Maine Busted In University Child Welfare Training Fraud Scheme

For those of you who do not remember and the rest who do not know, there was a New York case, not so long ago where the Judge said a university did nothing wrong in its training and billing practices of child welfare.

I suppose Judge Hurd ought to read this because Cornel and the New York Office of Children and Family Services were using the exact same fraud scheme.

Maine Governor LePage with his nominee Mary Mayhew,

FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

The State agency claimed Title IV-E training costs totaling $2,495,375 (Federal share) that were allowable, supported, and allocated in accordance with Federal requirements. However, the State agency did not always follow Federal requirements in claiming training costs. Specifically, the State agency improperly claimed:

• $263,659 in State employee salaries and University educational costs that were not related to the Title IV-E training program;

• $474,270 in State administrative and University educational costs that were allocated incorrectly to the Title IV-E training program; and

• $45,668 in indirect costs that did not qualify for reimbursement at the enhanced rate.

As a result, the State agency overstated the Federal share of foster care and adoption assistance training costs by $783,597. The overstatements occurred because the State agency made clerical errors that improperly allocated, coded, and calculated Title IV-E

It must be noted that Mary Mayhew was a former lobbyist for Hospitals and picked by Governor Paul Le Page who had this to say:

He went on to say that Mayhew is a valuable part of his team because of her knowledge and experience in the field of health care.

Review of Maine’s Title IV-E Training Costs for Federal Fiscal Years 2008 Through 2010
Trust me, the rest of the States are doing this.