Solano County, California, Has Policies, Procedures, and Business Practices to Manage Its FEMA Grant Funding

We determined that the County has in place policies, procedures, and business practices to generally account for and expend FEMA Public Assistance grant funds according to Federal regulations and FEMA guidelines. The County can account for disaster-related costs on a project-by-project basis and adequately support these costs. In addition, the County’s procurement policies, procedures, and practices are consistent with Federal procurement standards. Therefore, if the County follows those policies, procedures, and business practices; FEMA has reasonable, but not absolute, assurance that the County will properly manage the FEMA Public Assistance grant funds according to Federal regulations. Because the audit did not identify any reportable issues, we are not requiring any further action from FEMA.