All invoices and expenditures follow procedures outlined in the ME AFL-CIO Financial Management Policies and receive approval prior to payment being issued. All amounts charged to the award reflect amounts in budgets approved in the contract. The Organization is now requesting stipend recipients to sign receipts. Regarding the six out of 20 disbursements lacking adequate support for expenses charged to the Registered Apprenticeship contract, five of these six were individual pre-apprentice participants who were prohibited from completing our financial need pre-screening form and signing it. As an alternative process we interviewed these five individuals and interviewed their pre-release supervisors and confirmed financial need in all five cases.
Management will research compliance with CFDA numbers at the beginning of the grant. All grant related expenses match approved expenses in accordance with the contracts and grant guidance. Moving forward, we will implement tracking by class in Quickbooks, more aggressively track time charged to awards, and again review the OMB Compliance Supplements for each award.