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Finding 6773 (2022-007)

Significant Deficiency Repeat Finding
Requirement
L
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2022
Accepted
2023-12-28
Audit: 8702
Organization: County of Hidalgo, Texas (TX)
Auditor: Burton McCumber & Longoria LLP

AI Summary

  • Issue: The County failed to submit required ERAP reports on time, missing multiple deadlines.
  • Impact: This non-compliance with reporting requirements affects the County's standing in the ERAP program.
  • Follow-up: Implement controls to ensure timely submission of all future reports.

Finding Text

Criteria and Condition: The Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) requires quarterly reports to be submitted by the 15th day after the end of each quarter. A final closeout report is required to be submitted by January 30, 2023. We noted reports were not submitted by the required due dates as follows: Period Type Due Date Submittal Date Quarter 1 2022 Quarterly 4/15/22 5/6/22 Quarter 2 2022 Quarterly 7/15/22 8/15/22 Quarter 3 2022 Quarterly 10/17/22 11/17/22 Final Closeout 1/30/22 7/10/23 Cause and Effect: Reports were not submitted by the required due dates. The County was not in compliance with the reporting requirements for the ERAP program. Questioned Costs: None Repeat Finding from Prior Year(s): 2021-014 Recommendation: We recommend the County implement controls to ensure reports are submitted by the required due date. Views of Responsible Officials: See management’s corrective action plan.

Corrective Action Plan

2022-007 Hidalgo County – ERAP Reporting Emergency Rental Assistance Program – ALN 21.023 Recommendation – We recommend the County implement controls to ensure reports are submitted timely by the required due date. Corrective Action Plan – The grant ended; therefore, reporting is no longer required. Proposed Completion Date – Reporting is no longer required. Contact Person – Letty Chavez, First Assistant Country Auditor, County Auditor’s Office

Categories

Reporting

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 6770 2022-006
    Significant Deficiency
  • 6771 2022-006
    Significant Deficiency
  • 6772 2022-006
    Significant Deficiency
  • 583212 2022-006
    Significant Deficiency
  • 583213 2022-006
    Significant Deficiency
  • 583214 2022-006
    Significant Deficiency
  • 583215 2022-007
    Significant Deficiency Repeat

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
21.027 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds $37.28M
21.023 Emergency Rental Assistance Program $10.09M
93.568 Low-Income Home Energy Assistance $5.83M
14.218 Community Development Block Grants/entitlement Grants $2.76M
10.557 Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children $2.39M
93.600 Head Start $2.27M
10.558 Child and Adult Care Food Program $757,200
93.354 Public Health Emergency Response: Cooperative Agreement for Emergency Response: Public Health Crisis Response $607,767
95.001 High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program $499,224
93.569 Community Services Block Grant $498,813
97.024 Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program $485,544
93.116 Project Grants and Cooperative Agreements for Tuberculosis Control Programs $436,461
93.268 Immunization Cooperative Agreements $411,797
14.231 Emergency Solutions Grant Program $408,724
16.575 Crime Victim Assistance $365,859
15.916 Outdoor Recreation_acquisition, Development and Planning $297,667
97.036 Disaster Grants - Public Assistance (presidentially Declared Disasters) $220,046
93.499 Low Income Household Water Assistance Program $152,423
16.812 Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative $118,595
16.606 State Criminal Alien Assistance Program $115,072
93.323 Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases (elc) $110,527
16.593 Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners $42,137
14.239 Home Investment Partnerships Program $40,182
93.391 Activities to Support State, Tribal, Local and Territorial (stlt) Health Department Response to Public Health Or Healthcare Crises $33,698
14.228 Community Development Block Grants/state's Program and Non-Entitlement Grants in Hawaii $32,760
93.563 Child Support Enforcement $24,585
93.658 Foster Care_title IV-E $21,849
20.205 Highway Planning and Construction $21,644
16.588 Violence Against Women Formula Grants $21,574
16.738 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program $19,358
16.034 Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding Program $14,589
97.067 Homeland Security Grant Program $13,636
93.994 Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant to the States $11,049
93.069 Public Health Emergency Preparedness $9,299
21.019 Coronavirus Relief Fund $9,263
93.991 Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant $8,906
94.016 Senior Companion Program $6,786
16.922 Equitable Sharing Program $5,935
94.002 Retired and Senior Volunteer Program $5,333
20.600 State and Community Highway Safety $2,852
94.013 Volunteers in Service to America $2,653
45.129 Promotion of the Humanities_federal/state Partnership $1,123
93.778 Medical Assistance Program $500
90.404 2018 Hava Election Security Grants $475
21.016 Equitable Sharing $138
94.011 Foster Grandparent Program $43