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Pursuant to Electronic Code of Federal Regulations, Title 2, Subtitle A, Chapter II, Part 200, §200.302 Financial management, this organization has adopted the following procedures for accounting and financial responsibility of grants or awards issues by the Federal Government.
1) The Yelm Cooperative’s financial management systems, including records documenting compliance with Federal statutes, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award, are to be sufficient to permit the preparation of reports required by general and program-specific terms and conditions; and the tracing of funds to a level of expenditures adequate to establish that such funds have been used according to the Federal statutes, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award. The Yelm Cooperative will abide by all the requirements and restrictions set forth in §200.450 Lobbying.
2) The Yelm Cooperative’s financial management system will provide for the following and will meet all the requirements set forth in §§200.333 Retention requirements for records, 200.334 Requests for transfer of records, 200.335 Methods for collection, transmission and storage of information, 200.336 Access to records, and 200.337 Restrictions on public access to records.:
a) Identification, in its accounts, of all Federal awards received and expended and the Federal programs under which they were received. Federal program and Federal award identification must include, as applicable, the CFDA title and number, Federal award identification number and year, name of the Federal agency, and name of the pass-through entity, if any.
b) Accurate, current, and complete disclosure of the financial results of each Federal award or program in accordance with the reporting requirements set forth in §§200.327 Financial reporting and 200.328 Monitoring and reporting program performance. If a Federal awarding agency requires reporting on an accrual basis from a recipient that maintains its records on other than an accrual basis, the recipient must not be required to establish an accrual accounting system. This recipient may develop accrual data for its reports on the basis of an analysis of the documentation on hand. Similarly, a pass-through entity must not require a sub-recipient to establish an accrual accounting system and must allow the sub-recipient to develop accrual data for its reports on the basis of an analysis of the documentation on hand.
The Yelm Cooperative’s accounting system is accrual based.
c) Records that identify adequately the source and application of funds for federally-funded activities. These records contain information pertaining to Federal awards, authorizations, obligations, unobligated balances, assets, expenditures, income and interest and are supported by source documentation.
d) Effective control over, and accountability for, all funds, property, and other assets. The Yelm Cooperative adequately safeguards all assets and assures that they are used solely for authorized purposes. See §200.303 Internal controls.
e) Comparison of expenditures with budget amounts for each Federal award.
f) Written procedures to implement the requirements of §200.305 Payment. (See below)
3) Written procedures for determining the allowability of costs in accordance with Subpart E—Cost Principles of this part and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
(§200.101 Applicability: The following portions of this Part are NOT applicable to the following types of Federal Awards and Fixed-Price Contracts and Subcontracts:
Subpart E—Cost Principles: Grant agreements and cooperative agreements providing foods commodities.)
200.305 Payment.
(b) For non-Federal entities other than states, payments methods must minimize the time elapsing between the transfer of funds from the United States Treasury or the pass-through entity and the disbursement by the non-Federal entity whether the payment is made by electronic funds transfer, or issuance or redemption of checks, warrants, or payment by other means. See also §200.302 Financial management paragraph (b)(6). Except as noted elsewhere in this part, Federal agencies must require recipients to use only OMB-approved standard government wide information collection requests to request payment.
(1) The Yelm Cooperative must be paid in advance, provided it maintains or demonstrates the willingness to maintain both written procedures that minimize the time elapsing between the transfer of funds and disbursement by the Yelm Cooperative, and financial management systems that meet the standards for fund control and accountability as established in this part. Advance payments to Yelm Cooperative must be limited to the minimum amounts needed and be timed to be in accordance with the actual, immediate cash requirements of the Yelm Cooperative in carrying out the purpose of the approved program or project. The timing and amount of advance payments must be as close as is administratively feasible to the actual disbursements by the Yelm Cooperative for direct program or project costs and the proportionate share of any allowable indirect costs. The Yelm Cooperative must make timely payment to contractors in accordance with the contract provisions.
(ii) The Yelm Cooperative must be authorized to submit requests for advance payments and reimbursements at least monthly when electronic fund transfers are not used, and as often as they like when electronic transfers are used, in accordance with the provisions of the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (15 U.S.C. 1693-1693r).
(4) If the Yelm Cooperative cannot meet the criteria for advance payments and the Federal awarding agency or pass-through entity has determined that reimbursement is not feasible because the Yelm Cooperative lacks sufficient working capital, the Federal awarding agency or pass-through entity may provide cash on a working capital advance basis. Under this procedure, the Federal awarding agency or pass-through entity must advance cash payments to the Yelm Cooperative to cover its estimated disbursement needs for an initial period generally geared to the Yelm Cooperative disbursing cycle. Thereafter, the Federal awarding agency or pass-through entity must reimburse the Yelm Cooperative for its actual cash disbursements. Use of the working capital advance method of payment requires that the pass-through entity provide timely advance payments to any sub-recipients in order to meet the sub-recipient’s actual cash disbursements. The working capital advance method of payment must not be used by the pass-through entity if the reason for using this method is the unwillingness or inability of the pass-through entity to provide timely advance payments to the sub-recipient to meet the sub-recipient’s actual cash disbursements.
(5) Use of resources before requesting cash advance payments. To the extent available, Yelm Cooperative must disburse funds available from program income (including repayments to a revolving fund), rebates, refunds, contract settlements, audit recoveries, and interest earned on such funds before requesting additional cash payments.
