Finding 526577 (2023-010)

- Repeat Finding
Requirement
M
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2023
Accepted
2025-03-11

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: The County failed to meet OMB guidance and PA DHS requirements for monitoring subrecipients.
  • Impacted Requirements: Non-compliance with OMB Guidance Section 200.328 and PA DHS Single Audit Supplement - Common Requirements.
  • Recommended Follow-up: Management should implement monitoring agreements and adhere to established guidelines in grant agreements.

Finding Text

Medical Assistance Program; Medicaid Cluster - Assistance Listing No. 93.778, Passed through the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, Grant Period - Year Ended December 31, 2023. Criteria: OMB Guidance Section 200.328 monitoring and reporting program performance and Section 200.331 requirements for pass-through entities; and the PA DHS Single Audit Supplement - Common Requirements, the auditee “is responsible for ensuring that its subrecipients/subcontractors are appropriately audited in accordance with Government Auditing Standards, applicable program requirements/contract provisions, and when appropriate, the Uniform Guidance, and the Single Audit Bulletin”. Condition: The County did not follow the OMB guidance requirements or the PA DHS Single Audit Supplement - Common Requirements for its subrecipient and monitoring requirements. Cause: The County did not put in place a monitoring agreement with their subrecipients. Effect: County is not in compliance with the OMB guidance or the PA DHS Single Audit Supplement - Common Requirements. Questioned Costs: None. Perspective Information: 1 of 1 subrecipient. Identification of Repeat Findings: 2022-010. Recommendation: Management should follow established guidelines as outlined in grant agreements, the OMB guidance, and the PA DHS Single Audit Supplement - Common Requirements. View of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. Corrective Action Plan: See County’s corrective action plan.

Corrective Action Plan

Planned corrective Action: Bradford County will prepare an updated Subrecipient agreement and initiate a monitoring program to follow DHS Single audit requirements. Person Responsible: Michelle Shedden, Chief Clerk Anticipated Completion Date: 6/1/2025

Categories

Subrecipient Monitoring Reporting

Other Findings in this Audit

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
21.023 Emergency Rental Assistance Program $1.01M
93.659 Adoption Assistance $292,191
20.205 Highway Planning and Construction $137,330
97.039 Hazard Mitigation Grant $115,427
93.563 Child Support Services $95,764
93.959 Block Grants for Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse $90,596
93.104 Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances (sed) $54,878
97.042 Emergency Management Performance Grants $54,816
93.788 Opioid Str $48,372
66.466 Geographic Programs - Chesapeake Bay Program $46,822
93.090 Guardianship Assistance $24,662
21.027 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds $23,897
66.964 Geographic Programs - Chesapeake Bay Program Implementation, Regulatory/accountability and Monitoring Grants $21,663
93.558 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families $19,057
93.674 John H. Chafee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood $17,208
14.228 Community Development Block Grants/state's Program and Non-Entitlement Grants in Hawaii $8,300
93.323 Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases (elc) $8,168
93.645 Stephanie Tubbs Jones Child Welfare Services Program $7,938
84.181 Special Education-Grants for Infants and Families $4,303
93.958 Block Grants for Community Mental Health Services $4,242
10.568 Emergency Food Assistance Program (administrative Costs) $2,519
93.778 Medical Assistance Program $2,212
93.667 Social Services Block Grant $1,500
93.556 Marylee Allen Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program $327
93.658 Foster Care Title IV-E $85