Finding 789387 (2022-010)

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Requirement
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Questioned Costs
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Year
2022
Accepted
2023-03-26
Audit: 250852
Organization: Park County (MT)

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: The county failed to comply with key provisions of the Challenge Cost Share Agreement, specifically regarding employee eligibility and reporting requirements.
  • Impacted Requirements: Non-compliance with the I-9 form completion for contractor employees and the submission of Program Performance Reports.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: Designate a county official to ensure understanding and adherence to all program requirements moving forward.

Finding Text

NONCOMPLIANCE WITH SPECIAL TESTS AND PROVISIONS REQUIREMENTS, SCHOOLS AND ROADS-GRANTS TO STATES; AL No. 10.665; GRANT No. 21-CS-11011100-005, YEAR ENDED JUNE 30 2022 Criteria: The Challenge Cost Share Agreement between Park County and the USDA, Forest Service establishes conditions which must be understood and agreed to by the county too secure funding under the Schools and Roads ? Grants to States grant program. Condition: The county did not adhere to the following provisions of the Challenge Cost Share Agreement: 1. Ensure that all employees of the contractor complete the I-9 form to certify that they are eligible for lawful employment under the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 USC 1324a). 2. Prepare and submit Program Performance Reports (PPR) Cause: The county does not have a system in place that will allow full compliance with all program terms and conditions. Effect: Non-compliance with program terns and conditions. Questioned Costs: None Recommendation: The commissioners should designate a county official to become familiar with and be responsible for all program requirements. Views of responsible officials and planned corrective action: The government agrees with this finding and will adhere to the attached corrective action plan.

Categories

Special Tests & Provisions Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking

Other Findings in this Audit

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
20.509 Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program $317,890
10.665 Schools and Roads - Grants to States $294,886
97.067 Homeland Security Grant Program $215,025
97.036 Disaster Grants - Public Assistance (presidentially Declared Disasters) $197,386
93.323 Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases (elc) $80,354
10.557 Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children $53,541
16.710 Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants $49,060
16.588 Violence Against Women Formula Grants $47,816
93.074 Hospital Preparedness Program (hpp) and Public Health Emergency Preparedness (phep) Aligned Cooperative Agreements $39,574
97.042 Emergency Management Performance Grants $37,500
21.027 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds $36,099
16.738 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program $28,744
10.680 Forest Health Protection $25,667
90.401 Help America Vote Act Requirements Payments $16,582
16.034 Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding Program $14,806
93.994 Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant to the States $13,183
20.106 Airport Improvement Program $9,000
14.228 Community Development Block Grants/state's Program and Non-Entitlement Grants in Hawaii $8,401
21.019 Coronavirus Relief Fund $7,687
93.268 Immunization Cooperative Agreements $5,973
10.664 Cooperative Forestry Assistance $5,923
93.136 Injury Prevention and Control Research and State and Community Based Programs $5,000
10.578 Wic Grants to States (wgs) $3,880
93.052 National Family Caregiver Support, Title Iii, Part E $3,300
93.354 Public Health Emergency Response: Cooperative Agreement for Emergency Response: Public Health Crisis Response $400