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#Finding #2022-001 ? Overclaimed Breakfast Meals Served Child Nutrition Cluster ? Food Service Aid ? Breakfast (10.553) Condition: The May 2022 breakfast claim was originally made for 12,564 more meals served than actually occurred. This resulted in the District being reimbursed $32,729 too much. Criteria: Districts should track and claim actual meals served during each month to eligible students. Cause: The District erroneously entered the number of lunch meals in as breakfast meals when reporting the May 2022 breakfast meals. Effect: More breakfast meals were reimbursed than served in May 2022. This resulted in a $32,729 overpayment of federal aid. Context: When claiming meals for the month of May 2022, the District erroneously entered the incorrect number of meals for the breakfast claim. The error was identified by the District?s auditors in July 2022 during performance of the June 30, 2022 audit. After the auditors brought the matter to the attention of District management, the process immediately began to bring the matter to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction?s attention and to refund the overclaimed amount. Recommendation: Establish controls of review to ensure the correct number of breakfast meals are being reported each month. Response: The District will work to establish controls to ensure the correct number of meals are claimed each month.