[Vendorsmi] Fw: [nfbmi-talk] auditor takes mrs to task

[joe harcz Comcast]

This is germane to all that is happening in MCB/BEP.

Now, I have to go through the use of the ADA though as the report is in an 
inaccessible pdf file.

What people need to understand is that documents made publicly available to 
the sighted for free must also be made accessible to the blind for free and 
in a timely manner and in the most effective format for that individual.

Oh though we can see that is also supposed to be true of personal documents 
including those requested by Joe Sontag related to just how his points were 
determined.

Has he received those documents?

No. And those are major violations of the ADA and 504, and infact the 
FOIA -- a three fer of violations -- and civil rights violations at that 
committed almost daily if not hourly within MCB.

Joe
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State audit takes rehab service to task



Payments only moderately effective



Updated: Tuesday, 17 Jan 2012, 4:09 PM EST

Published : Tuesday, 17 Jan 2012, 4:09 PM EST



GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) - A state audit shows a program aimed at 
assisting people with disabilities isn't doing a very good job making sure 
it is using

taxpayer dollars appropriately.



The

Michigan Auditor General

recently released its report on

Michigan Rehabilitation Services.

The state says the program "offers job services for persons who need 
vocational rehabilitation services to prepare for, find and repair a job."



An audit of expenses and payments between October 2008 and July 2011 found 
the agency's efforts to make sure payments were proper were only moderately 
effective.



The audit looked at 100 cases and found:

List of 1 items

• Michigan Rehabilitation Services failed to properly document $410,513 in 
vehicle purchases for clients. That includes buying a $30,998 vehicle for a 
person

whose goal was to be a homemaker. In other cases the agency purchased six 
new vehicles totaling $266,544 when used vehicles may have been a better 
alternative.

list end



List of 1 items

• Michigan Rehabilitation Services paid money to clients who had already 
found full-time work.  In one case cited in the audit, the state paid more 
than

$5,000 for food, gas and clothing, and another $120 to that same person to 
help clear their criminal record.  In another case the state paid more than

$2,400 for job placement services to a person who was already working 
full-time.

list end



List of 1 items

• Cases where Michigan Rehabilitation Services purchased items for clients, 
such as computers, but failed to get those items back when they were no 
longer

needed by the client.

list end



Michigan Rehabilitation Services was also criticized for failing to follow 
through with payments to individuals to make sure the money was used for its

intended purpose.



In its response to the audit, Michigan Rehabilitation Services says it 
agrees with the auditor general's recommendations to fix the issues cited in 
the

report, and is working to new controls and increase monitoring.





State audit takes rehab service to task | WOOD TV8



Source:

http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/michigan/state-audit-takes-rehab-service-to-task
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