A scathing audit of the Department of Juvenile Services exposed a host of large problems with recordkeeping, financial management, contracts, monitoring and personnel, including the loss of $3 million in federal Medicaid funds. Treatment funds were not recovered, $148 million in contracts did not get the proper approval, millions in other contracts were overpaid and ineligible employees got overtime pay or were paid twice.
The problems are so many and so severe that the General Assembly’s Joint Audit Committee plans a hearing on the report next month, its staff said. Very few of the scores of audits done each year generate a hearing before the General Assembly.
Legislative Auditor Bruce Myers said that the 51-page audit of DJS found some “very serious issues.” The agency provides administrative services for young people in the juvenile justice system, as well as services for juveniles in state facilities.
“There are a lot of things in there,” Myers said. “A lot of big issues, a lot of money involved, a lot of problems.”
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3 comments:
Don't forget its for the kids. LMAO
Just one of MANY areas of waste in our government. I can't imagine the amount of money that could be saved in this country on the federal, state and local levels!! There are people in our area working at NASA Wallops, UMES, etc., that have no idea what their job title is!! Just ask them. They can't tell you!! But, they are making ALOT of money for whatever it is they do! That's OUR MONEY, folks!!
The Director should be fired. A new director should be hired that would institute a check and balance system. I used to work for a non-profit agency and let me tell you EVERY penny was accounted for. If somebody got a ticket it was THEIR responsibility to pay for it. It was deducted from their next check and then the agency paid for for the ticket. An outside audit was performed every year. Somebody in DJS needs to lose their job. This is ridiculous.
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