Compare current participant and financial data to the EIV and PIC system data to ensure that all participant data were accurately submitted and reported.
2017-FW-1005 | Abril 25, 2017
The Hammond Housing Authority’s, Hammond, LA, Administration of Its Housing Choice Voucher Program Had Weaknesses
Public and Indian Housing
- Status2017-FW-1005-001-HOpenClosed
- Status2017-FW-1005-001-IOpenClosed
Revise its administrative plan to ensure that it accurately reflects current HUD requirements and the Authority’s current policies and procedures.
- Status2017-FW-1005-001-JOpenClosed
Provide training to its staff to ensure that it is familiar with all HUD documentation and reporting requirements.
2017-BO-1005 | Abril 21, 2017
Health Concepts Ltd’s., Providence, RI Service Charges at FHA-Insured Nursing Homes Did Not Always Comply With Management Agreements.
Housing
- Status2017-BO-1005-001-AOpenClosed
Develop and implement adequate controls over payments for services that are part of the management fee.
- Status2017-BO-1005-001-BOpenClosed
Amend and resubmit the management agreements and the management certifications for HUD approval and ensure that the agreements do not conflict with the management certifications.
- Status2017-BO-1005-001-COpenClosed
Identify all unallowable fees and reimburse from non-project funds.
2017-LA-1001 | Abril 13, 2017
Clark County, NV, Did Not Always Use Community Development Block Grant Funds in Accordance With HUD Requirements
Community Planning and Development
- Status2017-LA-1001-001-AOpenClosed$1,663,758Questioned 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.
Support the reasonableness of the amount paid for the food facility consolidation and expansion project or repay the program $1,663,758 from non-Federal funds.
- Status2017-LA-1001-001-BOpenClosed$596,126Questioned 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.
Correct any citations from the Southern Nevada Health District at the Pettiti public pool before May 2017 using non-Federal funds or repay the entire project cost of $596,126 from non-Federal funds and support the reasonableness of the change orders for the Pettiti pool project or repay the program from non-Federal funds.
- Status2017-LA-1001-001-COpenClosed$2,809Questioned 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.
Support the cost reasonableness of $2,809 in change orders for the ADA pool improvement project or repay the program from non-Federal funds.
- Status2017-LA-1001-001-DOpenClosed$4,955Questioned 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.
Provide supporting documentation for $4,955 in unsupported costs or repay the program from non-Federal funds.
- Status2017-LA-1001-001-EOpenClosed
Provide support showing that the ADA pool improvement project allows equal and independent access for people with disabilities through a third party or correct the access issue.
- Status2017-LA-1001-001-FOpenClosed
Develop and implement procurement policies and procedures for monitoring subrecipients to ensure that the scope of work developed by its subrecipients is sufficiently detailed to allow contractors to submit informed bids, reducing the number of change orders after the contract, and that its subrecipients do an independent cost analysis before all procurement transactions, including change orders, to ensure that it receives a reasonable price and allows for full and open competition.
- Status2017-LA-1001-001-GOpenClosed
Develop and implement policies and procedures that ensure labor wage interviews are completed and documented.
- Status2017-LA-1001-001-HOpenClosed
Provide training to its staff on CDBG program rules and requirements to ensure that its staff adequately implements policies and procedures.
- Status2017-LA-1001-002-AOpenClosed$2,000,000Questioned 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.
Identify the national objective met for the park project or repay the program $2,000,000 from non-Federal funds.
- Status2017-LA-1001-002-BOpenClosed
Develop monitoring practices to ensure that all projects that use limited clientele criteria exclusively serve the specific population claimed.
- Status2017-LA-1001-003-AOpenClosed$48,323Questioned 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.
Repay $48,323 to the program from non-Federal funds for non-program-related payroll costs.
- Status2017-LA-1001-003-BOpenClosed$573,064Questioned 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.
Determine the allocable amount of CDBG payroll costs for the employees who worked on CDBG and non-CDBG activities and adjust the funding amount as necessary or repay the program $573,064 from non-Federal funds.
- Status2017-LA-1001-003-COpenClosed$71,397Questioned 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.
Repay $71,397 to the program from non-Federal funds for the use of CDBG funds for code enforcement costs related to general government expenses.
- Status2017-LA-1001-003-DOpenClosed$33,603Funds 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.
Revise its code enforcement program to meet CDBG requirements for the remaining $33,603 budgeted or amend the use of the funding to another CDBG-eligible activity.