Florida says investigation into nonprofit executive pay is ânot a witch huntâ
A preliminary report released in January found that nine nonprofit organizations, all contracted by Florida, appeared to be spending millions compensating executives above the limits allowed by state law.
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Tiffany Carr, former executive director of Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence, left, speaks at a 2004 news conference held by Gov. Jeb Bush, background right. [ PHIL COALE | AP ]
Updated Feb. 12
TALLAHASSEE â Floridaâs top auditor told a House committee that the state probe into the compensation of executive salaries at social welfare organizations was not âany kind of witch huntâ but instead was an attempt at âbringing transparency to the processâ of state and federal funds used by privately-run entities.
State says investigation into nonprofit executive pay is not a witch hunt Mary Ellen Klas, The Miami Herald
Feb. 12 TALLAHASSEE Florida s top auditor told a House committee that the state probe into the compensation of executive salaries at social welfare organizations was not any kind of witch hunt but instead was an attempt at bringing transparency to the process of state and federal funds used by privately run entities. We are on a fact-finding mission, doing research so that the policymakers such as yourselves can decide what to do with the facts that we reveal, Melinda Miguel, the chief inspector general for Gov. Ron DeSantis, told the House Governmental Operations Subcommittee on Wednesday.
Nonprofit Daniel agency helps repair their home, guides them through
Credit: Bob Self/ Florida Times-Union Author: Florida Times-Union, Beth Reese Cravey Published: 7:22 PM EST December 24, 2020 Updated: 7:41 PM EST December 24, 2020
JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. Her grandchild s question was simple and yet full of import. What s an adoption?
Mary Kinney, 50, who raised four children of her own, was about to adopt six of her 11 grandchildren. Their parents struggled with substance abuse and domestic violence and the children had been abused and neglected. In 2017 state authorities removed seven children; one with special needs was with an aunt, the other six, ages 3 to 11, were with Kinney.
What s an adoption?
Mary Kinney, 50, who raised four children of her own, was about to adopt six of her 11 grandchildren. Their parents struggled with substance abuse and domestic violence and the children had been abused and neglected. In 2017 state authorities removed seven children; one with special needs was with an aunt, the other six, ages 3 to 11, were with Kinney.
She had been involved in their lives since they were born, but now they were together all the time. And the step they were about to take, moving from foster care to adoption, was permanent. She worried about their emotional scars.