ARKANSAS: Auditors Questioning Spending in State AIDS Program

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ARKANSAS: Auditors Questioning Spending in State AIDS Program

Associated Press (12.17.04) - Tuesday, December 21, 2004

Auditors investigating spending by the state Health Department's AIDS division and the agencies it deals with have identified about $350,000 in expenses deemed inappropriate, questionable or poorly documented. The federal funds are designated to prevent HIV infection and fund treatment and assistance to the approximately 4,000 state residents with HIV/AIDS.

Department officials and the auditors said the grant- monitoring process failed to detect some problems. "One would have to assume that somewhere along the line that process broke down," said Jerry Jones, infectious-disease unit leader at the department.

The report questions expenses used for travel, an AIDS task force's staff, computer classes and other direct services for people with AIDS.

The findings are preliminary, the auditors said; supporting documents for the expenses may exist. If not, the organizations will be asked to repay the money.
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