Section 434.9 Responsibilities of the Office of Financial Review

Section 434

Section 434.9

Responsibilities of the Office of Financial Review

The Department of Children and

Family Services is mandated by the Fiscal Control and Internal Auditing Act [30

ILCS 10] to monitor, report on, and enforce Department compliance with federal

and State statutes, Department rules, policy, and management directives, as

well as to ensure the integrity of Department assets through the review and

monitoring of internal accounting controls. The Associate Deputy Director reports

and is directly responsible to the Deputy Director of the Budget and Finance

Division.  In order to fulfill their duties, the Department's Office of Financial

Review regularly undertakes audits and annual desk reviews of Child Welfare

Contributing Agency providers and other entities that have contracts with or

are licensed by the Department in order to assess their compliance with contracts,

federal and State rules and regulations.