Title IV Misappropriations

1. PROOF OF THE INCOMPETENCE, CARNAGE AND CORRUPTION

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For the Federal Fiscal Year 2011, the OIG is undertaking a broader and more focused look at many of the Title IV-E funding areas that will impact many of our clients. The new areas to be reviewed include:
Oversight of System Design of Statewide Automated Child Welfare Information Systems - audit will review the level of ACF oversight and guidance to states provided, as well as the costs appropriately claimed by states at the 50 percent FFP.
http://www.publicconsulti...ts-for-ACF-Programs.aspx

Federal agency wants Pennsylvania to repay $220 million~2010 http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_719858.html PA

03/18/11~HHS OIG: Review of Its Investigation of the Los Angeles County http://www.legistorm.com/...GYvMTk5OS84/ful30277.pdf CA

This report presents the results of our audit of administrative costs related to training provided to current and prospective employees and claimed for Federal reimbursement by the California Department of Social Services (State) under title IV-E (Foster Care program) of the Social Security Act. Federal financial participation is available at a rate of 75 percent in certain costs of training staff employed or preparing for employment by the State or local agency administering Foster Care programs. This is an enhanced rate over the 50 percent rate for administrative costs necessary for the operation of States' Foster Care programs, including administrative costs related to training. The audit covered the period July 1, 1994 through December 31, 1995.
http://oig.hhs.gov/oas/reports/region9/99600066.htm CA

03/26/11~
Our objective was to determine whether the State agency claimed Title IV-E administrative costs for foster care candidates on behalf of Arlington County partners in accordance with Federal requirements. The State agency did not comply with Federal requirements when it claimed Title IV-E administrative costs totaling $1,744,137 (Federal share) for foster care candidates on behalf of Arlington County partners.

We recommended that the State agency refund $1,327,149 ($1,744,137 less $416,988 previously disallowed by ACF) in unallowable Title IV-E administrative costs for foster care candidates claimed by the State agency for Arlington County partners for the period April 2002 through March 2004.

In its comments on our draft report, the State agency generally concurred with our findings.
http://oig.hhs.gov/oas/reports/region3/30600562.htm VA


Based on these sample results, we estimated that the State agency improperly claimed $17,284,239 for Title IV-E maintenance costs. Including associated administrative costs of $11,022,902, we estimated that the State agency improperly claimed at least $28,307,141 of the total $146,115,235 (Federal share) claimed for Title IV-E reimbursement on behalf of Allegheny County children. http://oig.hhs.gov/oas/reports/region3/30800554.pdf PA

Based on the sample results, we estimated that the State agency improperly claimed $7,090,323 in Title IV-E maintenance costs. Including associated administrative costs of $4,521,499, we estimated that the State agency improperly claimed at least $11,611,822 of the total $28,424,124 (Federal share) claimed for Title IV-E reimbursement on behalf of the Castille program. We were unable to determine the allowability of the remaining $16,812,302 claimed by the State agency because the Castille contract per diem rates did not distinguish between services that were eligible or ineligible for Title IV-E reimbursement. However, the Castille contracts and other documentation indicated that the facilities provided some services, such as education, rehabilitation, and job training, that were not eligible for Title IV-E foster care maintenance payments. Accordingly, we have set aside the $16,812,302 for resolution by ACF. http://www.scribd.com/doc/18149094/US-DHHS-Pennsylvania-Department-of-Public-Welfare-Philadelphia-County-Audit-2008 Philadelphia, PA

State lawyers argued in a 30-page letter sent in September to auditors that their audit, conducted by the department's Office of Inspector General, is a "capricious," "oppressive" and "unlawful" use of government power. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
THIS IS THE AUDACIOUS OMNIPOTENT FEELING CPS FEELS THEY HAVE. ACCORDING TO THEM, THEY ARE ABOVE THE LAW, ABOVE SCRUTINY, UNTOUCHABLE. http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/s_719858.html PA

U.S. DHHS Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare, Philadelphia County Audit 2008 http://www.scribd.com/doc/18149094/US-DHHS-Pennsylvania-Department-of-Public-Welfare-Philadelphia-County-Audit-2008 PA

Based on our sample results, we estimated that the State claimed unallowable Title IV-E costs for FYs 2005 and 2006 totaling $596,000 (Federal share), including $60,000 in maintenance payments and $536,000 in associated administrative costs. We were unable to determine the allowability of the remaining maintenance payments totaling $664,000 and associated administrative costs totaling $6 million because the State was unable to demonstrate that the daily maintenance rates for Title IV-E eligible children did not contain unallowable costs. The State's claims met Federal requirements for childcare institution eligibility.
http://www.oig.hhs.gov/oas/reports/region4/40703519.pdf

[C.A.S.A. 's FINANCIAL JOINT VENTURE WITH C.P.S.] OJP partners with NCASAA to administer the CASA grant program and provide funding, training, and technical assistance to state, local, and tribal CASA programs. Since 1993, OJP has awarded NCASAA 15 grants totaling $100.4 million, including 12 OJJDP grants totaling $98.52 million and 3 OVC grants totaling $1.88 million.

From January 1, 1998, through June 30, 2006, NCASAA expended a total of $88.86 million in funds received through OJP grant programs and $14.24 million in funds received from non-federal sources. During our review of the accounting records, we found that from 1999 through 2006, NCASAA erroneously recorded that it had allocated $1.23 million of its OJP grant funds to fundraising activities. http://www.justice.gov/oig/reports/OJP/a0704/final.pdf

HHS OIG Oversight of States' Subgrantee Monitoring in the Foster Care Program http://oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports/oei-05-03-00060.pdf

Title IV-E Foster Care and Other Grants’ Payments for Child Care Claims at the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services’. Our review indicated that the State was reimbursed over $48 million for unallowable child care payments. This included:
0 $2.2 million for unallowable Title IV-E claims;
0 $3 1.2 million for unallowable At-RisWCCDBG’ line items;
0 $13.5 million for unallowable SSB@ line items; and
0 $1.3 million for other unallowable Title IV-E claims. http://oig.hhs.gov/oas/reports/region4/49800123.pdf

Protection Racket
They didn’t do it for the children By Timothy Lynch
National Review Online http://familyrightsassociation.com/news/archive/2008/flds/protection_racket.htm

Pa. juvenile court judge guilty of racketeering in kickback case http://news.bostonherald.com/news/national/northeast/view.bg?articleid