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Consolidated Agreement-FY 13 Page 9 of 22 <br /> The health director and the finance officer will approve the monthly Expenditure Report in the <br /> Aid-to-Counties Website and the system will alert the staff in the DHHS Controller's Office <br /> that expenditures have been approved and certified. The"Certification"verifies that the total <br /> State and Federal expenditures reported are valid for the pertinent month's actual expenditures. <br /> Local expenditures are part of the Expenditure Report,but are not included in the amount <br /> verified in the"Certification." Local appropriations must be reported monthly along with the <br /> State and Federal expenditures. <br /> b. Departments shall keep_expenditure reporting current and submit their certification of <br /> expenditures per the published DHHS Controller's Office Schedule. Funding is based on an <br /> Allocation Method, not a Contract Method, and counties receive reimbursement for services <br /> provided during one month in the following month. Therefore, the last service month to be <br /> paid in the SFY will be May services which are reported and paid in June. <br /> A department's June, 2012 expenditure report will be paid in July, 2012 and will be paid <br /> from a department's funding allocation for SFY 2012-13. Therefore a department will need <br /> to submit all requests for adjustments, corrections, or amendments to expenditure reports <br /> for fiscal year 11-12,with the May, 2012 expenditure report. <br /> c. Expenditures of federal funds must be reported according to the funding period for a grant. <br /> Care must be taken to be attentive to the service month/payment months for each grant as well <br /> as the ending settlement date for a grant. (For example, a grant which ends November 30 will <br /> have 6 service/payment months charged against it: 1) June 2012 service month/paid in July; 2) <br /> July service month/paid in August; 3)August service month/paid in September; 4) September <br /> service month/paid in October; 5) October service month/paid in November; and 6)November <br /> service month/paid either in December, or before the ending date of that grant's settlement <br /> period. In this example the remaining 6 service/payment months will be December service <br /> month/paid in January through May service month/paid in June, 2013.) For each Grant, the <br /> budgetary estimate, funding authorization and agreement addendum will have service/payment <br /> month dates listed. <br /> d. The Department shall submit the final LHD Expenditure Report (Electronic, via the Aid-to- <br /> Counties Website)for all programs to the DHHS Controller's Office according to the schedule <br /> published annually in November or December for the next Calendar Year by the DHHS <br /> Controller's Office. The May Services/Paid in June will be the final report period paid <br /> from the SFY. Services provided in June and reported in July will be paid out of the <br /> next SFY. <br /> e. The Department shall have the opportunity to submit amended expenditure reports in the <br /> month following discovery of the error. A department should not wait to submit all <br /> adjustments with the invoice submitted to the Controller's Office at the end of May as that will <br /> not allow sufficient time for verification of the adjustments before the last payment in the state <br /> Fiscal Year. <br /> 1) In accordance with item 4.c, above, each department must be mindful to keep current on <br /> reporting adjustments against federal funds to ensure such adjustment is received in time to <br /> be paid within the grant period for that grant. <br /> 2) The Department shall review their prior reimbursement claims against payments monthly. <br />