Reports

Develop and implement controls to ensure more efficient use of statutory grant funds, which should include performing data analytics on grant spending and performance data.

Establish and implement procedures to collect and analyze detailed financial data on career services expenditures, which should include identifying the reason for the growth in career services.

Develop and implement controls to ensure ETA leadership and other stakeholders are aware of the complete administrative costs—including those of workforce entities currently exempt from reporting administrative costs—incurred by the WIOA statutory grant programs.

Develop guidance for grant recipients and subrecipients to clarify how to determine if an expenditure materially increases the value or useful life of a capital asset.

Establish a dollar threshold for construction projects over which grant recipients need to obtain approval from ETA.

Remedy the $998,253 in questioned costs associated with construction.

Remedy the $23,718 in questioned costs due to not reconciling the provisional rate with the final indirect cost rate.

Remedy the $14,581 in questioned costs associated with the Texas State Board director’s salary expense charged directly to the statutory grant programs.

Develop guidance that clarifies what documentation is required to support individualized career services provided to participants by grant recipients and subrecipients.

Ensure ETA officials responsible for monitoring grant recipients enforce the documentation requirements in their grant agreements.