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Finding: The Sponsoring Organization did not monitor each of its sponsored facilities according to Program requirements. CACFP Policy 04-2006 requires that family day care home providers must be reviewed onsite at least three times per year. Two of the three annual reviews must be unannounced, and must be conducted during the home’s regular hours of day care operation. No more than six months may pass between reviews. Only 20% of the providers selected for testing received the required number of reviews. As a result of this finding, errors within the CACFP program could be occurring and go undetected, and providers may be reimbursed for meals that do not meet program standards. Recommendation: The Sponsoring Organization should implement policies and procedures to ensure all required reviews are performed on a timely basis. In addition, due to the increase in the number of family day care homes the Sponsoring Organization added to their program during the year, the Sponsoring Organization should add additional qualified staff to the monitoring program to ensure all required reviews can be performed.