Finding Text
Federal Agency: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Program: Emergency Solutions Grant & Emergency Solutions Grant – CV (CFDA No. 14.231)
Finding Type: Significant Deficiency
Questioned Costs: None
Condition: The Coalition does not have controls in place to ensure that level of effort and
earmarking grant requirements are met.
Criteria: The Coalition should have controls in place in order to provide reasonable assurance that
level of effort, and earmarking grant requirements are met.
Cause: Lack of proper controls over grant compliance requirements.
Effect: The situation provides an opportunity for specific benchmarks within grant agreements to
not be met and detected promptly.
Recommendation: The Coalition should implement controls to ensure that all level of effort,
earmarking, and other benchmarks as indicated in the grant agreements are met.
Views of Responsible Officials and Planned Corrective Action: The Coalition shall maintain
ongoing and updated guidance compliance requirements regarding the deliverables and
administrative fees on each individual funding source as stated in grant documents and
amendments from private, state, and federal sources. It will be the responsibility of executive staff
to review on a monthly basis to make sure current guidance is followed.