Q&A
Challenges with invoice submission and budget registration for early childhood centers
0:19:58
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Council Member Rita Joseph inquires about difficulties in submitting invoices and getting budgets approved. Representatives from early childhood centers reveal significant delays in budget registration and invoice submission, with one center unable to submit invoices since September due to unregistered budgets.
- Nuestros Niños has been waiting since September for budget registration
- The center has provided about a million dollars worth of services without payment
- Communication with DOE financial analysts is challenging, often requiring escalation
Rita Joseph
0:19:58
Have you encountered difficulties in submitting invoices and getting your rosters approved?
Aaron Sanders
0:20:03
Not of not not as of recent.
Ingrid Matias Chungata
0:20:07
We're still waiting for our budgets to be registered to be able to submit invoices so we haven't been able to.
Rita Joseph
0:20:13
And how long have you been waiting?
Ingrid Matias Chungata
0:20:16
Officially back and forth since September.
Rita Joseph
0:20:19
Since September?
Ingrid Matias Chungata
0:20:20
Yes.
Rita Joseph
0:20:22
How much money does DOE owe you in unpaid invoices?
Ingrid Matias Chungata
0:20:26
I wouldn't say unpaid invoices because we haven't been able to submit invoices.
0:20:31
I would say from July to the present if we do about a million dollars of service that have been provided and mister Ninos has been able to foot the bill.
Rita Joseph
0:20:42
And you have not been paid ever since.
0:20:44
Do you find that you find support if something is wrong in submitting your invoices?
0:20:49
Who do you reach out to?
Ingrid Matias Chungata
0:20:50
So we have a contact, a financial analyst that I sent emails.
0:20:56
They said on inboxes don't get a response, I have to go to the next level.
Rita Joseph
0:21:02
How often does it how long do you have to wait for a response?