NC auditor releases report on juvenile councils
RALEIGH — A state report says there are financial conflicts of interest on local panels designed to keep teens out of trouble with the law.
State Auditor Les Merritt’s office released a performance audit Tuesday of the state’s Juvenile Crime Prevention Councils. The councils share $23 million annually to help create local treatment and counseling programs.
The audit found that 14 county councils had as members directors or managers of programs that receive funds distributed by the council. Some programs received more than half of the total funds allocated in each particular county.
Merritt’s office found no abuse of these relationships but urged the councils to improve their conflict policies. The state Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention generally agreed with the audit’s findings.
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