Finding 609374 (2022-001)

Significant Deficiency
Requirement
C
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2022
Accepted
2023-06-29

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: Day Care Home Sponsors failed to follow up on checks outstanding for over nine months, violating management guidelines.
  • Impacted Requirements: Compliance with Nutrition Services Division Management Bulletin No. NSD-CACFP-05-2007 regarding timely provider payments.
  • Recommended Follow-up: Implement a monitoring system to track outstanding checks and ensure timely follow-up with providers.

Finding Text

2022-001 CACFP ? Cash Management ? Significant Deficiency Criteria: Day Care Home Sponsors are required by Nutrition Services Division Management Bulletin No. NSD-CACFP-05-2007 to make adequate attempts to locate a provider when a check is issued to a provider and is outstanding more than nine months. Condition: Provider checks are outstanding more than nine months without being reissued. Questioned Costs: None. Effect: Provider payments are not being received in a timely manner. Context: We reviewed the outstanding checks for the 2021-2020 fiscal year. At year end there were nine outstanding checks identified, issued between October 2020 through December 2021, that had not cleared the bank. Cause: The Sponsor agency did not monitor outstanding items and follow up with providers. Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding.

Categories

Cash Management Significant Deficiency

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 32932 2022-001
    Significant Deficiency

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
10.558 Child and Adult Care Food Program $2.13M