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Assistance Listing Number, Federal Agency, and Program Name - 93.600, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Head Start Cluster Federal Award Identification Number and Year - 2021-2022 Pass-through Entity - Region V Office for Children and Families, City of Chicago Department of Family Support Services Finding Type - Significant deficiency and material noncompliance with laws and regulations Repeat Finding - No Criteria - The Organization is required to file form SF-429 Real Property Status Report and SF-429-A General Reporting annually when the Organization has real property with a federal interest. Condition - The SF-429 and SF-429-A reports were not filed for the year 2021. Questioned Costs - None Identification of How Questioned Costs Were Computed - N/A Context - The SF-429 and SF-429-A reports were not filed for the year 2021. Cause and Effect - The Organization experienced internal turnover in the finance department during the year, which was responsible for completing the annual report submission. As a result, the deadline for the reports was missed and the reports were not appropriately filed. Recommendation - Management should implement a process to ensure that more than one individual is responsible for monitoring report deadlines and aware of submission requirements for federal awards. Views of Responsible Officials and Planned Corrective Actions - Management agrees with the recommendation and will designate two individuals to monitor federal award reporting deadlines and submission requirements to ensure all required reports are filed. Management has subsequently submitted the 2021 reports to the federal agency.