ST. PAUL, Minn. — A state office tasked with administration of a federal meals program lacked sufficient oversight to ensure compliance with legal requirements, a new audit found.
The Office of the Legislative Auditor determined the Minnesota Board on Aging, which is responsible for allocating the funding, in some cases did not have proper documentation to support payments for meals in the Senior Nutrition Program, which supports people 60 and older with financial needs. The board and its local organization partners–the Area Agencies on Agencies–fell short of what is required for monitoring, too.
As of last year, it hadn’t visited a provider site since at least 2017, the audit said. The team that put together the report addressed the Legislative Audit Commission at the state capitol on Wednesday.
“We generally concluded that the Minnesota Board on Aging and…
