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Streamlining Operations with a Modern ERP System

Streamlining Operations with a Modern ERP System

Incompass Human Services modernizes its financial and operational workflows, improving efficiency, compliance, and transparency. As the multi-service health and human services agency grew, despite its longstanding success, Incompass recognized the need to innovate to stay ahead of the evolving demands of the industry. Like many other large health and human services providers, the agency faced […]

Upcoming Increase in Single Audit or Program-Specific Audit Thresholds

Upcoming Increase in Single Audit or Program-Specific Audit Thresholds

For audits of fiscal years beginning on or after October 1, 2024, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) will raise the threshold for requiring a single audit or program-specific audit from $750,000 to $1,000,000. Non-Federal entities receiving less than $1,000,000 in federal funds annually will no longer be required to undergo a single audit, […]

How Automation Enhances the UFR and Simplifies Nonprofit Reporting

How Automation Enhances the UFR and Simplifies Nonprofit Reporting

For many Massachusetts human and social services contractors, preparing the annual Uniform Financial Report (UFR) is a significant endeavor. It is not only resource intensive and complex but presents limited flexibility and extensive redundancy. Gathering the financial details, meeting state regulations, and hitting strict deadlines consumes extensive resources for those already operating with limited staff. […]

Streamlining Operations: How Modern ERP Systems Solve Inefficiencies and Drive Growth

Streamlining Operations: How Modern ERP Systems Solve Inefficiencies and Drive Growth

In this article: Complex nonprofits, especially multi-service health and human services agencies, face the daunting task of managing diverse programs, complex funding streams, and stringent compliance requirements. Fragmented systems and disjointed processes can compound these challenges, leading to inefficiencies and increased administrative workloads. The implementation of a well-designed enterprise resource planning (ERP) system offers a […]

Shift in EEC Funding Model Requires Business Process Assessment

Shift in EEC Funding Model Requires Business Process Assessment

Effective October 1, 2024, the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care (EEC) shifted its contract reimbursement from a primarily unit-rate model to a mix of unit-rate and cost-reimbursable contracts. Under the new contracts, childcare seats will be reimbursed on a unit-rate basis while administrative and supportive services will be funded through cost reimbursement contracts. […]

Cost Center Coding Strategies for Effective Grant Reporting

Cost Center Coding Strategies for Effective Grant Reporting

For complex human and social services providers, managing grants and ensuring compliance can often feel like navigating a labyrinth. One effective strategy to simplify this process is through cost center coding. AAFCPAs provides the following detailed guidance on how to leverage cost center coding to streamline grant reporting and maintain compliance. Design Your Cost Centers […]

OSD Procurement Regulations Related to Environmentally Preferable Products  

OSD Procurement Regulations Related to Environmentally Preferable Products  

AAFCPAs would like to inform our health and human services clients that the Operational Services Division (OSD) of Massachusetts is planning to amend 808 CMR 1.00 to include provisions and requirements related to Environmentally Preferable Products (EPPs). While these amendments are currently in the early stages and OSD is soliciting feedback, their implementation appears imminent.  […]

Enhancing Reporting Capabilities With Integrated Systems

Enhancing Reporting Capabilities With Integrated Systems

For CFOs and financial leaders within the Health and Human Services sector, the challenge of managing and reporting on diverse programs funded from various sources is a significant one. Accurate and efficient reporting is essential but often hampered by data spread across multiple, disconnected systems. AAFCPAs provides the following guidance on how integrating these systems […]

System Integration for Human Services: Watch our OnDemand Webinar

System Integration for Human Services: Watch our OnDemand Webinar

Watch AAFCPAs’ Partner of Business Process, Robyn Leet, along with guests Adam Shuster from Incompass Human Services and AAFCPAs’ Audit Partner Katie Belanger, CPA, speak on overcoming common system integration challenges in health and human services organizations. Learn ways to integrate billing and ERP systems with accounting and GL systems and how to simplify state […]