Recipient and Subrecipient Compliance

Entities that receive federal awards — whether as direct recipients or subrecipients through a pass-through entity — carry compliance obligations that extend beyond spending the funds: documentation standards, procurement requirements, performance and financial reporting timelines, monitoring visit readiness, and corrective action obligations. Pass-through entities also bear their own monitoring and oversight responsibilities for the subrecipients they fund. Sierra Norte Advisory supports recipients and subrecipients building the documentation and compliance infrastructure to meet these layered requirements.

Sierra Norte Advisory provides advisory compliance support for recipients and subrecipients — reviewing documentation practices against applicable requirements, building monitoring readiness files, reviewing procurement and payment documentation, and tracking corrective action progress. This is advisory support — not an audit, attest service, compliance certification, or legal representation. Management retains responsibility for compliance, financial reporting, and documentation.

• Recipient or subrecipient compliance obligations checklist and gap review
• Monitoring readiness file review and documentation organization support
• Procurement and payment documentation review against applicable requirements
• Corrective action tracking log and progress support
• Pass-through entity communication and documentation tracker
• Compliance obligations summary memo for management use