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Tennessee children are hungry
In Tennessee, more than one in four children are at risk for hunger. State auditors are questioning where more than $12 million intended to provide meals and snacks to low-income Tennessee kids went last year, and in a scathing audit blames the leadership at the Department of Human Services for repeatedly failing to do its job overseeing the state's $80 million food program. Audits released by the Comptroller in the last three years described lapses in oversight of the state's food programs. An investigation that began in 2015 by the Tennessean newspaper found numerous cases of fraud and abuse in a program that feeds children who may not have access to regular meals. DHS is responsible for distributing federal funds to nonprofit subcontractors who, in turn, are responsible for ensuring meals and snacks are given to children and some adults with intellectual or other disabilities at day care centers, after school program, churches and community centers.
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