Finding 523574 (2023-002)

Material Weakness Repeat Finding
Requirement
L
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2023
Accepted
2025-02-18
Audit: 342886
Organization: Community Action Center (WA)

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: The Organization failed to submit the audit report by the required deadline of March 31, 2024.
  • Impacted Requirements: This non-compliance with 2 CFR 200 puts the Organization at risk of penalties and affects federal funding eligibility.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: Implement processes to ensure timely completion of annual audits, addressing staffing and workload challenges.

Finding Text

Criteria: The Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards 2 CFR 200 (Uniform Guidance), required auditees to submit the audit report by March 31, 2024 to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse. Condition: The Organization did not submit the audit report by March 31, 2024 to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse. Effect: Because of Covid-19, it caused the audit and submission to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse to not be completed and submitted in a timely matter. Cause: Covid-19 caused a shortage of staff and the additional Cares funding created more work that the Organization could not keep up in getting the audit completed. Recommendation: The Organization should implement processes to ensure that the annual audits are completed timely.

Corrective Action Plan

COMMUNITY ACTION CENTER AGREES WITH THE FINDINGS REPORTED AND HAS MADE CORRECTIVE ACTION TO RECTIFY THE FINDING.

Categories

Allowable Costs / Cost Principles

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 523575 2023-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 523576 2023-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 523577 2023-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 523578 2023-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 523579 2023-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 523580 2023-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 523581 2023-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 523582 2023-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1100016 2023-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1100017 2023-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1100018 2023-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1100019 2023-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1100020 2023-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1100021 2023-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1100022 2023-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1100023 2023-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1100024 2023-002
    Material Weakness Repeat

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
14.871 Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers $1.70M
14.156 Lower Income Housing Assistance Program_section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation $174,044
93.569 Community Services Block Grant $69,703
14.228 Community Development Block Grants/state's Program and Non-Entitlement Grants in Hawaii $60,751
93.568 Low-Income Home Energy Assistance $48,370
10.561 State Administrative Matching Grants for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program $47,804
10.568 Emergency Food Assistance Program (administrative Costs) $47,257
14.239 Home Investment Partnerships Program $41,504
81.042 Weatherization Assistance for Low-Income Persons $37,359
81.999 Bpa-Weatherization $21,244