Finding 29094 (2022-001)

Material Weakness
Requirement
L
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2022
Accepted
2022-12-29
Audit: 29992
Auditor: Forvis LLP

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: The Community Plus Federal Credit Union failed to submit the required Uses of Award Report by the March 31, 2022 deadline, submitting it instead in June 2022.
  • Impacted Requirements: Timely filing of financial reports is essential for proper monitoring of awarded funds as per the fund assistance agreement.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: Implement internal control procedures to ensure all required reports are submitted by their deadlines.

Finding Text

Criteria or specific requirement ? Per the fund assistance agreement, the Community Plus Federal Credit Union is required to complete and file various financial condition and performance reports. Condition ? One of the performance reports required to be filed with the Community Development Financial Institution Fund (?CDFI?), is the Uses of Award Report. This report has a due date of March 31, 2022; however, was not filed until June 2022. Questioned costs ? None. Context ? Out of a population of one Uses of Award Report submitted during the fiscal year, one was submitted outside of the specific date. Effect ? The CDFI was not provided with timely submission of the Uses of Award Report. Such submissions are required to allow for proper monitoring of the awarded funds. Cause ? The Uses of Award Report was not submitted timely due to Community Plus Federal Credit Union not having internal control procedures in place to identify the required submission dates. Identification as a repeat finding ? N/A Recommendation ? Community Plus Federal Credit Union should implement procedures to provide required annual reports within the submission deadlines. Views of responsible officials and planned corrective actions - See attachment.

Corrective Action Plan

Issue ?Reporting is completed by submitting a Uses of Award Report by answering a series of questions on the CDFI Fund?s AMIS webpage. For the Uses of Award Report which was due on March 31, 2022, the submission did not occur until June 28, 2022. When initially submitting the Uses of Award Report in March 2022, the on-line submission through AMIS was not properly completed. Action Plan 1? The report will be completed a minimum of two weeks before the deadline. This will be documented in the form of a screenshot and retained in records. Action Plan 2? Upon submission the credit union will verify the report was received. This will be documented in the form of a screenshot and retained in records. Contact: Michael Daugherty, President/CEO, manager@cplusfcu.org Anticipated completion date: 12/15/2022

Categories

Subrecipient Monitoring Internal Control / Segregation of Duties

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 605536 2022-001
    Material Weakness

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
21.024 Covid-19 Community Development Financial Institutions Rapid Response Program (cdfi Rrp) $1.35M
21.020 Community Development Financial Institutions Program $44,484