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11 <br /> Coasorschied A°°Oe'C1 I.Fool Page 9 of 19 <br /> have been approved and certified. The"Certification"verifies that the total State and Federal <br /> expenditures reported are valid for the pertinent month's actual expenditures. Local expenditures are <br /> part of the Expenditure Report,but are not included in the amount verified in the"Certification." Local <br /> appropriations must be reported monthly along with the State and Federal expenditures. <br /> b. Departments shall keep expenditure reporting current and submit their certification of expenditures per <br /> the published DHHS Controller's Office Schedule. Funding is based on an Allocation Method,not a <br /> Contract Method,and counties receive reimbursement for services provided during one month in the <br /> following month. Therefore,the last service month to be paid in the SFY will be May services which <br /> are reported and paid in June. <br /> A department's June,2009 expenditure report will be paid in July,2009 and will be paid from a <br /> department's funding allocation for SFY 2009-10.Therefore a department will need to submit all <br /> requests for adjustments,corrections,or amendments to expenditure reports for fiscal year 08-09, <br /> with the May,2009 expenditure report. <br /> e. Expenditures of federal funds must be reported according to the funding period for a grant. Care must <br /> be taken to be attentive to the service month/payment months for each grant as well as the ending <br /> settlement date for a grant. (For example,a grant which ends November 30 will have 6 service/payment <br /> months charged against it: 1)June 2009 service month/paid in July; 2)July service month/paid in <br /> August;3)August service month/paid in September;4)September service month/paid in October;5) <br /> October service month/paid in November;and 6)November service month/paid either in December.or <br /> before the ending date of that grant's settlement period. In this example the remaining 6 <br /> service/payment months will be December service month/paid in January through May service <br /> month/paid in June,2009.) For each Grant,the budgetary estimate,funding authorization and <br /> agreement addendum will have service/payment month dates listed <br /> d. The Department shall submit the final LHD Expenditure Report(Electronic,via the Aid-to-Counties <br /> Website)for all programs to the DHHS Controller's Office according to the schedule published annually <br /> in November or December for the next Calendar Year by the DHHS Controller's Office. The May <br /> Services/Paid in June will be the final report period paid from the SFY. Services provided in <br /> June and reported in July will be paid out of the next SFY. <br /> e. The Department shall have the opportunity to submit amended expenditure reports as soon as the error is <br /> discovered. A Department Should Not Wait To Submit All Adjustments With The Invoice Submitted <br /> To The Controller's Office At The End Of May As That Will Not Allow Sufficient Time For <br /> Verification Of The Adjustments Before The Last Payment In The State Fiscal Year. <br /> 1) In accordance with item 4.c,above,each department must be mindful to keep current on reporting <br /> adjustments against federal funds to ensure such adjustment is received in time to be paid within the <br /> grant period for that grant. <br /> 2) The Department shall review their prior reimbursement claims against payments monthly. <br /> 3) Amended reports(with the exception of WIC,FP and SFSP)must be submitted no later than the <br /> next reporting date after the grant period ends in order to be paid. (Example: if the grant period <br /> ends 9/30/09,the amended report must be received by the Controller's Office no later than the next <br /> reporting date after that—i.e.,October's reporting date.) <br /> 4) The only adjustments, if any,that should be submitted with the May service expenditure report <br /> submitted in June would be any missed on the prior month's claim. If a department waits until the <br /> May service month expenditure report submission to report adjustments,the DHHS Controller's <br /> Office cannot guarantee those adjustments can be verified in time for the June payment. <br />