Finding 523575 (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.

Categories

Allowable Costs / Cost Principles

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 523574 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