Implement controls to ensure that all future check request forms are complete for proper tracking in its accounting records and authorized approver verifies source documentation is attached prior to check issuance for future program expenses as required by its own policies and procedures.
Publication Report
2017-LA-1007 | Agosto 24, 2017
The Chukchansi Indian Housing Authority, Oakhurst, CA, Did Not Always Follow HUD’s Requirements for Its Indian Housing Block Grant Program
We audited the Chukchansi Indian Housing Authority (Authority) Indian Housing Block Grant program due to a hotline complaint. The complaint alleged that the Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians (tribe) had overstated tribal enrollment numbers... másRelated Recommendations
Public and Indian Housing
- Status2017-LA-1007-001-AOpenClosedClosed on Junio 13, 2018$308,657.00Funds Put to Better Use
Recommendations that funds be put to better use estimate funds that could be used more efficiently. For example, recommendations that funds be put to better use could result in reductions in spending, deobligation of funds, or avoidance of unnecessary spending.
SummaryRecapture the $248,222 in excess program funds from the Authority and allocate in the pool for other tribes to use in meeting program objectives.
- Status2017-LA-1007-001-BOpenClosedClosed on Septiembre 24, 2019$1,746,658.00Questioned Costs
Recommendations with questioned costs identify costs: (A] resulting from an alleged violation of a law, regulation, contract, grant, or other document or agreement governing the use of Federal funds; (B] that are not supported by adequate documentation (also known as an unsupported cost]; or (C] that appear unnecessary or unreasonable.
SummaryRequire the Authority to provide source documentation to determine the accuracy of the tribal enrollment numbers reported in 2015 and 2016. Based on those supported numbers, HUD should recapture or offset the unsupported amounts from the awarded $1,746,658 in program funds that resulted from under or overstated tribal enrollment numbers.
- Summary
Require the Authority to establish and implement controls and formal written policies and procedures to ensure that accurate tribal enrollment numbers are reported to the Formula Service Center and HUD for future grant years.
- Status2017-LA-1007-002-AOpenClosedClosed on Mayo 30, 2018$548.00Questioned Costs
Recommendations with questioned costs identify costs: (A] resulting from an alleged violation of a law, regulation, contract, grant, or other document or agreement governing the use of Federal funds; (B] that are not supported by adequate documentation (also known as an unsupported cost]; or (C] that appear unnecessary or unreasonable.
SummarySupport the eligibility of the reported $548 in unsupported program costs or repay its program using non-Federal funds.