Department of Health and Human Services

Office of Inspector General -- AUDIT

Complete Text of Report is available in PDF format (436 kb). Copies can also be obtained by contacting the Office of Public Affairs at 202-619-1343.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

Our objective was to determine whether the State agency claimed Title IV-E administrative costs for foster care candidates on behalf of Fairfax County partners in accordance with Federal requirements.  The State agency did not comply with Federal requirements when it claimed Title IV-E administrative costs totaling $5,577,929 (Federal share) for foster care candidates on behalf of Fairfax County partners. 

We recommended that the State agency refund $2,368,902 ($5,577,929 less $3,209,027 previously disallowed by the Administration for Children and Family) in unallowable Title IV-E administrative costs for foster care candidates claimed by the State agency for Fairfax County partners for the period April 2002 through March 2004.

In its comments on our draft report, the State agency generally concurred with our findings.