Audit Report on the Compliance of Seamen’s Society for Children and Families with Foster and Child Care Payment Regulations

Audit Recommendations

We recommend that Seamen’s include only allowable program expenses in its “Report of Actual Expenditures DSS-2652.” In addition, we recommend that ACS remit $10,501 in additional funding for Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001 to Seamen’s, and ensure that it complies with the report’s recommendation.

ACS Response

ACS, which also responded on behalf of Seamen’s, stated that it will remit to Seamen’s $10,501 in additional funding for Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001, and will ensure that Seamen’s includes only allowable expenses in the “Report of Actual Expenditures DSS-2652.”

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¹The recalculated operating per diem rate after deducting the disallowed expenses did not result in any recoupment of funds from the Seamen’s Foster Boarding Home, Emergency Foster Boarding Home, and Special Needs Foster Boarding Home programs.