Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Nepotism Costs Head Start Grantee over $66,000
The HHS appeals board recently upheld the disallowance of $66,888 in salary paid to the sister of a Head Start center’s CEO. The L.I. Child and Family Center employed the sister of the CEO in violation of the center’s own personnel policy and provisions of the Head Start law and regulations prohibiting any taint of “partisan political bias or personal or family favoritism” in the conduct of Head Start programs. Even though the case did not deal specifically with a tribal program, tribal Head Start programs are subject to the same laws and regulations.
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What is the Tribal administrator doing in conjunction with the Council to make sure this is not happening with other grants including the unrestricted funds.
ReplyDeleteWas this an oversight of the Tribal Administrator?
This was not a tribally run program. This was a non-Indian program.
ReplyDeleteOut of curiousity...was the CEO fired for their actions? Because I know of a tribal head start program who has recently hired her own son on "temporary contractual basis," Is this legal or not?
ReplyDeleteAccording to the Head Start Act all actions must be "free of any taint of partisan political bias or personal or family favoritism". The law requires each grantee to establish and follow policies to ensure compliance with the law. The Head Start program should have policies which address the issue of entering into contracts with relatives, especially when it would be at the very least an apparent conflict of interest. The board decision does not mention if the CEO was fired.
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