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Report Summary
Department of Human Services: Homelessness and Housing Support Grants
Performance Audit

Financial Audit Division August 2022


Conclusions

The Department of Human Services generally did not have adequate internal controls to ensure compliance with applicable legal requirements over homelessness and housing support grants. The department had significant control deficiencies related to the management of homelessness and housing support grants. Further, the department did not always comply with the significant legal requirements related to grants management.

Findings

  • Finding 1.  The Department of Human Services did not comply with state requirements to document and retain conflict of interest disclosures for its COVID-19 response emergency services grants. (p. 17)

  • Finding 2.  The Department of Human Services did not always accurately calculate scores and retain scoring documentation for grant proposals submitted for its competitive grants. (p. 18)

  • Finding 3.  The Department of Human Services did not document its decisions regarding which service providers should receive COVID-19 response emergency services grant funding or the amounts awarded. (p. 20)

  • Finding 4.  The Department of Human Services could not demonstrate that the review committee approved some payments made to service providers for COVID-19 response emergency services grants. (p. 21)

  • Finding 5.  The Department of Human Services did not assess the financial stability of nongovernmental entities before making grant awards, as required by the Office of Grants Management policy. (p. 22)

  • Finding 6.  The Department of Human Services did not ensure grantees submitted required progress reports and issued payments to grantees with past-due progress reports for its recurring homelessness and housing support grants. (p. 23)

  • Finding 7.  The Department of Human Services did not perform required monitoring visits and financial reconciliations for some grants, as required by the Office of Grants Management policies. (p. 25)

  • Finding 8.  The Department of Human Services did not timely and accurately reconcile advance payments and may not have collected all unexpended funds. (p. 27)

  • Finding 9. The Department of Human Services did not perform closeout evaluations of some grantees, as required by the Office of Grants Management policy. (p. 29)

More Information

Office of the Legislative Auditor, Room 140, 658 Cedar St., St. Paul, MN 55155 : legislative.auditor@state.mn.us or 651‑296‑4708