We recommend that the General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, develop and implement guidance for field offices to maintain supporting documentation in their official files with an adequate explanation of procedures performed to verify risk scores assigned, which could include upgrading CPD’s systems to allow for the attachment of supporting documentation for risk analyses.

We recommend that the General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, require field offices to upload referenced supporting documentation into CPD’s system for findings and concerns developed during the monitoring review.

We recommend that the General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, update exhibits to require staff to document procedures performed, provide sufficient explanation to verify procedures performed and conclusions drawn, and reference appropriate supporting documentation.

Repay the program $7,323 from non-Federal funds for ineligible code enforcement costs.

Implement additional policies and procedures to ensure that salaries and wages and cost allocations are charged in compliance with HUD requirements.

Implement additional procedures and controls to ensure that documentation is obtained to support that the limited clientele national objective was met.

Obtain training or technical assistance on CDBG program requirements.

Pursue departmental clearance for the July 25, 2013, guidance that did not go through required departmental clearance. For any items that cannot be appropriately cleared, HUD should take appropriate action to recall the document or policy.

Develop guidance that helps the public understand its options for assistance between CDBG-DR and SBA and how to comply with Federal requirements.

Develop and implement a written methodology for employees’ time allocations for its HUD grant programs in accordance with program requirements.

Provide training on compensation for personal services grant program requirements to employees working on HUD grants.

Support $142,181 spent on payroll allocated to HUD grants or repay the program from non-Federal funds.

Provide supporting documentation or reimburse its Program $81,654 from non-Federal funds for unsupported on-the-job training costs incurred under project FL0220L4D001407.

Provide supporting documentation or reimburse its Program $1,023 from non-Federal funds for unsupported personal cell phone costs incurred under project FL0220L4D001407.

Provide guidance to subrecipients to ensure that (1) on-the-job training hours are supported by source documents, such as signed attendance or time sheets, and (2) personal goods and services are supported by documents that show the allocation between business and personal use.

Report Program income of $31,724 for FL0199L4D001407 to HUD.

Provide supporting documentation to show that participant 87487 from FL0431L4D001403 was chronically homeless or reimburse its Program $15,756.

Perform onsite monitoring of the subrecipient that administered project FL0431L4D001403 to ensure that participants are eligible and annual income re-certifications are performed.

Reimburse NSP2 from non-Federal funds for the $59,523 in ineligible disbursements on the five vouchers.

Provide documentation to support that the $224,868 in NSP2 funds drawn down from the four vouchers was eligible or repay the program from non-Federal funds.