To:
DATE:
OFFICE oF tue
COMMISSION AUDITOR
Victoria Mallette, Executive Director
Homeless Trust
Maria Abreu, Manager
Homeless Trust
Thursday, March 9, 2023,
SUBJECT: Non-Compliance: Inquiry Regarding the Homeless Trust’s Submission of an
Annual Report to the Board of County Commi
Per Section 2-753{f) of the Code of Miami-Dade County, the Homeless Trust (Trust) shall submit,
annually to the Board of County Commissioners (BCC) a report summarizing and evaluating al
programs and activities undertaken by the Trust during the previous fiscal year. The report shall
include an audit and accounting, in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
(GAAP), of all funds received and expended.
To that effect, we reviewed the information provided in the email dated January 24, 20234, to
ascertain compliance with the intent of the code. Details follow:
1. OCA reviewed the Trust Business Plan and the associated budget documents. The
review did not identify any independent annual report in accordance with GAAP to
display an accounting of all funds received and expended for programs and activities
undertaken by the Trust during the previous fiscal year.
2. OCA reviewed BCC agendas and searched Miami-Dade County Commission legislative
records for 2022 and 2023. The search did not produce any agenda item submitted to
the BCC that contained an annual report or an independent audit from the Trust
during this period.
3, OCA reviewed the FY 2021-2022 State of the County Highlights, This review disclosed
projects and activities for the financial year; however, OCA could not verify the
completeness of all programs and activities undertaken by the Trust.
Page 1 of 24, OCA reviewed the Miami-Dade County Annual Comprehensive Financial Report
(ACER) for the Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2021, which discloses financial
information for governmental activities, business-type activities, and component
nits for which the County is financially accountable, This review disclosed that the
Trust is not clearly identified in the ACFR; as a result, no information satisfied the
requirement of audited accounting ofthe funds received and expended by the Trust
‘By way of this memo, the OCA requests the latest report submitted to the Board of County
Commissioners summarizing and evaluating all programs and activities undertaken by the Trust
and a corresponding audit report for the provided fiscal year. f an annual report or audit is
‘unavailable, please provide the estimated date for submitting the associated documents to the
Bcc.
Files should be submited via email to the fllowing email address: OCA-AUSE@miamidade-gov-
This information will be required by March 16, 2023. if any por
tion of this request cannot be
provided by that date, please notify our office ofthe reason and your expected delivery date
‘OCA makes the above requests pursuant to Section 2-481 of the Code of Miami-Dade County
Codes of Ordinances.
‘Thank you for your assistance.
* Email thread communication between OCA and the Homeless Trust January 24, 2023,
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