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Finding 2022-004 Information on Federal Program: Assistance Listing 93.600 ? Head Start Cluster United States Department of Health and Human Services Award Number: 06CH010751-03 Compliance Requirements: Reporting Type of Finding: Material Weakness in Internal Control Over Compliance Criteria: As a condition of receiving Federal awards, non-Federal entities agree to comply with laws, regulations and the provisions of grant agreements and contracts, and to maintain internal control to provide reasonable assurance of compliance with these requirements. The Department of Health and Human Services established ?reporting? compliance requirement applicable to the Head Start Cluster which stipulates that recipients submit financial reporting forms of program revenues and expenditures subject to the terms and conditions of the contract. Condition: During the fiscal year ended August 31, 2022, the District did not have effective internal controls over compliance with the reporting requirement described above. The District was delinquent in its submission to the granting agency of its annual financial forms SF-425 and SF-429 for Head Start. Cause: The District did not have adequately designed controls in place to ensure compliance with the reporting requirement. Effect or Potential Effect: The lack of effective controls creates an environment in which errors could go undetected. Context: The District failed to submit the annual SF-425 financial report and SF-429 real property status report for the reporting period ending November 30, 2021 in a timely manner and the report became delinquent. Upon the District?s request, the granting agency agreed to an extension of the deadline and the SF-425 financial report was submitted by the District on November 4, 2022 and the SF-429 report was submitted on November 7, 2022. Recommendation: We recommend that the District review its internal controls over compliance to ensure controls are suitably designed and are in place to prevent, or detect and correct, noncompliance with applicable compliance requirements. Views of Responsible Officials and Planned Corrective Action Plan: See corrective action plan.