Recurring Findings

Social Services: Recurring Less severe Noncompliance
Federal Program	Issue	First Year Reported
Federal Program	Department's Assertion	Page Number
Child Welfare Services- State Grants	Social Services did not include all required federal award information in its award letter to counties or its noncounty subrecipients.	2006-07
Child Welfare Services- State Grants	The 2007 finding is partially corrected. Social Services has a corrective action plan in place to for the 2008 finding.	142
Promoting Safe and Stable Families	Social Services did not include all required federal award information in its award letter to counties or its noncounty subrecipients.	2006-07
Promoting Safe and Stable Families	Remains uncorrected/agrees with finding. Social Services will correct the problem through the release of an annual county fiscal letter that will identify the general federal award information for the counties. Social Services will work with the federal granting agency (Administration for Children and Families) to notify subrecipients of the federal award information and relevant federal laws and regulations that govern the grant award.	142
Refugee and Entrant Assistance- State Administered Programs	Social Services cannot substantiate the payroll expenditures it charged to the Refugee Program in fiscal year 2006- 07 and 2007-08.	2006-07
Refugee and Entrant Assistance- State Administered Programs	Partially corrected. Social Services’ Refugee Programs Bureau (RPB) will continue the time study process for a period of one year from March 2008 through March 2009, using the results from the study for comparison to the percentages reported on the 2006–07 Time Reporting Summaries.	82
Refugee and Entrant Assistance- State Administered Programs	Social Services did not include all required federal award information in its award letter to counties or its noncounty subrecipients.	2006-07
Refugee and Entrant Assistance- State Administered Programs	The 2007 finding is partially corrected. Social Services has a corrective action plan in place to for the 2008 finding.	141
TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families)	Social Services did not include all required federal award information in its award letter to counties or its noncounty subrecipients.	2006-07
TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families)	The 2007 finding is partially corrected. Social Services has a corrective action plan in place to for the 2008 finding.	141