After More Than 6 Years, The City of New Orleans' National Disaster Resilience Project Activities Had Made Little Impact on Resilience, New Orleans, LA
We recommend that HUD require the City to support or repay, from nonfederal funds, $5,078 in the square footage overcharge for work not completed, according to the project design and invoice documentation.
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After More Than 6 Years, The City of New Orleans' National Disaster Resilience Project Activities Had Made Little Impact on Resilience, New Orleans, LA
We recommend that HUD require the City to provide supporting documentation for the 4 program participants that did not have adequate income documentation. If the supporting documentation cannot be provided, repay, from nonfederal funds, $99,347.
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After More Than 6 Years, The City of New Orleans' National Disaster Resilience Project Activities Had Made Little Impact on Resilience, New Orleans, LA
We recommend that HUD require the City to since the property updates have been completed for the 24 program participants that did not receive the green infrastructure training, provide documentation that any subsequent program participants completed the green infrastructure training workshop Read More
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Financial Information Collected From CDBG Grantees Needs Improvement
Develop comprehensive guidance and training for grantees on how to prepare the PR 29 report to ensure that the information collected is reliable, accurate, timely, and in compliance with the Uniform Administrative Guidance for Grants and Cooperative Agreements, specifically 2 CFR 200.302(a)(b) and Read More
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Financial Information Collected From CDBG Grantees Needs Improvement
Follow up with the four grantees without adequate supporting documentation and assess their compliance with the financial management requirements in 2 CFR 200.302(b)(3), which require the financial management system of each non-Federal entity to provide for records that adequately identify the Read More
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Financial Information Collected From CDBG Grantees Needs Improvement
Update the CPD Monitoring Handbook to incorporate the review of the PR 29 report when performing financial monitoring reviews.
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Financial Information Collected From CDBG Grantees Needs Improvement
Develop written procedures on how to review PR 29 report submissions and monitor resubmissions, late submissions, and nonsubmissions.
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Financial Information Collected From CDBG Grantees Needs Improvement
Determine how often grantees’ requests for reimbursement contain cost outside the quarter and in coordination with OCFO, evaluate CPD’s grant accrual methodology and assumptions to ensure that it adequately considers the impact of these late cost reimbursements.
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Financial Information Collected From CDBG Grantees Needs Improvement
Develop guidance that encourages grantees to draw down funds for reimbursement on a regular schedule, not less than quarterly.
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Financial Information Collected From CDBG Grantees Needs Improvement
Work with OCFO to ensure that CPD collects and reports to OCFO all of the information needed to properly account for all CPD activities in HUD’s financial statements in accordance with Federal financial reporting requirements and accounting standards.
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Financial Information Collected From CDBG Grantees Needs Improvement
Update Line 4 - Cash (grant funds) disbursed during the reporting period in the PR 29 report to allow grantees to report all CDBG grant funds disbursed, including funds that have not yet been drawn down from HUD for reimbursement.
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Financial Information Collected From CDBG Grantees Needs Improvement
Obtain the required approvals under PRA for the PR 29 report.
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Financial Information Collected From CDBG Grantees Needs Improvement
Determine whether the funds that were drawn in error need to be repaid to HUD and whether other remediation actions are appropriate.
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HUD Charge Card Programs Risk Assessments
Develop a standard operating procedure for the monthly transaction review that aligns with the HUD policy and includes specific procedures on how to (1) identify and review common transactions that raise the level of risk in the program (for example, personal use purchases, other prohibited Read More
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HUD Charge Card Programs Risk Assessments
Develop and fully implement a departmentwide policy for the monthly transaction review process that requires program office participation and timely completion of the review and certification.
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HUD Charge Card Programs Risk Assessments
Update OCFO’s travel card monitoring procedures to obtain, review, and monitor the IBA Use report on a regular basis to ensure compliance with purchases required to be made on the government travel card.
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The Puerto Rico Housing Finance Authority's Homebuyer Assistance Program Positively Impacted Participants but May Not Have Distributed Disaster Recovery Funds Equitably
Work with PRDOH to determine whether its current method of measuring how many applicants purchased their home through the program is the best way to measure the HBA program’s impact.
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The Puerto Rico Housing Finance Authority's Homebuyer Assistance Program Positively Impacted Participants but May Not Have Distributed Disaster Recovery Funds Equitably
Based on the results of recommendation 1A, update the HBA guidelines and the Puerto Rico disaster recovery action plan.
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The Puerto Rico Housing Finance Authority's Homebuyer Assistance Program Positively Impacted Participants but May Not Have Distributed Disaster Recovery Funds Equitably
Instruct PRDOH and PRHFA to develop and implement clear and consistent guidelines and procedures that establish a verifiable methodology for determining the amount of financial awards granted to eligible HBA participants.
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The Puerto Rico Housing Finance Authority's Homebuyer Assistance Program Positively Impacted Participants but May Not Have Distributed Disaster Recovery Funds Equitably
Include, as part of the revised procedures, a requirement to document within each case in SSP a detailed (1) calculation of the household income and (2) the analysis and computations conducted by the PRHFA underwriter for determining the amount of the financial assistance award.
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