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Report Number: 2008-013
Report Title: Department of Elder Affairs - Assessed Prioritized Consumer List and Administrative Functions - Operational Audit
Report Period: 07/01/2005 - 02/28/2007
Release Date: 09/06/2007

This operational audit of the Department of Elder Affairs for the period July 2005 through February 2007 focused on the Department’s actions related to managing the Assessed Prioritized Consumer List, contractual services, and tangible personal property and correcting the deficiencies noted in our prior audit (report No. 2006-042, dated October 2005).  Our audit disclosed the following:

With the exception of the following findings, our audit disclosed that for the controls and related transactions tested, the controls were operating effectively, transactions were accurately recorded in applicable records, and the Department demonstrated compliance with applicable significant laws, rules, and other guidelines.

Finding No. 1:         For the Department’s home and community-based programs, improvements continue to be needed in the management of the Assessed Prioritized Consumer List.

Finding No. 2:        The Department did not always timely and correctly record property acquisitions in its property records.

Finding No. 3:        Property deletion records did not always sufficiently describe the details of property dispositions.

The Secretary's response is included at the end of this report as Appendix B.