Exhibit C - CDHS Non-County Subrecipient Risk Assessment Questionnaire.docx

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Third Party Partner - Employee First Program - FFY27 - RFP
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RFP IHGA 2026000227 1
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Denver County, Denver City, Colorado

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This document is a Non-County Subrecipient Risk Assessment Questionnaire prepared by the Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS) for organizations seeking to serve as subrecipients on state and local contracts, specifically for the Third Party Partner - Employee First Program (FFY27). The questionnaire is designed to evaluate the financial, operational, and compliance capabilities of non-county organizations before they receive federal or state funding pass-through awards. Organizations completing this assessment must provide detailed information regarding their organizational structure, fiscal management practices, and ability to manage federal funds in compliance with applicable regulations including the Uniform Administrative Requirements (2 CFR 200). The form requires submission of organizational charts, audit reports, and supporting documentation demonstrating adequate internal controls, accounting systems, human resources policies, and project management procedures.

The questionnaire addresses critical risk assessment areas across general information, operations, financial management, and compliance domains. Organizations must disclose their fiscal year-end, total operating budget, employee composition, and any significant changes in key personnel. Particular emphasis is placed on financial management capabilities, including the organization's ability to separate federal grant accounting from other activities, implement time and effort reporting systems accounting for 100% of employee time, maintain cost allocation plans, and comply with Single Audit Act requirements for entities expending $750,000 or more in federal assistance. Organizations must also declare whether they are subawarding any portion of the contract to other entities and provide evidence of independent or single audits completed by current auditors, including disclosure of any audit findings related to similar subawards. The assessment includes defined terminology regarding subawards, cost allocation, reasonable and allowable costs, internal controls, and effort reporting as required under federal guidelines.

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Non-County Subrecipient Risk Assessment Questionnaire

Exhibit C Non-County Subrecipient Risk Assessment Questionnaire

Legal Name of Your Organization:

Please answer all questions on the form to the best of your ability.

General Information

Name and title of person completing this form:

Please identify what type of organization you are (non-profit, for-profit, educational institution, other)?
Select

If other, please explain:

Is your organization incorporated or legally registered?
Select

Optional comments:

What is your organization’s fiscal year end?

Please provide the total operating budget for the organization.

List the number of employees within your organization:
Full Time Employees:

Part Time Employees:

Contractors:

Volunteers:

Please submit a copy of your organization chart.

Operations

Does your organization have (i) a President/Director/Chief Executive Officer and (ii) a Chief Financial Officer?
Select
Does your organization have written human resource (HR) policies and procedures?
Select
Does your organization have written accounting policies and procedures?
Select
Does your organization have internal controls and anti-corruption ethics codes that are emphasized by leadership?
Select
Does your organization have written project management policies, procedures, and systems?
Select

Financial

Has the organization had any significant changes in key personnel in the last year (e.g. Controller, Executive Director, Accounting Manager, Program Manager, etc.)?
Select

Optional comments:

How many total individuals perform accounting functions within the organization (including part-time and contractors)?
Select
Is your entity new to operating or managing federal funds (i.e., has not done so within the past three years?)?
Select
Does your entity develop yearly budgets that are approved by a governing body?
Select
Can your accounting records separate the receipts and payments of a federal grant from the receipts and payments of your organization’s other activities?
Select
Can your accounting records summarize expenditures from a federal grant according to different budget categories such as salaries, rent, supplies and equipment?
Select
Does the organization have a time and effort reporting system in place to account for 100% of all employee time, with a breakdown of the actual time spent on each funding project?
Select

Optional comments:

Are accounting records supported by source documentation?
Select
Does the organization have a cost allocation plan that spreads all common costs, such as phone, rent, utilities, etc. among all funding sources?
Select
Does the organization have a review process for all expenditures that will provide a certainty that all costs are reasonable, allowable and allocated correctly to each funding source?
Select

Optional comments:

What percent of your organization’s capital is from federal funding? (percentage = total federal funding in previous FY/ organization’s annual gross revenue in previous FY)
Select

Optional comments:

Is the organization sub-awarding any portion of this contract to complete the deliverables?
Select

Compliance

Is the organization required to receive an audit under the Single Audit Act / Uniform Administrative Requirements, 2 CFR §200, Subpart F (Government Auditing Standards).
Select

If yes, please provide an electronic copy of your most recent audit report.

If yes to above, did the most recent Single Audit include findings relevant to the same or similar subaward?
Select
How many years has the audit (Single or Independent) been completed by the current auditor?
Select

Please Sign and Date Below:

Name:

Title:

SIgnature____________________________

By signing this report, I certify to the best of my knowledge and belief that the report is true, complete, and accurate, and I am aware that any false, fictitious, or fraudulent information, or the omission of any material fact, may subject me to criminal, civil or administrative penalties for fraud, false statements, false claims or otherwise.

Terminology

Sub-Award “Subaward means an award provided by a pass-through entity to a subrecipient for the subrecipient to carry out part of a Federal award received by the pass-through entity. It does not include payments to a contractor or payments to an individual that is a beneficiary of a Federal program. A subaward may be provided through any form of legal agreement, including an agreement that the pass-through entity considers a contract.”

(Reference: 2 CFR § 200.1 Definitions)

Single Audit A rigorous, organization-wide audit or examination of an entity that expends $750,000 or more of Federal assistance (commonly known as Federal funds, Federal grants, or Federal awards) received for its operations.

(Reference: 2 CFR § 200 Subpart F)

Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS) “GAGAS means generally accepted government auditing standards issued by the Comptroller General of the United States, which are applicable to financial audits.”

(Reference: 2 CFR § 200.1 Definitions)

Cost Allocation Plan “Cost allocation plan means central service cost allocation plan or public assistance cost allocation plan.” They are documents that identify, accumulate, and distribute allowable direct and indirect costs to benefiting activities. See below: Reasonable Costs, Allowable Costs, and Allocable Costs for more information.

(Reference: 2 CFR § 200.1 Definitions)

Reasonable Costs “A cost is reasonable if, in its nature and amount, it does not exceed that which would be incurred by a prudent person under the circumstances prevailing at the time the decision was made to incur the cost. The question of reasonableness is particularly important when the non-Federal entity is predominantly federally-funded.”

(Reference: 2 CFR § 200.404)

Allowable Costs Expenses charged to a grant must meet the following allowability criteria:

· The costs must be reasonable.

· The costs must be given consistent treatment through application of those generally accepted accounting principles appropriate to the circumstances.

· The costs must conform to any limitations or exclusions set forth in the grant agreement or in the Federal Cost Principles.

Allocable Costs “A cost is allocable to a particular Federal award or other cost objective if the goods or services involved are chargeable or assignable to that Federal award or cost objective in accordance with relative benefits received.”

(Reference: 2 CFR § 200.405)

Sufficient Internal Controls “Internal controls means a process, implemented by a non-Federal entity, designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the achievement of objectives in the following categories:

(a)Effectiveness and efficiency of operations;

(b)Reliability of reporting for internal and external use; and (c)Compliance with applicable laws and regulations.”

(Reference: 2 CFR § 200.1 Definitions)

Time and Effort Reporting Effort is defined as the amount of time spent on a particular activity. It includes the time spent working on a project in which salary is directly charged or cost-shared effort (also known as match). Individual effort is expressed as a percentage of the total amount of time spent on work-related activities (instruction, research, administration, clerical, etc.) for which the organization compensates an individual. Effort reporting is the mandated method of certifying to the granting agencies that the effort charged or cost shared to each award has actually been completed.

(Reference: 2 CFR § 200.430-431)

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