Finding Text
Healthy Marriage Promotion and Responsible Fatherhood Grants - 90ZD0022, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Program Year 2024 AL: 93.086.
Criteria or Specific Requirement: Reporting – Awarded Applicants are required to submit Quarterly Federal Financial Reports, and Quarterly Performance Reports.
Condition: BCFS Health and Human Services’ controls did not ensure that required reports were submitted timely.
Questioned Costs: None.
Context: Out of eight financial and performance reports in the aggregate, a sample of four (two financial reports and two performance reports) were selected for testing, and one performance report was not submitted timely. Our sample was not, and was not intended to be, statistically valid.
Effect: Required reports were not submitted timely.
Cause: BCFS Health and Human Services did not have controls in place to monitor the submission deadlines for timely submission.
Identification: As a Repeat Finding: Not a repeat finding.
Recommendation: BCFS Health and Human Services should strengthen the internal controls as it relates to submitting required reports to the Federal Government by establishing policies and procedures to ensure that reporting information is submitted timely.
Views of Responsible Officials and Planned Corrective Actions: We agree with the finding. See separate report for planned corrective actions.
Anticipated completion date: August 31, 2025