Federal Program Issue

Department's Assertion
First Year Reported

Page Number
Nutrition Services Incentive Program Issue: Aging lacks internal controls to ensure it identifies the federal agency name to its subgrantees at the time of the award. Further, Aging lacks adequate procedures that require staff to document the specific procedures they performed during site visits or the documents they reviewed to support their conclusions.

Department's Assertion: Fully corrected. All contracts now include the name of the federal grantee agency as recommended by the Bureau of State Audits. The monitoring team has updated procedures with instructions to staff to retain backup documents to support their findings in the permanent monitoring file.
2007-08

141
Special Programs for the Aging- Title III, Part B- Grants for Supportive Services and Senior Centers Issue: Aging lacks internal controls to ensure it identifies the federal agency name to its subgrantees at the time of the award. Further, Aging lacks adequate procedures that require staff to document the specific procedures they performed during site visits or the documents they reviewed to support their conclusions.

Department's Assertion: Fully corrected. All contracts now include the name of the federal grantee agency as recommended by the Bureau of State Audits. The monitoring team has updated procedures with instructions to staff to retain backup documents to support their findings in the permanent monitoring file.
2007-08

141
Special Programs for the Aging- Title III, Part C- Nutrition Services Issue: Aging lacks internal controls to ensure it identifies the federal agency name to its subgrantees at the time of the award. Further, Aging lacks adequate procedures that require staff to document the specific procedures they performed during site visits or the documents they reviewed to support their conclusions.

Department's Assertion: Fully corrected. All contracts now include the name of the federal grantee agency as recommended by the Bureau of State Audits. The monitoring team has updated procedures with instructions to staff to retain backup documents to support their findings in the permanent monitoring file.
2007-08

141

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