Finding 1240424 (2025-001)

Material Weakness Repeat Finding
Requirement
L
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2025
Accepted
2026-10-14
Audit: 414927
Organization: Allen County (OH)

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: The County's reported expenditures for SLFRF did not match accounting records, with discrepancies ranging from ($72,289) to $2,822,608.
  • Impacted Requirements: Compliance with 2 CFR § 200.302 and § 200.329, which mandate accurate financial reporting for Federal awards.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: Implement additional controls and procedures to ensure the accuracy of future financial reports.

Finding Text

2 CFR § 1000.10 gives regulatory effect to Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards, set forth at 2 CFR part 200 for the Department of Treasury. 2 CFR § 200.302 requires, in part, recipients’ records documenting compliance to be sufficient to permit the preparation of reports required by the terms and conditions of the Federal award and Federal statutes. § 200.302 also requires recipients, in part, to provide accurate, current, and complete disclosure of financial results of each Federal award in accordance with the reporting requirements in § 200.329. 2 CFR § 200.329(c)(1) states that non-Federal entities must submit performance reports at the interval required by the Federal awarding agency or pass-through entity to best inform improvements in program outcomes and productivity. Reports submitted quarterly must be due no later than 30 calendar days after the reporting period. 31 CFR § 35.4(c) requires recipients, in part, during the period of performance, to provide the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Treasury periodic reports providing detailed accounting of the uses of funds, modifications to a State or Territory's tax revenue sources, and such other information as the Secretary may require for the administration of this section. The U.S. Department of Treasury provided supplementary information on reporting requirements in its interim final rule for State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds for 31 CFR Part 35 and provided further guidance in its Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds Compliance and Reporting Guide. The County submitted the required SLFRF Project and Expenditure Reports; however possibly due to the failure of an existing control(s), the expenditures reported on four out of the four (one hundred percent) did not agree with the accounting records with differences ranging from ($72,289) to $2,822,608. Reporting errors could adversely affect future grant awards. An additional control(s) and/or additional procedure(s) should be implemented to help ensure accuracy of the reports.

Corrective Action Plan

The SLFRF Project and Expenditure Report periods have been filed and no further reporting is required from these specific federal grant rewards. Future grants requiring reporting will be thoroughly reviewed for reporting specifications. Although no funds were misspent or inappropriately used, the County understands the need for correct timing when reporting the grant funds held, encumbered, and expended. The County has since created a grant acceptance template, required to be used by all departments, which will be used to identify who is responsible for future grant reporting requirements. The County will work to ensure all affected departments are aware of specific reporting requirements and that those requirements are followed.

Categories

Subrecipient Monitoring Allowable Costs / Cost Principles Period of Performance Reporting Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 1240423 2025-001
    Material Weakness Repeat

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
21.027 CORONAVIRUS STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS $6.38M
93.558 TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES $5.32M
93.658 FOSTER CARE TITLE IV-E $1.78M
93.563 CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES $1.66M
93.659 ADOPTION ASSISTANCE $1.09M
20.205 HIGHWAY PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION $960,183
93.767 CHILDREN'S HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM $913,360
93.778 GRANTS TO STATES FOR MEDICAID $829,967
93.667 SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT $404,478
17.259 WIOA YOUTH ACTIVITIES $377,060
84.181 SPECIAL EDUCATION-GRANTS FOR INFANTS AND FAMILIES $246,754
17.258 WIOA ADULT PROGRAM $237,886
10.561 STATE ADMINISTRATIVE MATCHING GRANTS FOR THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM $229,170
17.278 WIOA DISLOCATED WORKER FORMULA GRANTS $198,336
93.645 STEPHANIE TUBBS JONES CHILD WELFARE SERVICES PROGRAM $145,327
93.575 CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT $133,859
93.556 MARYLEE ALLEN PROMOTING SAFE AND STABLE FAMILIES PROGRAM $100,769
17.225 UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE $99,939
14.228 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS/STATE'S PROGRAM AND NON-ENTITLEMENT GRANTS IN HAWAII $94,426
93.674 JOHN H. CHAFEE FOSTER CARE PROGRAM FOR SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION TO ADULTHOOD $70,288
97.042 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE GRANTS $70,239
16.593 RESIDENTIAL SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT FOR STATE PRISONERS $55,188
93.472 TITLE IV-E PREVENTION PROGRAM $41,833
97.067 HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM $40,139
20.600 STATE AND COMMUNITY HIGHWAY SAFETY $32,339
20.608 MINIMUM PENALTIES FOR REPEAT OFFENDERS FOR DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED $25,752
17.207 EMPLOYMENT SERVICE/WAGNER-PEYSER FUNDED ACTIVITIES $16,646
16.021 JUSTICE SYSTEMS RESPONSE TO FAMILIES $9,464
16.738 EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM $7,403
93.136 INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL RESEARCH AND STATE AND COMMUNITY BASED PROGRAMS $5,620
93.747 ELDER ABUSE PREVENTION INTERVENTIONS PROGRAM $2,494
17.245 TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE $191