Finding 1227747 (2025-003)

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 material weakness in internal controls over compliance related to the HIV Care Formula Grant, specifically regarding documentation of allowable costs.
  • Impacted Requirements: Section 200.430 of the Uniform Guidance requires that all costs be adequately documented and supported by a reliable internal control system.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: Management should review and improve current procedures to ensure all expenditures have proper documentation to avoid disallowance of questioned costs totaling $5,907.

Finding Text

Finding No. 2025‐003: 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, costs must be adequately documented and 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 expenses charged, we noted that for 4 of 21 sampled charges AOC was not able to provide support for the expenditure. Cause: Per AOC management, they were not able to find the support as the person who was responsible for maintaining the supporting documents were no longer with AOC. Effect: The lack of proper supporting documentation for expenditures charged to the grant are subject to disallowance. Questioned costs: $5,907. Recommendation: Management should review the current procedures and the requirements of Section 200.430 and implement changes where necessary to ensure that proper supporting documentation is maintained for all charges to the grant. 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. The IAP program has since been discontinued. Management has implemented procedures requiring all grant documentation to be maintained within centralized, Organization-controlled systems to ensure documentation is retained, accessible, and available for future audits.

Categories

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

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 1227746 2025-002
    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