Acorn Should Not Have Gotten Grant ; Oig Report Says Organization Claimed Experience It Did Not Have
The Washington Times › December 01, 2010
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ACORN, the community activist organization Congress currently barred from getting federal funds, should not have been given a $450,000 grant for an affiliate to establish a fire prevention and safety program, Homeland Security's Office of Inspector General said Tuesday.
The 2007 grant, awarded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), went to the ACORN Institute for the pilot program, although the Inspector General's Office (OIG) said the institute claimed experience on its application it did not have and did not fully implement the program as approved.See the full content of this document
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Acorn Should Not Have Gotten Grant ; Oig Report Says Organization Claimed Experience It Did Not Have
OIG investigators also said the institute could not substantiate all its grant expenditures.
The ACORN Institute was supposed to develop a program for community gr...See the full content of this document
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