OHIO: Missed Deadline on Health Care Grant Won't Cost Cuyahoga Taxpayers

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OHIO: Missed Deadline on Health Care Grant Won't Cost Cuyahoga Taxpayers

Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH) (10.19.09) - Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Laura Johnston

In an e-mail sent Friday, the federal Health Resources and Services Administration said it will forgive an administrative error that might have cost Cuyahoga County taxpayers $400,000. HRSA, which awards grants to assist uninsured HIV/AIDS patients, made the decision even though the county missed the deadline for three contracts. In June, county commissioners voted to use a 2008 Ryan White Part A HIV Emergency Relief Project grant to distribute $314,000 to University Hospitals, $38,000 to the county Mental Health Board and $60,000 to the county Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services Board. But in July, a consultant discovered that the county's $3.6 million grant had expired on Feb. 28. County Government Relations Officer Jim Corrigan, whose office oversees the program, said the problem arose because two county workers were late in getting the contracts on commissioners' meeting agenda. "It was our mistake, but the services provided were legitimate and the billing was legitimate," he said. "I am relieved."
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