DuPage County, IL, Did Not Always Comply With Federal Requirements Regarding the Administration of Its Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Program

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We audited DuPage County’s Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery program.  The audit was part of the activities in our fiscal year 2017 annual audit plan.  We selected the County’s program for review because the County had spent the most program funds authorized under the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act of 2013 in Region 5’s jurisdiction.[1]  Our objective was to determine whether the County administered its program in accordance with Federal requirements. The County did not always comply with Federal requirements regarding the administration of its program.&nbs

The City of Jacksonville, FL’s HOME Investment Partnerships Program Was Not Always Administered in Accordance With HUD Requirements

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We audited the City of Jacksonville, FL’s HOME Investment Partnerships program as part of the activities in our annual audit plan.  Our audit objective was to determine whether the City administered its HOME program in accordance with applicable U.S.

The City of Chattanooga, TN, Did Not Always Administer Its ESG Program in Accordance With HUD’s Requirements

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We audited the City of Chattanooga’s Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) program.  We selected the City for review in accordance with our annual audit plan.  Our audit objective was to determine whether the City administered its ESG program in accordance with HUD’s requirements. The City did not always administer its ESG program in accordance with HUD’s requirements.  Specifically, it did not ensure that program expenditures were adequately supported, payments to subrecipients and drawdowns from HUD’s system were timely, and matching requirements for the subrecipients were sufficie

Travelers Aid Society of Metropolitan Detroit, Detroit, MI, Did Not Always Administer Its Continuum of Care Program in Accordance With Federal Regulations

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We audited Travelers Aid Society of Metropolitan Detroit’s Continuum of Care program.  The audit was part of the activities in our fiscal year 2017 annual audit plan.  We selected Travelers Aid’s program based on a request from the Director of the U.S.

The State of New York Did Not Show That Disaster Recovery Funds under Its Non-Federal Share Match Program Were Used for Eligible and Supported Costs

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We audited the State of New York’s Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery-funded Non-Federal Share Match Program.  We conducted this audit because the State had used approximately $223 million for the program as of December 2016 and a U.S.

San Sebastian Fine Arts Center, Office of the Commissioner for Municipal Affairs, San Juan, PR, State Block Grant Program

We audited the Office of the Commissioner for Municipal Affairs’ (OCMA) Puerto Rico State Community Development Block Grant program.  We selected OCMA for review based on concerns regarding the slow progress of the Municipality of San Sebastian’s fine arts center.  The objective of this audit was to determine whether OCMA effectively used State Block Grant funds on a fine arts center that met a national objective of the program and fully provided the intended benefits. OCMA did not ensure that State Block Grant funds used for the construction of San Sebastian’s fine arts center proje
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