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2022-002 Reporting ? Schedule of Expenditures of Federal AwardsIdentification as a Repeat Finding: Repeat of Finding 2021-004.Finding:The SEFA provided for audit contained errors in identifying programs, program clusters and expenditures of federal awards.Criteria:The Organization is responsible for maintaining accurate information about all federal programs and reporting requirements. The Organization is responsible for using this information to comply with the Uniform Guidance in carrying out federal programs.Sample Size and Population: N/ACondition and Context:The original SEFA provided for audit contained errors in identifying programs, program clusters and expenditures of federal awards including the following:? 21.019 Coronavirus Relief Fund excluded. Contracts 4120 & 8328 passed through by the United Way of King County & the contract passed through by the Washington State Housing Finance Commission (WSHFC) totaled $205,822 but were not included in the original SEFA provided.? 21.023 Emergency Rental Assistance Program Contract 9395 passed through by the United Way of King County understated by $341,000.? 21.023 Emergency Rental Assistance Program Contract excluded. Contract 8366 passed through by the United Way of King County included $8,274,601 of federal funds that were not included on the original SEFA provided for audit.? 21.026 Homeowner Assistance Fund contact #HAF0025 passed through by WSHFC overstated by $124,710.? 91.024 Emergency Food and Shelter contract #889000-033 passed through by United Way of King County overstated by $66,542.? 17.258 WIOA Title 1b Adult Services contract #21-115-ADU passed through by Workforce Development Council of King County not identified as part of the WIOA Cluster.Additionally, the prior year SEFA was overstated by $704,017 for the 20.019 Coronavirus Relief Fund Contracts #4120 and #8328 passed through by the United Way of King County due to the accounting error identified in Finding 2022-001.Effect:Inaccurate identification of programs subject to the Single Audit increases the risk that the Organization will not comply with the terms and conditions of federal programs.Cause:As noted in Finding 2022-001, the Organization did not correctly account for advanced federal funds and as noted in Finding 2022-003, the Organization has not implemented a policy for advanced federal funds that complies with 2 CFR 200.305. These gaps in internal control resulted in cut-off errors in SEFA reporting for FY21 & FY22. Additionally, the Organization has not been applying the guidance of Section 200.502 of the Uniform Guidance in preparing the SEFA. Lastly, the program manager of the pass through agency of the 21.023 Emergency Rental Assistance Program Contract #8366 incorrectly informed the Organization that it had no responsibility for reporting the contract as a subrecipient of federal funds.Recommendation:The Organization must continue to increase its familiarity with federal grant compliance requirements and establish a process for timely identification of federal programs and a system for tracking contracts in order to ensure compliance with federal award programs and to completeness and accuracy in SEFA reporting.Questioned Costs: NoneManagement Response and Corrective Action Plan: See Corrective Action PlanContact Person: Mansour Camara, CFO