Faith-based grant company shuts down
We Care America was being paid $2.1 million over 20 months by Ohio.
http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/03/13/ddn031407wecare1a.html
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By Laura A. Bischoff
Staff Writer
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
COLUMBUS — A contractor being paid $3,500 a day by the state to administer
grants to churches and community organizations closed its Ohio and Virginia
offices and is now routing its invoices through the Assemblies of God New
Jersey District Council.
David Castaneda, who had been handling We Care America's invoices, said the
company folded after a number of grants ended in 2006 and all that remained
was the Ohio contract.
"Actually, the company pretty much closed. Nobody is working there. It was
a decision by the board," Castaneda said.
Castaneda, who had been finance director, resigned in February and David
Mills, who had been vice president of grants and program development, left
March 1.
Some We Care America phone lines have been disconnected while others go
unanswered.
Meanwhile, 15 groups have complained that they have not received payments
totaling $78,370 from We Care America, according to Gov. Ted Strickland's
office.
Under the Taft administration, the Governor's Office on Faith-based and
Community Initiatives awarded We Care America, a firm with ties to the Bush
administration, a $2.1 million, 20-month contract beginning in September
2005. It was to administer grants to small churches and community
organizations that were helping prisoners re-enter society, counseling
couples and assisting troubled youth.
State Inspector General Tom Charles has opened an investigation into the
faith-based office finances and contracts and the Ohio Department of Job
and Family Services began an audit last week.
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