Finding 626249 (2022-003)

Significant Deficiency
Requirement
E
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2022
Accepted
2023-06-10
Audit: 42351
Organization: Shelter House, Inc. (VA)
Auditor: Aprio LLP

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: Missing eligibility documentation for individuals receiving benefits, preventing verification of compliance with grant requirements.
  • Impacted Requirements: Grant agreement stipulates that all beneficiaries must meet specific eligibility criteria, which were not adequately documented.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: Implement consistent policies for documenting eligibility and retaining records across all shelter locations to improve accessibility and compliance.

Finding Text

Finding 2022-003: Reportable Finding Considered a Significant Deficiency ? Lack of eligibility documentation Criteria: According to the grant agreement, all individuals receiving benefits under this award must meet certain requirements to be eligible for this support. The auditee is responsible for determining each individual?s eligibility and maintaining documentation of this determination. Condition: During our testing of eligibility requirements, the auditee was unable to locate and provide the requested support for a number of selected individuals and therefore we were unable to determine that the eligibility requirements set forth in the grant agreement had been met for those individuals. Cause: Shelter House utilizes a number of different shelter locations and physical documentation is maintained at each of these various locations with different staff and different filing procedures making locating each individual document difficult. Effect: We were unable to test if all selected recipients met the proper eligibility requirements as this documentation was unable to be located and provided to us during the course of the audit. Repeat Finding: This is not a repeat finding. Recommendation: We recommend that the Organization establish uniform policies for documentation of eligibility requirements and document retention across all shelter locations.

Categories

Eligibility Significant Deficiency

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 49806 2022-002
    Material Weakness
  • 49807 2022-003
    Significant Deficiency
  • 49808 2022-002
    Material Weakness
  • 626248 2022-002
    Material Weakness
  • 626250 2022-002
    Material Weakness

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
14.231 Emergency Solutions Grant Program- Virginia Homeless Solutions Program $2.90M
14.267 Continuum of Care Program $1.51M
14.218 Community Development Block Grants/entitlement Grants Cluster $476,152
16.575 Criminal Justice Services $218,681
14.239 Home Investment Partnerships Program $203,000
93.671 Domestic Violence Prevention and Services $97,767
93.558 Virginia Homeless Solutions Program $64,610
21.027 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services $20,835