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ODJFS monitoring finds Athens County charged federal funds for building costs; $100,000 in HAPCAP bed-bug work ruled unallowable under TANF
Summary
Ohio Department of Job and Family Services auditors told the Athens County Board of Commissioners that routine monitoring found federal funds were used for building-related expenses and other unallowable charges; ODJFS identified about $100,000 tied to a HAPCAP bed-bug program lacking required PRC documentation and issued a report requiring recoding to local funds.
The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services told the Athens County Board of Commissioners on April 20 that a routine monitoring review found federal funds had been charged to building-related expenses and other costs that are not allowable under federal grant rules.
Sabrina Jamison, the ODJFS project and process liaison who presented the findings, said the agency issued a formal monitoring report identifying those costs and requiring the county to recode them to local funds. Jamison also said a deeper review of staff activity coding using Random Moment Sampling (RMS) showed staff time had been misallocated to grants for activities that were not allowable, contributing to a larger financial adjustment.
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