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Finding 5606 (2023-001)

Significant Deficiency
Requirement
E
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2023
Accepted
2023-12-19
Audit: 7450
Organization: Csu Fullerton Auxiliary Services Corporation (CA)
Auditor: Aldrich CPAS + Advisors LLP

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: There is a significant deficiency in internal controls over participant eligibility for the TRIO Cluster programs.
  • Impacted Requirements: The Department of Education mandates that only qualified individuals should benefit from these programs.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: Management should ensure that program staff review and verify all student applications before adding them to the participant roster.

Finding Text

Eligibility - Significant Deficiency in Internal Control over Compliance Agency: Department of Education Assistance Listing: 84.042, 84.044, 84.047, 84.217 Program: TRIO Cluster Criteria: ASC is required to have internal controls over eligibility of participants to ensure only qualified individuals benefit. Condition: Aldrich tested five students from the Student Support Services program out of a total of 169 participants. One student had not completed the application and interview process to verify eligibility prior to being placed on the participant roster. Cause: Internal controls were not in place to require a full application be reviewed by program staff prior to a student being added to the participant roster. Effect: Ineligible students may receive services. Recommendation: Management should require program staff to review and verify eligibility on all student applications prior to their admission to the program.

Corrective Action Plan

In conjunction with the Office of Research and Sponsored Projects (ORSP), Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) will require program staff to review and verify eligibility on all student applications prior to their admission to the program before placement on official rosters to receive services.

Categories

Eligibility Significant Deficiency

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 582048 2023-001
    Significant Deficiency

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
84.334 Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs $2.92M
59.037 Small Business Development Centers $2.60M
93.859 Biomedical Research and Research Training $1.28M
59.037 Covid-19 Small Business Development Centers $865,868
93.925 Scholarships for Health Professions Students From Disadvantaged Backgrounds $782,451
93.658 Foster Care_title IV-E $695,977
84.047 Trio_upward Bound $681,463
93.822 Health Careers Opportunity Program $602,088
93.103 Covid-19 Food and Drug Administration_research $558,616
84.044 Trio_talent Search $497,614
93.178 Nursing Workforce Diversity $477,613
93.732 Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants $469,268
93.866 Aging Research $454,953
47.070 Computer and Information Science and Engineering $450,407
84.335 Child Care Access Means Parents in School $304,103
84.042 Trio_student Support Services $268,715
84.325 Special Education - Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities $235,862
47.074 Biological Sciences $232,400
84.217 Trio_mcnair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement $213,747
47.041 Engineering $203,912
16.560 National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants $148,752
47.049 Mathematical and Physical Sciences $146,122
84.299 Indian Education -- Special Programs for Indian Children $141,830
12.006 National Defense Education Program $134,499
59.043 Women's Business Ownership Assistance $120,848
93.853 Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders $115,196
12.431 Basic Scientific Research $106,362
94.006 Americorps $98,467
45.149 Promotion of the Humanities_division of Preservation and Access $96,835
10.223 Hispanic Serving Institutions Education Grants $91,048
93.855 Allergy, Immunology and Transplantation Research $87,267
47.079 Office of International Science and Engineering $82,470
93.279 Drug Abuse and Addiction Research Programs $57,261
15.810 National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program $56,934
10.217 Higher Education - Institution Challenge Grants Program $55,465
84.229 Language Resource Centers $51,886
12.300 Basic and Applied Scientific Research $48,993
15.423 Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (boem) Environmental Studies Program (esp) $47,021
47.050 Geosciences $42,187
84.367 Improving Teacher Quality State Grants $39,409
93.307 Minority Health and Health Disparities Research $39,193
93.124 Nurse Anesthetist Traineeships $38,982
99.U01 Fullerton Resilient Families Program $34,208
93.397 Cancer Centers Support Grants $31,804
99.RD Nss Multi-Carrier Broadband Waveforms (gnss-McBbw) Adaption and Board Signal Clean-Up Using Game Theoretic, Advanced $25,315
84.031 Higher Education_institutional Aid $22,212
20.215 Highway Training and Education $15,500
64.051 Specially Adapted Housing Assistive Technology Grant Program $13,114
11.417 Sea Grant Support $10,170
45.024 Promotion of the Arts_grants to Organizations and Individuals $10,000
84.013 Title I State Agency Program for Neglected and Delinquent Children and Youth $7,197
99.RD Computer Vision Enhanced Reflectance Analyzer (covera) $4,362
47.075 Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences $3,834
15.807 Earthquake Hazards Research Grants $3,197
47.076 Education and Human Resources $2,515
15.945 Cooperative Research and Training Programs Ð Resources of the National Park System $2,356
15.245 Plant Conservation and Restoration Management $1,956
84.141 Migrant Education_high School Equivalency Program $1,738
93.865 Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research $373