Lieutenant Governor Jeanette Nuñez, the Department of Children and Families (DCF) Secretary Shevaun Harris, the Agency for Persons with Disabilities Director Taylor Hatch, and stakeholders today recognized January as Human Trafficking Awareness Month
Florida says investigation into nonprofit executive pay is ânot a witch huntâ
A preliminary report released in January found that nine nonprofit organizations, all contracted by Florida, appeared to be spending millions compensating executives above the limits allowed by state law.
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Tiffany Carr, former executive director of Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence, left, speaks at a 2004 news conference held by Gov. Jeb Bush, background right. [ PHIL COALE | AP ]
Updated Feb. 12
TALLAHASSEE â Floridaâs top auditor told a House committee that the state probe into the compensation of executive salaries at social welfare organizations was not âany kind of witch huntâ but instead was an attempt at âbringing transparency to the processâ of state and federal funds used by privately-run entities.