program-integrity-effective-fiscal-management-practices

Reason(s) for non-compliance: • The Lead Agency is on a corrective action plan (CAP) for an error rate over 10% reflecting that not all of its fiscal management and internal control practices are sufficiently effective, as required by 98.68(a). (Plan Questions 10.1.2, 10.1.3, 10.1.4, 10.1.5a, and 10.1.6a) Overall Target Completion Date: 08/01/2026 Action Step Number Action Step Description Target Completion Date 1 OCFS to conduct case file reviews annually. 03/31/2025 2 OCFS to gather information during annual site visits and assess district barriers. 03/31/2025 3 OCFS to review district settings in CCTA for districts that use CCTA. 06/30/2025 4 OCFS to formulate and administer income calculation and family share work sheet for districts to follow. 12/31/2025 5 OCFS to conduct quarterly examiner calls to provide clarification and regulation and policy support. 03/31/2026 6 OCFS to host bi-annual meetings with districts where review of policy and expectations will occur. 03/31/2026 7 OCFS to encourage districts to review training calendar and engage in relevant training, to aid with this, OCFS will disseminate a training newsletter. Staff attendance at trainings will be reviewed and discussed during site visits 03/31/2026 8 OCFS to evaluate the potential of development of additional income calculation tools for districts to utilize. 03/31/2026 9 OCFS to reduce the error rate to below 10% reflecting that its fiscal management and internal control practices are sufficiently effective, as required by 98.68(a). 07/30/2026