State & Local Reports

What Was Performed? An examination of Manor Care of Wilmington Long-Term Healthcare Facility as of June 30, 2016 was performed.The State of Delaware is required to ensure that the fiscal records at nursing care facilities are retained and properly support the cost report, or the financial report showing the cost and charges related to Medicaid activities, submitted to the Medicaid Agency. These costs must be in compliance with federal and state regulations. Why This Report? Under the Delaware Medicaid State Plan, the State is required to examine a sample of six facilities around the State. This is to ensure the facility’s costs reports and wage surveys are in compliance with federal requirements and state requirements.What Was Found? I am pleased to announce that the cost reports and nursing wage survey of Manor Care of Wilmington Long-Term Healthcare Facility was in compliance with the federal and state regulations.The Examination of Manor Care of Wilmington Long-Term Healthcare Facility as of June 30, 2016 can be found on our website.

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the level of employment, the number of establishments and total wages in the arts, entertainment and recreation sector had each expanded significantly over the past decade, growing at a much faster rate than for all sectors citywide. In March 2020, the response to the public health crisis forced the entire sector to close. While some venues, such as outdoor botanical gardens, zoos, museums and gyms, have reopened at reduced capacity, many establishments remain closed because of the health risks associated with attendance at live events. Arts, entertainment and recreation has been the most impacted sector in the City, with the slowest improvement in employment. A new federal aid package provides some badly needed relief for closed live venues as well as additional funds for small businesses. New York State and City have also recently undertaken new initiatives to help restart the arts and entertainment sector.

Since March 2020, Congress has passed various laws designed to curb the spread of COVID-19 and mitigate the pandemic’s damage to the nation’s economy. One of the key legislative provisions was the creation of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), designed mainly to help small businesses and sole proprietors meet payroll commitments during the crisis. The program has been allocated a total of $953 billion in three rounds of funding in March ($349 billion), April ($320 billion), and December ($284 billion). This report evaluates the impact of the PPP in New York City measured against the program’sobjective of maintaining small-business employment during the pandemic. The analysis provides an overview of the program’s operation, an evaluation of the distribution of loans contrasted with local demographics, and a discussion of issues and measures related to the new (third) round.

The primary objective of this report is to show Missouri's spending of federal assistance in the month of December 2020 for the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) emergency and the cumulative financial activity since the state began receiving funding in April 2020.

We conducted this audit to support transparent and accountable government operations during this unprecedented time. We focused our work on determining steps the county took to ensure that vital services could continue safely and equitably during the pandemic; whether those steps were in line with guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other health authorities to reduce health risks; and what improvements can be made moving forward.

This audit attempts to answer the following question. What types of unemployment claims fraud schemes is the Kansas Department of Labor aware of and how are they being addressed?

The purpose of this report is solely to describe the scope of our testing of internal control and compliance and the results of that testing, and not to provide an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity’s internal control or on compliance. This report is an integral part of an audit performed in accordance with Government Audit Standards in considering the entity’s internal control and compliance. Accordingly, this communication is not suitable for any other purpose

This report provides the results of our evaluation of the use of telework among the state’s executive branch agencies during the COVID-19 public health emergency. The purpose of this audit was to provide information on the challenges the agencies experienced. We found most agencies did not have telework policies in place prior to the pandemic.