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<p class="MsoNormal">Davis does the same as Riverside. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#001237">Catherine Li</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Aid and Scholarships</span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D1D1D"> </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="https://financialaid.ucdavis.edu/">financialaid.ucdavis.edu</a> | e. <a href="mailto:ycli@ucdavis.edu">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616 </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Jose A Aguilar <jose.aguilar@ucr.edu> <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 31, 2023 2:24 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> ucwsfiscal@lists.ucmerced.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Ucwsfiscal] Administrative Cost Allowance (ACA) Question<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#174E86">Hi Arvin,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#174E86">At Riverside we one fund number for Pell and Campus-Based Programs (CBP), a separate fund for the Dream Loan ACA, and for LAEP we requested and were granted a separate fund number
for the ACA. Our rationale was that we will be required to report to the State ACA expenditures. To my recollection we have not been asked or audited on ACA expenditures. Just the computation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#174E86">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#174E86">Jose<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">JOSE A. AGUILAR, MBA</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white;text-align:start"><i><span style="color:#1F497D;background:white">Executive Director, Financial Aid Office</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white;text-align:start"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D;background:white">Office of Financial Aid</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white;text-align:start"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D;background:white">2106 Student Services Building</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D;background:white">900 University Avenue |<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> Riverside, CA 92521</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white;text-align:start"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D;background:white">Phone: (951) 827-7249 | Fax: (951) 827-5619 |</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white;text-align:start"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#201F1E;background:white">Email: </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#0563C1;background:white"><a href="mailto:jose.aguilar@ucr.edu">jose.aguilar@ucr.edu</a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#201F1E;background:white"> |Web: </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D"><a href="https://financialaid.ucr.edu/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://financialaid.ucr.edu/</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From:</span></b><span style="color:black"> Arvin Tumonong <<a href="mailto:atumonong@ucmerced.edu">atumonong@ucmerced.edu</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 30, 2023 9:25 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:ucwsfiscal@lists.ucmerced.edu">ucwsfiscal@lists.ucmerced.edu</a> <<a href="mailto:ucwsfiscal@lists.ucmerced.edu">ucwsfiscal@lists.ucmerced.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Ucwsfiscal] Administrative Cost Allowance (ACA) Question</span> <o:p>
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<p class="xmsonormal">We would like to ask everyone about how they manage the accounting for the Administrative Cost Allowance from the various financial aid programs (PELL, FSEOG, FWS, Dream Loan, LAEP). We have been utilizing our PELL ACA and direct it
to a separate fund number from our Pell student aid funds. We are about to claim ACA from our Campus-Based programs, LAEP, and Dream Loan and our Accounting office is recommending for us to direct those funds into the same fund number as our aid funds and
tracking them separately through a program code. The issue is that we have about nine total fund numbers that we use in between these programs, some we rotate on a three year cycle, and some are for types of employment for FWS. We were asking if just like
PELL we can create a separate fund number to direct the ACA funds into and at least separate from the student aid funds. They expressed concern that we can’t move funds from one fund to the other and change the color of money. We were thinking that ACA when
claimed can be considered different color of money. We are still in discussion on how best to handle the ACA funds and was curious to how your institution does it. We would appreciate it if you can answer the following questions and add other insights that
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<p class="xmsonormal">How do you handle ACA funds once you claim it? Do you direct it to the same fund number as the student aid funds or have a separate fund? Do you do an expense offset for existing expense or do you charge expense directly to your ACA account?
Are you keeping the federal, state, institutional ACA separately? Any useful tips or recommendations you can share about ACA? Have your ACA spending been looked at during audits?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal">Thank you for your help. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal">Sincerely, <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal">Arvin<o:p></o:p></p>
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