(6) Unless otherwise required by Federal statutes, payments for allowable costs the Yelm Cooperative must not be withheld at any time during the period of performance unless the conditions of §§200.207 Specific conditions, Subpart D—Post Federal Award Requirements of this part, 200.338 Remedies for Noncompliance, or one or more of the following applies:
(i) The Yelm Cooperative has failed to comply with the project objectives, Federal statutes, regulations, or the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
(ii) The Yelm Cooperative is delinquent in a debt to the United States as defined in OMB Guidance A-129, “Policies for Federal Credit Programs and Non-Tax Receivables.” Under such conditions, the Federal awarding agency or pass-through entity may, upon reasonable notice, inform the Yelm Cooperative that payments must not be made for obligations incurred after a specified date until the conditions are corrected or the indebtedness to the Federal Government is liquidated.
(iii) A payment withheld for failure to comply with Federal award conditions, but without suspension of the Federal award, must be released to the Yelm Cooperative upon subsequent compliance. When a Federal award is suspended, payment adjustments will be made in accordance with §200.342 Effects of suspension and termination.
(iv) A payment must not be made to the Yelm Cooperative for amounts that are withheld by the Yelm Cooperative from payment to contractors to assure satisfactory completion of work. A payment must be made when the Yelm Cooperative actually disburses the withheld funds to the contractors or to escrow accounts established to assure satisfactory completion of work.
(i) The Federal awarding agency and pass-through entity must not require separate depository accounts for funds provided to the Yelm Cooperative or establish any eligibility requirements for depositories for funds provided to the Yelm Cooperative. However, the Yelm Cooperative must be able to account for the receipt, obligation and expenditure of funds.
(8) The Yelm Cooperative must maintain advance payments of Federal awards in interest-bearing accounts, unless the following apply.
(i) The Yelm Cooperative receives less than $120,000 in Federal awards per year.
(9) Interest earned amounts up to $500 per year may be retained by the Yelm Cooperative for administrative expense. Any additional interest earned on Federal advance payments deposited in interest-bearing accounts must be remitted annually to the Department of Health and Human Services Payment Management System (PMS) through an electronic medium using either Automated Clearing House (ACH) network or a Fedwire Funds Service payment. Remittances must include pertinent information of the payee and nature of payment in the memo area (often referred to as “addenda records” by Financial Institutions) as that will assist in the timely posting of interest earned on federal funds. Pertinent details include the Payee Account Number (PAN) if the payment originated from PMS, or Agency information if the payment originated from ASAP, NSF or another federal agency payment system. The remittance must be submitted as follows:
Unless otherwise approved by OMB, the Federal awarding agency may solicit only the standard, OMB-approved government wide data elements for collection of financial information (at time of publication the Federal Financial Report or such future collections as may be approved by OMB and listed on the OMB Web site). This information must be collected with the frequency required by the terms and conditions of the Federal award, but no less frequently than annually nor more frequently than quarterly except in unusual circumstances, for example where more frequent reporting is necessary for the effective monitoring of the Federal award or could significantly affect program outcomes, and preferably in coordination with performance reporting.
200.328 Monitoring and reporting program performance.
(a) Monitoring by the Yelm Cooperative. The Yelm Cooperative is responsible for oversight of the operations of the Federal award supported activities. The Yelm Cooperative will monitor its activities under Federal awards to assure compliance with applicable Federal requirements and performance expectations are being achieved. Monitoring by the Yelm Cooperative will cover each program, function or activity, including §200.331 Requirements for pass-through entities.
(1) The Yelm Cooperative will submit performance reports at the interval required by the Federal awarding agency or pass-through entity to best inform improvements in program outcomes and productivity. Intervals will be no less frequent than annually nor more frequent than quarterly except in unusual circumstances, for example where more frequent reporting is necessary for the effective monitoring of the Federal award or could significantly affect program outcomes. Annual reports will be due 90 calendar days after the reporting period; quarterly or semiannual reports will be due 30 calendar days after the reporting period. Alternatively, the Federal awarding agency or pass-through entity may require annual reports before the anniversary dates of multiple year Federal awards. The final performance report will be due 90 calendar days after the period of performance end date. If a justified request is submitted by the Yelm Cooperative, the Federal agency may extend the due date for any performance report.
(2) The Yelm Cooperative will submit performance reports using OMB-approved government wide standard information collections when providing performance information. As appropriate in accordance with above mentioned information collections, these reports will contain, for each Federal award, brief information on the following unless other collections are approved by OMB:
(c) Construction performance reports. For the most part, onsite technical inspections and certified percentage of completion data are relied on heavily by Federal awarding agencies and pass-through entities to monitor progress under Federal awards and sub-awards for construction. The Federal awarding agency may require additional performance reports only when considered necessary.
Pursuant to Electronic Code of Federal Regulations, Title 2, Subtitle A, Chapter II, Part 200, §200.303, Internal Controls, this organization has adopted the following procedures for accounting and financial responsibility of grants or awards issues by the Federal Government.
The Yelm Cooperative:
(a) Will establish and maintain effective internal control over the Federal award providing reasonable assurance that it is managing the Federal award in compliance with Federal statutes, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award. These internal controls are in compliance with guidance in “Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government” issued by the Comptroller General of the United States or the “Internal Control Integrated Framework”, issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO).
(b) Will comply with Federal statutes, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal awards.
(c) Will evaluate and monitor its compliance with statutes, regulations and the terms and conditions of Federal awards.
(d) Will take prompt action when instances of noncompliance are identified including noncompliance identified in audit findings.
(e) Will take reasonable measures to safeguard protected personally identifiable information and other information the Federal awarding agency or pass-through entity designates as sensitive or the Yelm Cooperative considers sensitive consistent with applicable Federal, state, local, and tribal laws regarding privacy and obligations of confidentiality.