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North Carolina Partnership for Children <br /> v Response to Statements in News and Observer May 19, 2002 Article regarding Smart Start <br /> Q <br /> What the article said What the article didn't say <br /> Auditors said 30 partnerships representing 37 This information is again relative to the year ended June 30, 2000 (2 YEARS AGO). <br /> CD counties did not spend$4.4 million in child-care -- 23 of the 30 local partnerships that did not spend the required amount on subsidy <br /> ° subsidies that year. Most of the subsidy money was had NO WAITING LIST during the last half of that fiscal year—making it extremely <br /> M funneled through local departments of social difficult to provide subsidy to children through the local DSS if all children requesting <br /> m services, Ponder said, many of'which simply failed assistance have been served; <br /> m to.spend the money. --During this same year, Smart Start partnerships statewide spent 42%of their funds <br /> m on child care subsidies—far exceeding the required 30%. <br /> Beaufort County Partnership ordered thousands of NCPC has provided local partnerships with guidelines that prohibit prepayment of <br /> N dollars'worth of materials day-care centers. By expenses at year-end. Currently,any partnership that prepays for goods and services <br /> mid-June, the goods hadn't been delivered, and she are penalized and forced to repay the expenses. <br /> c <br /> aced the prospect o havin to return the <br /> J p p of having money to <br /> M the slate. <br /> a <br /> Many local partnerships have been run by people Over the past two years,NCPC has significantly increased its capacity to provide <br /> 3 with little experience at operating a nonprofit monitoring of and technical assistance and training to the partnerships. In August 2000, <br /> U agency. For years, Campbell has been telling the a financial services unit was formed with the primary functions of providing monitoring, <br /> NCPC to offer them more assistance and training technical assistance and training to the partnerships. As a result,over 36 financial <br /> C in how to follow bidding laivs and properly training sessions have been provided and 40 financial monitoring visits have been <br /> M <br /> L account for their money. performed. <br /> O <br /> By now that assistance should be excellent, he said, It is important to note that in NCPC's audit report for the year ended June 30, 2001 the <br /> and it is not. "It is improving,"Campbell said. "But State Auditor's Office has indicated there are no findings related to NCPC's ability to <br /> Q I don't know 1 would classify it as adequate." provide training and technical assistance to local partnerships. <br /> m <br /> N <br /> O <br /> N <br /> O <br /> O <br /> N <br /> n <br /> �v <br /> E <br /> 5120/2002 2 <br />