Finding 1227746 (2025-002)

Material Weakness Repeat Finding
Requirement
B
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2025
Accepted
2026-08-25
Audit: 409729
Organization: Aids Outreach Center (TX)

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: There is a significant weakness in internal controls over compliance related to personnel costs charged to the Ryan White Part B grant.
  • Impacted Requirements: Charges for personnel expenses must be accurate, allowable, and properly allocated as per Section 200.430 of the Uniform Guidance.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: Management should revise procedures to ensure all personnel costs are supported by approved timesheets and comply with Section 200.430.

Finding Text

Finding No. 2025‐002: Allowable costs – Material weakness in internal control over compliance and compliance finding 93.917 HIV Care Formula Grant (Ryan White Part B) Criteria: In accordance with Section 200.430 of the Uniform Guidance, charges for personnel expenses using federal awards must be supported by a system of internal control that provides reasonable assurance that charges are accurate, allowable and properly allocated. Condition: During our review of personnel expenses, we noted that 13 out of 14 sampled personnel costs did not recalculate based on the employee’s pay rate and hours spent on the grant per timesheet. Per our review, 100% of their time was charged to Ryan White Part B when the timesheets documented less than 100% of total time charged. Cause: The Organization experienced turnover in accounting management at the beginning of 2025. The new interim management did not ensure personnel costs charged to the grant were supported by timesheets. Effect: The Organization’s reporting of grant expenditures per employee time and effort is not fully documented, in accordance with the Uniform Guidance requirements. Questioned costs: $7,963. Questioned costs were determined by multiplying the non Ryan White Part B percentage by the total employee’s costs charged for the respective pay period. Recommendation: Management should review the current procedures and the requirements of Section 200.430 and implement changes where necessary to ensure personnel costs are charged in accordance with Section 200.430 and that the expenses are supported by properly approved employee timesheets. Management’s Response: See corrective action plan.

Corrective Action Plan

Effective June 2025, the Organization hired a Director of Finance to strengthen financial management, enhance internal controls, and improve oversight of financial reporting and federal grant compliance. Management has implemented revised payroll allocation procedures, enhanced review of employee time and effort documentation, monthly reconciliation of payroll allocations to approved timesheets before reimbursement requests are submitted, and additional management review procedures to ensure compliance with Uniform Guidance requirements.

Categories

Allowable Costs / Cost Principles Material Weakness Reporting Internal Control / Segregation of Duties

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 1227747 2025-003
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1227748 2025-004
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1227749 2025-005
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1227750 2025-006
    Material Weakness Repeat

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
14.241 HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS $551,452
93.914 HIV EMERGENCY RELIEF PROJECT GRANTS $444,203
93.917 HIV CARE FORMULA GRANTS $359,387
14.267 Rapid Housing Assistance $32,920
21.027 CORONAVIRUS STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS $19,145
93.940 HIV PREVENTION AND SURVEILLANCE ACTIVITIES-HEALTH DEPARTMENT BASED $13,006
97.024 EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER NATIONAL BOARD PROGRAM $1,208