Finding 52236 (2022-002)

Significant Deficiency
Requirement
AB
Questioned Costs
$1
Year
2022
Accepted
2023-03-30

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: The District could not provide documentation for 4 expenditure instances, totaling $7,329.
  • Impacted Requirements: The District failed to comply with Head Start program requirements for maintaining supporting documentation.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: The District should review and enhance procedures to ensure proper documentation of program expenditures.

Finding Text

Federal Program Name: Head Start CFDA No: 93.600 Federal Agency: U.S Department of Health and Human Services Criteria: Recipients of Head Start funds should maintain supporting documentation of expenditures. Condition: During the fiscal year, we noted the District was unable to locate and provide 4 instances supporting documentation of expenditures. Questioned costs: $7,329 Cause: Failure to properly maintain supporting documentation of expenditures. Effect: The District was not in compliance with the program requirements to properly document expenditures of the program. Recommendation: We recommend the District review and update procedures to ensure maintaining supporting documentation of the program expenditures. District Response: The District will update procedures and improve on the collection of supporting documentation of the program expenditures from the departments.

Corrective Action Plan

2022-002 Compliance Federal Program Name: Head Start CFDA No: 93.600 Federal Agency: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Recommendation: We recommend the District review and update procedures to ensure maintaining supporting documentation of the program expenditures. Action Taken: The District will update procedures and improve on the collection of supporting documentation of the program expenditures from the departments.

Categories

Questioned Costs

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 628678 2022-002
    Significant Deficiency

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
93.600 Head Start $2.57M
84.010 Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies $1.25M
93.356 Head Start Disaster Recovery $1.07M
84.425 Education Stabilization Fund $888,306
10.553 School Breakfast Program $545,773
84.027 Special Education_grants to States $240,141
10.555 National School Lunch Program $188,641
10.559 Summer Food Service Program for Children $90,763
84.196 Education for Homeless Children and Youth $50,709
84.358 Rural Education $45,631
84.424 Student Support and Academic Enrichment Program $41,531
84.365 English Language Acquisition State Grants $32,746
84.173 Special Education_preschool Grants $20,323
10.558 Child and Adult Care Food Program $6,813
84.048 Career and Technical Education -- Basic Grants to States $6,149
10.649 Pandemic Ebt Administrative Costs $3,063
10.560 State Administrative Expenses for Child Nutrition $2,647