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Finding 29895 (2022-001)

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Requirement
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Questioned Costs
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Year
2022
Accepted
2023-05-07
Audit: 25600
Organization: Town of Cape Elizabeth (ME)
Auditor: Runyon Kersteen Ouellette

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: The School Department inaccurately reported meal counts, resulting in a net underreporting of 198 meals.
  • Impacted Requirements: Accurate meal counts are essential for proper federal subsidy calculations.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: Management should verify that meal count documentation from schools matches the totals reported to the State.

Finding Text

2022-001 U.S. Department of Agriculture, Assistance Listing #10.555-10.559 Child Nutrition Cluster for the period July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022 Criteria: Accurate meal counts are required for the proper calculation of federal subsidy. Condition: The School Department over reported meal counts for the month of January 2022 and under reported the meal counts for the month of April 2022, for a net under reporting of 198 meals. Cause: Manual sheets were used to track meal counts during the months in question, which are prone to error. Effect: The School Department may have been reimbursed less in federal funds than it should have been. Questioned Costs: None Recommendation: Management should ensure that supporting documentation from the individual schools for meal counts agree with the total meals reported to the State.

Categories

Reporting School Nutrition Programs

Other Findings in this Audit

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
10.555 National School Lunch Program $580,018
21.027 Covid - Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (arpa) $506,210
84.027 Local Entitlement $326,640
84.425 Covid - Elementary and Secondary Emergency Relief Funds #3 $179,977
10.553 School Breakfast Program $108,082
21.027 Covid - Child Care Stabilization Grants - Arpa $108,050
84.367 Title Iia Supporting Effective Instruction $41,690
84.010 Title Ia Disadvantaged $32,059
10.559 Summer Food Service $30,185
10.560 State Administrative Expense Funds (supply Chain Assistance) $29,992
10.555 Donated Commodities $28,315
84.027 Covid - Local Entitlement Arpa $28,014
97.036 Covid - Disaster Grants - Public Assistance (presidentially Declared Disasters) $17,391
16.034 Covid - Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding $12,325
20.616 Hv Distracted Driving Enforcement $7,232
10.555 Healthy Meals $3,505
20.616 Click It Or Ticket $2,975
21.027 Covid - Library Grant - Arpa $2,500
10.649 Covid - Ebt Administrative Costs Grant (snap) $1,842
20.616 Drive Sober Or Get Pulled Over $526
84.425 Covid - Gear $500
16.738 Byrne Jag Grant $114