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Finding No. 2022-002 Material Weakness: Reporting - Compliance and Override of Control Finding ALN 93.048 - Special Programs for the Aging, Title IV and Title II, Discretionary Projects Federal Agency: Department of Health and Human Services Pass-Through Entity: Not Applicable Criteria or Specific Requirement: 2 CFR Part 170 requires direct recipients of grants to report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more to the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (FFATA) Subaward Reporting System (FSRS) no later than the last day of the month following the month in which the agreement was made. Additionally, proper controls must be in place surrounding review and approval of the report prior to submission to FSRS. Condition: Audit procedures revealed that FFATA reporting was not being completed. Cause: Management was not aware of FFATA reporting requirements. Effect: Instances of noncompliance were not detected by management. Questioned Costs: Not Applicable. Context: Reports for subrecipients who were awarded over $30,000 in federal funding were not compiled, reviewed or submitted by the last day of the month following the month in which the agreement was made. Identification as a repeat finding: This finding is a repeat of finding 2021-002 from the prior year?s schedule of findings and questioned costs. Recommendation: We recommend that management compile and submit FFATA report timely for all subrecipient agreements greater than $30,000 in federal funding with proper review and approval prior to submission. SCHEDULE OF FINDINGS AND QUESTIONED COSTS (Continued) For The Year Ended December 31, 2022 Views Of Responsible Officials: Management does not dispute that we are noncompliant with FFATA reporting requirements. We had been provided with incorrect information from a third-party indicating that we were not obligated to adhere to these requirements. However, management takes responsibility for the oversight. We have already begun the process of compiling the FFATA report for all subrecipient agreements with an obligation greater than $30,000 in federal funding. We take this very seriously and were, frankly, quite mortified that we did not identify this as an obligation. As we understand it, this was a new single audit requirement as of 2021 and was not identified as a finding in our 2021 audit. We have since worked in collaboration with our external auditors to restate the 2021 audit to note the noncompliance.