Finding 497349 (2021-002)

Significant Deficiency
Requirement
A
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2021
Accepted
2024-09-19

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: The auditee has not accurately tracked grant awards and expenditures, leading to discrepancies in reported amounts.
  • Impacted Requirements: This affects compliance with 2 CFR Section 200.329, which mandates proper monitoring of federal award activities.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: The WDBEA should implement better tracking procedures for federal awards and expenditures to ensure accurate reporting.

Finding Text

Auditee has improperly tracked grant awards and expenditures. Federal Programs Impacted: 17,258 (WIOA Cluster). Questioned Costs: None. Condition: The WDBEA expended more than $750,000 in federal awards, triggering a single audit requirement. However, when asked to provide a schedule of expenditures of federal awards, client gave different amounts of revenues and expenditures than those provided through external confirmation by oversight agencies. Criteria: 2 CFR Section 200.329 states that it is the auditee's responsibility to monitor their activities for which federal awards are used. Cause: Unallowable costs among other items were included in the client's schedule of expenditures of federal awards. In addition, the books kept by the former finance manager were inadequate to properly track grant awards and expenditures. Effect: Difficulty in ascertaining the true balances of federal revenues and expenditures as reported on the schedule of expenditures of federal awards. Recommendation: We recommend the WDBEA maintains an effort to properly track and report federal awards and expenditures. Management Response: Managmeent will develop procedures which adequately address shortcomings of grant tracking and further solidify the processes for tracking and reporting of grant funds.

Corrective Action Plan

2021-002: Auditee has improperly tracked grant awards and expenditures. Recommendation: We recommend the WDBEA maintains an effort to properly track and report federal awards and expenditures. Action Taken: Finance Manager, Frances-Tribble Adams, has taken appropriate action and has reconciled accounting records to ensure grant revenues and expenditures are adequately tracked in the future. Name of Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Frances Tribble-Adams, Finance Manager. Anticipated Completion Date of Corrective Action: July 1, 2021.

Categories

Allowable Costs / Cost Principles Reporting

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 497350 2021-003
    Significant Deficiency
  • 497351 2021-004
    - Repeat
  • 1073791 2021-002
    Significant Deficiency
  • 1073792 2021-003
    Significant Deficiency
  • 1073793 2021-004
    - Repeat

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
17.259 Wioa Youth Activities $572,909
17.258 Wioa Adult Program $518,144
93.558 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families $270,891
17.278 Wioa Dislocated Worker Formula Grants $221,998
10.561 State Administrative Matching Grants for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program $170,450