Finding Text
Federal Agency: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Federal Program Name: Low-Income Home Energy Assistance
Assistance Listing Number: 93.568
Pass-Through Agency: Connecticut Department of Social Services
Type of Finding:
Significant Deficiency in Internal Control over Compliance
Criteria or specific requirement: EligibilityCondition: During eligibility testing, two program participants were identified that had changes in family size that had not been updated within the Fuelware System and as a result, these participants received more funding than they were eligible for.
Questioned costs: $300
Context: CLA tested 68 program participants for eligibility with one expected deviation. Two participants were discovered as not being paid the correct amount based on application information.
Cause: CAAWC did not have proper procedures in place to ensure that the Fuelware System was updated when there was a change in application information as it related to family size.
Effect: Excess funding was provided to certain participants of the program.
Recommendation: We recommend that the organization implement additional review process over the Fuelware System information when changes are made to family size to ensure the system is updated correctly.
Views of responsible officials: There is no disagreement with the audit finding.