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Finding 620211 (2022-001)

Significant Deficiency
Requirement
AB
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2022
Accepted
2023-09-25
Audit: 46197
Organization: County of Onondaga, New York (NY)
Auditor: Bonadio & CO LLP

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: Funds for administrative costs were not used solely for allowed activities, risking non-compliance with federal guidelines.
  • Impacted Requirements: The County must ensure that funds are used for screening applicants, issuing benefits, and other specified activities as outlined in the Uniform Guidance.
  • Recommended Follow-up: Review internal controls to ensure compliance and proper allocation of funds for designated purposes, including ADP systems and Employment and Training activities.

Finding Text

U.S. Department of Agriculture Pass-through entity: New York State Department of Family Assistance State Administrative Matching Grants for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program 10.561 Onondaga County Department of Social Services Program Year: 2022 Criteria: According to the Uniform Guidance in CFR Part 200, Part 4, activities allowed or unhallowed include funds made available for administrative costs must be used to screen and certify applicants for program benefits, issue benefits to eligible households, conduct fraud investigations and prosecutions, provide fair hearings to households for which benefits have been denied or terminated, conduct nutrition education activities, prepare financial and special reports, operate automated data processing (ADP) systems, monitor subrecipients (where applicable), and otherwise administer the program. Portions of the award made available for specific purposes, such as ADP systems development or Employment and Training (E&T) activities, must be used for such purposes (7 CFR Part277). Internal controls should provide reasonable assurance that the County complies with activities allowed or unallowed requirements, according to the Uniform Guidance.

Categories

Subrecipient Monitoring Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking Internal Control / Segregation of Duties

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 43769 2022-001
    Significant Deficiency

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
93.778 Medical Assistance Program $734.45M
93.558 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families $34.98M
93.568 Low-Income Home Energy Assistance $27.51M
93.575 Child Care and Development Block Grant $19.90M
10.557 Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children $6.46M
93.658 Foster Care_title IV-E $6.18M
93.659 Adoption Assistance $5.01M
93.959 Block Grants for Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse $4.02M
14.218 Community Development Block Grants/entitlement Grants $3.30M
93.667 Social Services Block Grant $2.89M
20.205 Highway Planning and Construction $2.41M
93.567 Refugee and Entrant Assistance_voluntary Agency Programs $2.08M
93.563 Child Support Enforcement $2.05M
14.900 Lead-Based Paint Hazard Control in Privately-Owned Housing $1.62M
93.243 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services_projects of Regional and National Significance $1.29M
20.505 Metropolitan Transportation Planning and State and Non-Metropolitan Planning and Research $1.07M
93.926 Healthy Start Initiative $944,450
93.045 Special Programs for the Aging_title Iii, Part C_nutrition Services $923,498
21.023 Emergency Rental Assistance Program $542,843
93.645 Stephanie Tubbs Jones Child Welfare Services Program $405,313
84.181 Special Education-Grants for Infants and Families $381,486
93.044 Special Programs for the Aging_title Iii, Part B_grants for Supportive Services and Senior Centers $371,368
93.268 Immunization Cooperative Agreements $361,357
14.231 Covid-19 Emergency Solutions Grant Program $299,362
93.674 John H. Chafee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood $294,964
93.090 Guardianship Assistance $277,115
93.977 Preventive Health Services_sexually Transmitted Diseases Control Grants $272,268
93.053 Nutrition Services Incentive Program $264,638
21.027 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds $244,475
16.564 Crime Laboratory Prevention Program $240,256
93.150 Projects for Assistance in Transition From Homelessness (path) $219,648
93.505 Affordable Care Act (aca) Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program $206,677
14.239 Home Investment Partnerships Program $189,603
97.036 Disaster Grants - Public Assistance (presidentially Declared Disasters) $186,908
93.052 National Family Caregiver Support, Title Iii, Part E $182,150
90.401 Help America Vote Act Requirements Payments $181,942
97.042 Emergency Management Performance Grants $138,592
10.561 State Administrative Matching Grants for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program $119,951
93.747 Elder Abuse Prevention Interventions Program $117,156
93.421 Strengthening Public Health Systems and Services Through National Partnerships to Improve and Protect the Nations Health $111,627
14.231 Emergency Solutions Grant Program $110,025
16.839 Stop School Violence $95,690
93.074 Hospital Preparedness Program (hpp) and Public Health Emergency Preparedness (phep) Aligned Cooperative Agreements $73,529
14.231 Covid-19: Emergency Solutions Grant Program $73,427
93.779 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (cms) Research, Demonstrations and Evaluations $71,266
93.043 Special Programs for the Aging_title Iii, Part D_disease Prevention and Health Promotion Services $62,139
93.940 Hiv Prevention Activities_health Department Based $60,062
93.994 Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant to the States $55,279
16.738 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program $50,033
16.580 Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Discretionary Grants Program $34,991
93.136 Injury Prevention and Control Research and State and Community Based Programs $33,977
93.323 Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases (elc) $28,563
20.600 State and Community Highway Safety $28,278
93.870 Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Grant $27,920
16.548 Title V_delinquency Prevention Program $26,025
16.742 Paul Coverdell Forensic Sciences Improvement Grant Program $20,029
84.027 Special Education_grants to States $18,565
16.609 Project Safe Neighborhoods $18,077
93.991 Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant $13,333
97.067 Homeland Security Grant Program $3,908
93.752 Cancer Prevention and Control Programs for State, Territorial and Tribal Organizations Financed in Part by Prevention and Public Health Funds $1,393
66.032 State Indoor Radon Grants $1,181
20.703 Interagency Hazardous Materials Public Sector Training and Planning Grants $-485
16.741 Dna Backlog Reduction Program $-54,396