Institutional Federal Compliance Report 2021

ANDREW M. CUOMO Governor ROBERT F. MUJICA JR. Director of the Budget

SANDRA L. BEATTIE First Deputy Director CHARLES WILLIAMS Deputy Director

201 8 -1 9 Prior-Year Finding Summary

Prior-Year Audit Period:

State Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2017

State Agency:

NYS Education Department

Single Audit Contact:

Karen Bates

Title:

Auditor 2

Telephone:

518-474-5864

E-mail Address:

Karen.Bates@nysed.gov

Prior-Year Audit Report Page Reference:

59

Prior-Year Finding Number:

2018 - 017

Status Report on Prior-Year Finding – Agencies are required to add a full status report regardless if no change from previous update:

The Department agrees with the findings.

• Audit findings were shared with District Office Managers, Directors of Counseling and Senior Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors. Corrected • District Office Managers reviewed audit findings with their management team and staff. Corrected • Supervisors monitor and review IPEs and purchase of services for compliance with ACCES-VR policy and NYS purchasing requirements. Partially Corrected • Train staff- A training strategy was created to ensure that staff receive pertinent training on policy, procedure, regulation, CaMS case management tools and best practices. The Quality Assurance and Monitoring Unit is scheduled to meet with the Training Unit to share findings from case reviews conducted over the last 12 mos. Findings will be used to inform training curriculum and fine tune training. Training will be initiated in the form of train-the trainer, video-conf and webex. Partially Corrected; anticipated completion is 12/31/2019 • Quality Assurance and Monitoring Unit continues to monitor for measurable, statewide improvement and provide updates to Central Office leadership. These