Iowa Auditor Finds Ongoing Deficiencies In State Controls To Prevent Concurrent TANF & Foster Care Or Adoption Payments

For the past decade there have been discrepancies in the Iowa Department of Human Services' (DHS') internal controls to prevent people who are receiving financial support through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Family Investment Program (FIP) grants from concurrently receiving Title IV-E payments for foster care or subsidized adoption. The problem of concurrent payments was noted in two program reviews by the Iowa Auditor of State: one for fiscal year (FY) 2020 and one for FY 2021. Both reports noted that DHS has been working to reduce the error. In FY 2012, 28% of concurrent FIP and . . .