Summary
Outraged over reports of financial mismanagement but sympathetic to foster youths who testified before the board in tears, Los Angeles County supervisors voted Tuesday to end a contract with West Covina-based Refugio Para Ninos.
"This agency has received $7.46 million in foster care funds, but the foster children have been victimized,' Supervisor Michael Antonovich said. "They've been dealt two bad hands. O ne, they're in foster care, and two, the local agency is defrauding them the resources they need to become responsible young adults.'See the full content of this document
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Agency Loses County Funding
Refugio Para Ninos allegedly misspent $800,000 while its executive director, Joseph Steinberg, was receiving an annual sala...
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