FAC Explorer

Finding 572052 (2024-002)

Material Weakness
Requirement
N
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2024
Accepted
2025-07-28
Audit: 363171
Organization: City of Chicago (IL)
Auditor: Baker Tilly US LLP

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: CDPH lacks a complete list of housing units needing inspections for HOPWA funding compliance.
  • Impacted Requirements: Failure to meet housing quality standards as outlined in 24 CFR sections 574.310(b)(1)-(2).
  • Recommended Follow-Up: CDPH should implement its corrective action plan to compile the inspection list and provide necessary documentation to HUD by summer 2025.

Finding Text

FINDING 2024-002 Assistance Listing Number 14.241 Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS Federal Agency U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Pass-through Agency Not applicable Award Numbers / Years Not applicable City Department Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) Criteria: All housing that involves acquisition, rehabilitation, conversion, lease, repair of facilities, new construction, project-or tenant-based rental assistance (including assistance for shared housing arrangements), and operating costs must meet various housing quality standards listed in 24 CFR sections 574.310(b)(1)-(2). Condition/Context: CDPH was unable to provide a full listing of housing units requiring inspections that receive HOPWA funding. Consequently, we were not able to complete testing in relation to this requirement. It was noted that a review conducted by HUD identified a similar issue where CDPH was in process of updating policies and procedures that would allow for identification of the housing units that require inspections. Effect: CDPH cannot demonstrate that it is compliant with the housing quality standards applicable to program-assisted units. Questioned Costs: Not able to be determined. Cause: CDPH did not have a process in place in 2024 to identify all housing units that require inspections. Recommendation: In response to the HUD review, CDPH developed a corrective action plan to begin compiling a comprehensive list of all projects requiring inspections. Documentation is to be provided to HUD that includes appropriate support for completion of the required inspections. This process is expected to begin taking place in the summer of 2025. We recommend that CDPH follow through with this corrective action to address this finding. Views of Responsible Officials: See Corrective Action Plan.

Corrective Action Plan

The Chicago Department of Public Housing (CDPH) will continue working through its corrective action plan (CAP) for U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) which involves completing an assessment of all client-files for individuals receiving HOPWA services in the Chicago Eligible Metropolitan Statistical Area. CDPH staff developed the Client-file assessment tool in collaboration with HUD, and all HOPWA Project Sponsors in the Eligible Metropolitan Statistical Area have submitted, through Secure File Transfer, client files for every single individual receiving HOPWA services through their organization. CDPH staff are currently conducting a comprehensive assessment of the completeness of these files including documentation of the inspection of units resided in by individuals and households. This assessment is being conducted through REDCap secure survey to capture the assessment results for every single individual receiving HOPWA services. CDPH anticipates completion of this assessment by August 31, 2025. The results of the assessment will be submitted to HUD as a formal completion of the HUD-issued Corrective Action Plan. Following this submission, CDPH will engage with HUD in designing ongoing monitoring of HOPWA Project Sponsors in the jurisdiction. Director of Program Operations Stonehouse at the Chicago Department of Public Health for the Community Health Services Division of the Syndemic Infectious Disease Bureau will be responsible for overseeing the completion of the client file assessment, analysis of the results of the assessment and communication of these results with the HUD HOPWA Project Officer and HOPWA Project Sponsors, and working with HUD and other interest holders to design and implement ongoing monitoring standards.

Categories

HUD Housing Programs

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 572053 2024-003
    Significant Deficiency
  • 572054 2024-004
    Significant Deficiency
  • 572055 2024-005
    Significant Deficiency
  • 572056 2024-005
    Significant Deficiency
  • 1148494 2024-002
    Material Weakness
  • 1148495 2024-003
    Significant Deficiency
  • 1148496 2024-004
    Significant Deficiency
  • 1148497 2024-005
    Significant Deficiency
  • 1148498 2024-005
    Significant Deficiency

