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Finding 582048 (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.

Categories

Eligibility Significant Deficiency

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 5606 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