Federation of Appalachian Housing Enterprises, Inc.Non-Profit

Finding No. 2025-001 Federal Agency: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Federal Program Title: Rural Development Cooperative Agreement Program Federal Assistance Listing Number: 10.890 Compliance Requirements: Reporting Criteria Under the requirements of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (Pub. L. No. 109- 282), as amended by Section 6202 of Pub. L. No. 110-252, hereafter referred to as the "FFATA" that are codified in 2 CFR Part 170, recipients (i.e., direct recipients) of grants or cooperative agreements are required to report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more to the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act Subaward Reporting System ("FSRS"). The subawards are required to be reported no later than the last day of the month following the month in which the subaward obligation was made or modified. Condition We were unable to determine if internal controls were in place during FY2025 to ensure FFATA reporting was performed, and subawards entered into by Federation of Appalachian Housing Enterprises, Inc. over $30,000 were not reported. Cause Federation of Appalachian Housing Enterprises, Inc.'s federal grant compliance controls did not address the general administrative controls over ensuring FFATA reporting is performed as required. Effect or Potential Effect FFATA reporting was not performed timely and accurately. Questioned Costs None Context For the year ended June 30, 2025, Federation of Appalachian Housing Enterprises, Inc. had five subawards totaling approximately $864,465 that met the FFATA reporting requirements but were not reported. The federal award identification numbers (FAINs) for these awards are pending from the USDA and are required to complete the FFATA reporting Identification as a Repeat Finding No Recommendation We recommend that the Organization establish policies, procedures, and controls to ensure that the required information is reported in the FFATA Subaward Reporting System on a timely basis.View of Responsible Officials Federation of Appalachian Housing Enterprises, Inc. acknowledges that we should have been filing information for all of our grantees over $30,000 on the FFATA Sub-award Reporting System website. We have a remediation plan in place to ensure that all past grantees over $30,000 are registered on the website, and we have included FFATA registration as a step in the creation of all future RDCA grantees.