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
93.600 Head Start $73.10M
93.323 Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases (elc) $68.78M
16.738 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program $67.26M
93.268 Immunization Cooperative Agreements $66.15M
66.958 Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation (wifia) $56.41M
20.106 Airport Improvement Program, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs, and Covid-19 Airports Programs $44.71M
97.067 Homeland Security Grant Program $40.22M
93.914 Hiv Emergency Relief Project Grants $24.19M
97.024 Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program $18.95M
66.468 Drinking Water State Revolving Fund $14.36M
14.241 Housing Opportunities for Persons with Aids $12.17M
93.940 Hiv Prevention Activities Health Department Based $11.90M
93.569 Community Services Block Grant $11.15M
93.069 Public Health Emergency Preparedness $11.14M
66.458 Clean Water State Revolving Fund $8.47M
97.036 Disaster Grants - Public Assistance (presidentially Declared Disasters) $6.82M
93.391 Activities to Support State, Tribal, Local and Territorial (stlt) Health Department Response to Public Health Or Healthcare Crises $5.83M
93.354 Public Health Emergency Response: Cooperative Agreement for Emergency Response: Public Health Crisis Response $4.99M
97.106 Securing the Cities Program $4.69M
93.994 Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant to the States $4.22M
10.557 Wic Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children $4.06M
16.710 Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants $3.43M
93.686 Ending the Hiv Epidemic: A Plan for America — Ryan White Hiv/aids Program Parts A and B $3.20M
93.136 Injury Prevention and Control Research and State and Community Based Programs $2.90M
93.889 National Bioterrorism Hospital Preparedness Program $2.80M
93.053 Nutrition Services Incentive Program $2.71M
20.205 Highway Planning and Construction $2.68M
93.045 Special Programs for the Aging, Title Iii, Part C, Nutrition Services $2.32M
93.052 National Family Caregiver Support, Title Iii, Part E $2.02M
97.141 Shelter and Services Program $1.76M
93.044 Special Programs for the Aging, Title Iii, Part B, Grants for Supportive Services and Senior Centers $1.67M
14.881 Moving to Work Demonstration Program $1.36M
93.967 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Collaboration with Academia to Strengthen Public Health $1.25M
93.495 Community Health Workers for Public Health Response and Resilient $1.11M
14.218 Community Development Block Grants/entitlement Grants $1.04M
20.600 State and Community Highway Safety $978,174
93.137 Community Programs to Improve Minority Health $959,506
93.944 Human Immunodeficiency Virus (hiv)/acquired Immunodeficiency Virus Syndrome (aids) Surveillance $874,614
97.075 Rail and Transit Security Grant Program $820,576
97.111 Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant Program (rcpgp) $816,774
93.977 Sexually Transmitted Diseases (std) Prevention and Control Grants $795,239
93.116 Project Grants and Cooperative Agreements for Tuberculosis Control Programs $788,507
93.667 Social Services Block Grant $777,364
93.596 Child Care Mandatory and Matching Funds of the Child Care and Development Fund $688,658
14.231 Emergency Solutions Grant Program $661,126
20.500 Federal Transit Capital Investment Grants $606,840
97.042 Emergency Management Performance Grants $556,613
16.922 Equitable Sharing Program $472,902
93.197 Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Projects, State and Local Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention and Surveillance of Blood Lead Levels in Children $459,549
94.011 Americorps Seniors Foster Grandparent Program (fgp) 94.011 $452,567
66.802 Superfund State, Political Subdivision, and Indian Tribe Site-Specific Cooperative Agreements $396,767
66.605 Performance Partnership Grants $345,180
14.905 Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration Grant Program $288,733
94.016 Americorps Seniors Senior Companion Program (scp) 94.016 $286,772
93.043 Special Programs for the Aging, Title Iii, Part D, Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Services $274,628
97.056 Port Security Grant Program $270,088
16.575 Crime Victim Assistance $257,600
16.745 Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program $209,609
97.044 Assistance to Firefighters Grant $203,826
16.833 National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative $195,703
10.025 Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care $194,932
93.959 Block Grants for Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse $190,026
93.747 Elder Abuse Prevention Interventions Program $181,092
14.239 Home Investment Partnerships Program $150,409
45.025 Promotion of the Arts Partnership Agreements $140,200
93.071 Medicare Enrollment Assistance Program $122,445
16.753 Congressionally Recommended Awards $100,999
93.350 National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences $98,245
10.559 Summer Food Service Program for Children $97,392
93.270 Viral Hepatitis Prevention and Control $90,367
93.387 National and State Tobacco Control Program $89,636
66.202 Congressionally Mandated Projects $83,809
16.540 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention $76,838
93.048 Special Programs for the Aging, Title Iv, and Title Ii, Discretionary Projects $67,500
45.024 Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals $63,108
10.558 Child and Adult Care Food Program $42,663
93.041 Special Programs for the Aging, Title Vii, Chapter 3, Programs for Prevention of Elder Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation $40,363
93.978 Sexually Transmitted Diseases (std) Provider Education Grants $36,310
14.256 Neighborhood Stabilization Program (recovery Act Funded) $23,198
11.307 Economic Adjustment Assistance $11,930
10.175 Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program $8,333
20.703 Interagency Hazardous Materials Public Sector Training and Planning Grants $8,280
16.320 Services for Trafficking Victims $4,342
14.264 Neighborhood Stabilization Program $3,874
20.521 New Freedom Program $1,124
93.042 Special Programs for the Aging, Title Vii, Chapter 2, Long Term Care Ombudsman Services for Older Individuals $714
16.590 Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program $191
21.027 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds $9
21.023 Emergency Rental Assistance Program $-5,700
81.087 Renewable Energy Research and Development $-291,098
20.616 National Priority Safety Programs $-694,699