Audit of Head Start Costs for Fiscal Year Ending January 31, 2005 for Juniata County Child Care and

Department of Health and Human Services OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL AUDIT OF HEAD START COSTS FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING JANUARY 31, 2005 FOR JUNIATA COUNTY CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, INC. Daniel R. Levinson Inspector General JANUARY 2006 A-03-05-03317 Office of Inspector General http://oig.hhs.gov The mission of the Office of Inspector General (OIG), as mandated by Public Law 95-452, as amended, is to protect the integrity of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) programs, as well as the health and welfare of beneficiaries served by those programs. This statutory mission is carried out through a nationwide network of audits, investigations, and inspections conducted by the following operating components: Office of Audit Services The Office of Audit Services (OAS) provides all auditing services for HHS, either by conducting audits with its own audit resources or by overseeing audit work done by others. Audits examine the performance of HHS programs and/or its grantees and contractors in carrying out their respective responsibilities and are intended to provide independent assessments of HHS programs and operations in order to reduce waste, abuse, and mismanagement and to promote economy and efficiency throughout HHS. Office of Evaluation and Inspections The Office of Evaluation and Inspections (OEI) conducts management and program evaluations (called inspections) ...