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Child Nutrition Cluster ?School Nutrition Program ? Assistance Listing #10.555 and Summer Food Service Program ? Assistance Listing #10.559 2022-007 ? Significant Deficiency in Controls over Compliance and Compliance Finding: Double Reporting of Student Counts Conditions and Criteria: West Catholic schools has multiple grants they have applied for and are eligible to participate in. These grants include the School Nutrition Program, the Summer Food Service Program, and the Child Care and Adult Care Food Program. These programs all involve the food service programs operated by the schools associated with West Catholic Schools. These programs overlapped during August, February, and March. Cause/Context: During August the School Nutrition program and the Summer Food Service program were operating at the same time. This is reasonable given that school starts during the last week of August. There were two schools that claimed reimbursement for both the Summer Food Service and the School Nutrition program. These schools were Holy Trinity and West Catholic High School. The Summer Food Service program is eligible for Breakfast and Lunch which is also available from the School Nutrition Program. During August Holy Trinity had a count of 327 lunches served reported on the state?s website for both the School Nutrition Program and the Summer Food Service Program. During the same month, West Catholic High School reported 873 students being served lunch on for both the School Nutrition Program and the Summer Food Service Program. Both grants are reimbursed at the same rate. Questioned Costs: $5,181 During February and March the School Nutrition program and the Child Care and Adult Care Food programs both made claims. This is not unusual as the Child Care and Adult Care program operates before and after school hours. During February there were two schools that claimed reimbursement for both the School Nutrition program and the Child Care and Adult Care program. These schools were Our Lady of Consolation and St. Anthony of Padua. The Child Care and Adult Care program offers snack and supper services. During February, Our land of Consolation reported 302 snacks served for both the Child Care and Adult Care program and the School Nutrition program. During the same month St. Anthony of Padua reported 302 snacks for Child Care and Adult Care program and 305 for the School Nutrition program. During March, only St. Thomas The Apostle school claimed reimbursement for both the School Nutrition program and the Child Care and Adult Care program. The March claim for St. Thomas the Apostle included 331 students served reported to the Child Care and Adult Care program and the School Nutrition program. Questioned Costs: $935 Views of Responsible Officials and Planned Corrective Actions: We concur with the findings of the auditors. We have developed a plan to address the findings, and are actively working to implement that plan. The corrective action plan is attached to this report.