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Consolidated Report of FNS and Selected State Agencies’ Controls Over SFSP

Report Information

Date Issued
Report Number:
27601-0005-41
Report Type
Audit
Component
Food and Nutrition Service
Description
OIG consolidated the relevant results and common control issues of six SFSP audits at FNS and four States and determined whether any additional controls were needed to enhance SFSP efficiency and effectiveness.
Joint Report
No
Agency Wide
No (location specific)
Location(s)

United States

Funds for Better Use
$6,089,279
View report on Oversight.gov

Recommendations

Revise guidance to provide instructions to State agencies on how to monitor and verify the sponsors’ use of unused reimbursements, including directions for cross-program reviews and sufficient followup, and to define what constitutes an “excessive gap” for unused reimbursement corrective action requirements.

Revise guidance to define the SFSP regulatory term “net cash resources” and provide instructions to sponsors and State agencies on how to identify and calculate the amounts.

Provide State agencies with training and establish monitoring procedures for FNS to ensure its newly issued guidance (in Recommendations 10-12) is implemented and functioning effectively.

Develop procedures for FNS ME reviewers to expand their review to independently verify key State agencies’ responses to ME oversight questions, such as periodically sampling and reviewing sponsor-level documentation.

Provide ME reviewers with training to ensure its newly issued procedures (in Recommendation 14) are correctly implemented.