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2022 ? 003 Federal Agency: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Federal Program Name: CoC Continuum of Care Assistance Listing Number: 14.267 Federal Award Identification Number and Year: Various Pass-Through Agency: Various Pass-Through Number(s): Various Award Period: Various Type of Finding: Significant Deficiency in Internal Control over Compliance Criteria or specific requirement: When a non-Federal entity enters into a covered transaction with an entity at a lower tier, the non-Federal entity must verify that the entity, as defined in 2 CFR section 180.995 and agency adopting regulations, is not suspended or debarred or otherwise excluded from participating in the transaction. Condition: ? Verification that Catholic Community Services of Western Washington was not suspended or debarred prior to providing subrecipient federal funds was not documented. Questioned costs: None Context: Subrecipient Award Agreements entered during the fiscal year. Cause: Verification was not completed. Effect: The organization may be out of compliance with federal suspension and debarment requirements Repeat Finding: No Recommendation: We recommend that the entity verify that all subrecipients are not suspended or debarred by reviewing them in SAM.gov and maintaining appropriate documentation. Views of responsible officials: There is no disagreement with the audit finding.