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Report Number:

2006-042

Report Title:

Department of Elder Affairs - Operational Audit

Report Period:

07/2003 - 02/2005

Release Date:

10/12/2005

The Department of Elder Affairs is primarily responsible for administering human services programs for the elderly.  Our audit for the period July 2003 through February 2005 focused primarily on wait list management, contract monitoring, and various administrative functions.  Our audit disclosed the following:

Finding No. 1:         Medicaid waiver programs had significant surpluses at fiscal year-end even as a large number of clients waited to be served.

Finding No. 2:         Improvements are needed in wait list management of the Department’s home and community-based services programs.

Finding No. 3:         Department controls related to monitoring cellular telephone usage were not always effective.

The Secretary of the Department's response is included in its entirety at the end of this report as Exhibit C.