In years prior, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Illinois has consistently managed our internal accounting systems and federal grant reporting without incident while working with a 3rd party accounting firm. In 2022 we incorporated an internal fiscal director role to aid in those efforts. The Board of Directors & CEO later discovered a host of performance deficiencies, accounting and reporting errors made during the time period of FY23; causing the negative impact to our FY23 audit which has resulted in two audit findings. Effective October 2023, the Board of Directors along with the CEO took immediate action by making the following changes to ensure no future issues will negatively impact our internal accounting and reporting systems. 1 - The Fiscal Director role was permanently eliminated upon further investigation. 2 - BGCCIL hired a 3rd party, accredited CPA firm who now performs all fiscal duties including general ledger classifications, producing monthly financial reports, and other important accounting functions.