Finding 614326 (2022-004)

Significant Deficiency
Requirement
I
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2022
Accepted
2023-09-28
Audit: 32669
Organization: County of Champaign, Illinois (IL)

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: Nonfederal entities must ensure that lower-tier entities are not suspended or debarred before entering into transactions.
  • Impacted Requirements: Compliance with Uniform Grant Guidance and 2 CFR section 180.995 is mandatory.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: Implement a verification process to check the status of lower-tier entities before transactions.

Finding Text

Uniform Grant Guidance requires when a nonfederal entity enters into a covered transaction with an entity at a lower tier, the nonfederal 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.

Categories

Procurement, Suspension & Debarment Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 37884 2022-004
    Significant Deficiency

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
21.027 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds $6.46M
93.600 Head Start $487,894
93.569 Community Services Block Grant $447,912
93.568 Low-Income Home Energy Assistance $302,521
10.558 Child and Adult Care Food Program $290,734
14.231 Emergency Solutions Grant Program $282,351
17.259 Wia Youth Activities $252,584
93.323 Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases (elc) $248,997
17.258 Wia Adult Program $237,678
20.509 Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program $208,951
14.267 Continuum of Care Program $154,675
93.268 Immunization Cooperative Agreements $150,873
93.354 Public Health Emergency Response: Cooperative Agreement for Emergency Response: Public Health Crisis Response $96,790
21.023 Emergency Rental Assistance Program $95,468
20.205 Highway Planning and Construction $94,274
97.042 Emergency Management Performance Grants $68,724
81.042 Weatherization Assistance for Low-Income Persons $55,445
97.024 Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program $41,755
16.606 State Criminal Alien Assistance Program $40,435
10.561 State Administrative Matching Grants for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program $35,664
97.036 Disaster Grants - Public Assistance (presidentially Declared Disasters) $30,889
93.558 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families $24,328
16.034 Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding Program $23,728
10.555 National School Lunch Program $22,701
17.285 Apprenticeship USA Grants $21,787
14.239 Home Investment Partnerships Program $21,631
16.575 Crime Victim Assistance $20,808
93.069 Public Health Emergency Preparedness $18,808
90.401 Help America Vote Act Requirements Payments $14,726
10.553 School Breakfast Program $11,437
16.734 Special Data Collections and Statistical Studies $10,140
14.218 Community Development Block Grants/entitlement Grants $8,912
20.703 Interagency Hazardous Materials Public Sector Training and Planning Grants $4,583
17.278 Wia Dislocated Worker Formula Grants $3,810
93.563 Child Support Enforcement $2,839
66.605 Performance Partnership Grants $588