Finding 517890 (2023-002)

Material Weakness Repeat Finding
Requirement
C
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2023
Accepted
2025-01-07
Audit: 336127
Organization: Tuscarawas County (OH)

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: Tuscarawas County Job and Family Services held an average of 50 days' cash on hand, exceeding the allowable limit by 40 days.
  • Impacted Requirements: This violates both federal regulations (45 C.F.R. § 75.305(b)) and state regulations (Ohio Admin. Code 5101:9-7-03(B)(1)) regarding timely disbursement of funds.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: Implement internal controls to limit cash draws to immediate needs, ensuring compliance with the ten-day disbursement requirement.

Finding Text

45 C.F.R. § 75.305(b) states for non-Federal entities other than states, payments methods must minimize the time elapsing between the transfer of funds from the United States Treasury or the pass-through entity and the disbursement by the non-Federal entity whether the payment is made by electronic funds transfer, or issuance or redemption of checks, warrants, or payment by other means. Ohio Admin. Code 5101:9-7-03(B)(1) states the County Departments of Job and Family Services shall have cash management procedures in place to ensure the time elapsing between the receipt of funds and the disbursement of funds does not exceed a ten-day average for all federal funding. The days equivalent cash-on-hand for Tuscarawas County Job and Family Services averaged to 50 days per review of the CR 502 reports in 2023. Therefore, the cash on hand exceeded the allowable number of days by 40 for the year. The Tuscarawas County Job and Family Services should implement internal control procedures that would limit cash draws to amounts only immediately needed. Procedures should include, but are not limited to, a review of expenditures and requesting limited drawdowns that would ensure that cash on hand is expended within the ten-day requirement.

Categories

Cash Management Subrecipient Monitoring Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 517885 2023-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 517886 2023-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 517887 2023-003
    Material Weakness
  • 517888 2023-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 517889 2023-003
    Material Weakness
  • 1094327 2023-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1094328 2023-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1094329 2023-003
    Material Weakness
  • 1094330 2023-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1094331 2023-003
    Material Weakness
  • 1094332 2023-002
    Material Weakness Repeat

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
93.658 Foster Care Title IV-E $1.81M
93.558 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families $1.33M
93.659 Adoption Assistance $493,453
20.205 Highway Planning and Construction $380,435
14.239 Home Investment Partnerships Program $354,969
14.228 Community Development Block Grants/state's Program and Non-Entitlement Grants in Hawaii $280,119
93.563 Child Support Services $271,276
93.645 Stephanie Tubbs Jones Child Welfare Services Program $105,804
93.575 Child Care and Development Block Grant $75,864
93.556 Marylee Allen Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program $69,299
21.027 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds $68,369
16.034 Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding Program $52,945
93.667 Social Services Block Grant $51,997
10.561 State Administrative Matching Grants for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program $51,651
84.425 Education Stabilization Fund $48,473
93.747 Elder Abuse Prevention Interventions Program $45,276
21.032 Local Assistance and Tribal Consistency Fund $28,823
93.472 Title IV-E Prevention Program $24,976
16.575 Crime Victim Assistance $24,101
93.674 John H. Chafee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood $20,415
84.027 Special Education Grants to States $11,672
90.404 Hava Election Security Grants $9,590
20.703 Interagency Hazardous Materials Public Sector Training and Planning Grants $9,530
93.778 Medical Assistance Program $7,139
97.039 Hazard Mitigation Grant $6,090
84.173 Special Education Preschool Grants $5,105
97.042 Emergency Management Performance Grants $4,312
15.226 Payments in Lieu of Taxes $2,824
20.608 Minimum Penalties for Repeat Offenders for Driving While Intoxicated $1,476
20.600 State and Community Highway Safety $1,172
16.607 Bulletproof Vest Partnership Program $994
15.433 Flood Control Act Lands $460
15.611 Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety $75