Finding 1226429 (2025-004)

Material Weakness Repeat Finding
Requirement
L
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2025
Accepted
2026-08-13

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: The Agency failed to achieve 1 out of 10 performance objectives in the submitted report.
  • Impacted Requirements: This non-compliance violates the terms of the Notice of Grant Award and 45 CFR Part 74, which mandate timely and complete performance reporting.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: Strengthen internal controls and monitoring processes to ensure all performance objectives are met in future reports.

Finding Text

Criteria – As per the Notice of Grant Award between IPH (the Agency) and U.S Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and per 45 CFR Part 74, the Agency is required to submit the performance report within 90 days and should include completing the financial forms, project abstract, grant summary and performance measures. Condition and Description – During our testing for “Performance Measure Report”, submitted, we noted that out of 10 objectives selected, 1 objective was not achieved. Cause/Effect – Internal controls were not properly executed or monitored to ensure the achievement of the established objectives. As a result, the Agency did not comply with the requirement.

Corrective Action Plan

One Healthy Start Project Performance Measure for “breast feeding for 6 months” was not achieved. Program staff working with mothers to provide support from WIC breast feeding peer counselors to continue breast feeding and the storage of breast milk as mothers return to work.

Categories

Internal Control / Segregation of Duties

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 1226430 2025-005
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1226431 2025-005
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1226432 2025-005
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1226433 2025-006
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1226434 2025-006
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1226435 2025-006
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1226436 2025-006
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1226437 2025-006
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1226438 2025-006
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1226439 2025-006
    Material Weakness Repeat

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
93.926 HEALTHY START INITIATIVE $1.08M
93.224 HEALTH CENTER PROGRAM $460,071
93.527 GRANTS FOR NEW AND EXPANDED SERVICES UNDER THE HEALTH CENTER PROGRAM $457,517
93.268 IMMUNIZATION COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS $59,394
93.436 WELL-INTEGRATED SCREENING AND EVALUATION FOR WOMEN ACROSS THE NATION (WISEWOMAN) $10,250
93.800 ORGANIZED APPROACHES TO INCREASE COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING $10,000