Financial reporting for foster care services can be improved. A state report highlights the need for more transparency in spending on temporary housing for foster children and services provided by private contractors. This lack of detailed information makes it difficult to evaluate the justification of expenditures.
The report does not suggest any mismanagement of funds, but rather a need for better accounting. Further details on the report's findings are available. Lawmakers are expected to focus on the state's foster care privatization efforts, which have been in place for nearly a decade, in the upcoming year.
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