Audit: Social services throughout Maryland riddled with problems

Published May 23, 2012 4:00am ET



Missing foster care case files and inadequate controls over bank accounts and corporate debit cards made up some of the 373 findings in a state audit released Wednesday of 24 local social services agencies across Maryland.

Of the 373 areas identified as needing oversight, 77 were not addressed after being identified in an audit performed roughly three years ago. The worst offenders were the Departments of Social Services in Prince George’s County and Baltimore, each of which had 40 areas of concern, and Montgomery County, where 45 percent of the 20 findings were repeat findings.

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