Finding Text
Finding 2023-001: Earmarking
U.S. Department of Labor - Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Cluster - WIOA Youth Activities (ALN 17.259)
Statement of Condition: South central Workforce Investment Board (SCWIB) did not meet the earmarking requirements for the WIOA Youth services to out-of-school youth and for providing paid and unpaid work experience and did not have internal controls in place to verify this requirement was met.
Criteria: Under section 129 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 section (a)(4)(A) at least 75 percent of funds allotted for Youth Activities must be used to provide youth workforce investment activities for out-of-school youth. Under section 129 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 section (C)(4) not less than 20 percent of Youth Activity funds allocated to the local area must be used to provide paid and unpaid work experience.
Cause: SCWIB did not have proper controls in place to track youth expenditures to ensure that SCWIB was meeting the earmarking requirements of the youth program.
Effect of the Condition: SCWIB did not meet the required expenditures of the WIOA Youth program for services to out-of-school youth or for providing paid and unpaid work experience.
Recommendation: We recommend that SCWIB development and implement a control to track Youth expenditures alongside the earmarking requirements of services for out-of-school youth and paid and unpaid work experience to ensure that SCWIB meets the required earmarking amounts.
Questioned Costs: No questioned costs noted.
Repeat Finding: This is not considered a repeat finding.
Views of Responsible Officials: See separate Corrective Action Plan.