
    Material Weakness Repeat

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
93.138 PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS $393,205
96.009 SOCIAL SECURITY STATE GRANTS FOR WORK INCENTIVES ASSISTANCE TO DISABLED BENEFICIARIES $222,167
93.630 DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES BASIC SUPPORT AND ADVOCACY GRANTS $186,366
93.618 VOTING ACCESS FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES-GRANTS FOR PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY SYSTEMS $185,596
84.161 REHABILITATION SERVICES CLIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM $134,138
84.240 PROGRAM OF PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY OF INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS $127,857
93.873 STATE GRANTS FOR PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY SERVICES $48,730
93.843 ACL ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY STATE GRANTS FOR PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY $44,230