Audit of Lebanon Repatriation Program Funds, A-01-07-02501

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES Office of Inspector General Washington, D.C. 20201 FEE 2 8 2007 TO: Wade F. Horn, Ph.D. Assistant Secretary for Children and Families FROM: Daniel R. Levinson Inspector General SUBJECT: Audit of Lebanon Repatriation Program Funds (A-01-07-02501) The attached final report presents the results of our audit of Lebanon Repatriation Program (Program) funds. We conducted this audit at the Secretary's request. On July 26,2006, the Secretary advised the Chairman, House Committee on Ways and Means, that we would report to Congress by March 1, 2007, on the use of Program funds by the Administration for Children and Families (ACF). .. Our objectives were to determine (I) how ACF expended Program funds and (2) whether ACF followed Federal requirements in reimbursing States for their administrative costs and in seeking recovery of temporary assistance costs fiom repatriates. As of December 6,2006, ACF had expended $1,230,525 to provide temporary assistance to 12,421 individuals repatriated from Lebanon. Of this amount, $1,015,727represented reimbursement of States' administrative costs, and the remaining $214,798 temporary assistance provided directly to 349 individuals and household heads. ACF did not always follow Federal requirements in reimbursing States for their administrative costs or in seeking recovery of temporary assistance costs from repatriates. As of December 6, 2006: ACF had reimbursed Pennsylvania for $125 ...