(03-08-2025, 12:13 AM)Obie Wrote: . She enrolled too many people too rapidly, she said, fell behind in billing the government and failed to make a key budget adjustment."
I guess you are calling this lady a liar. I read her statement and posted it here as a fact, you of course are entitled to your incorrect opinion.
I'm not calling anyone a liar.
The funding was simply cut off. It was not due to the fund running out of money.
As the sourced news story stated:
"In an emailed statement, a state official said the revision was part of an ongoing process of reassessing the grant after 70% of it was spent."
“These adjustments do not signify a reduction in funding but rather an appropriate reflection of the evolving circumstances,” wrote Maricar Pilotin-Freitas, administrator of the state labor department’s workforce development division, which manages the U.S. Department of Labor grant."
Further, as I stated, the shoddy poor bookkeeping aspect of MEC did not help matters.
I will say that I think I can understand your confusion in the matter.
As this news story reports:
Funding cut, layoffs impact Maui recovery
"On Monday, the state Department of Labor and Industrial Relations informed Maui Economic Opportunity, which administers the grant on Maui, that it did not have enough funds to cover MEO’s January payment request for reimbursement and that continued funding through the U.S. Department of Labor remained uncertain."
However, that is solely because of, as the same linked news article states:
"This week’s abrupt freeze of the National Dislocated Worker Grant due to federal funding cuts has local leaders scrambling to help some 131 displaced workers who had been employed in wildfire recovery operations."
So, yes, a person could say the fund ran out of money. But that's not the reality, or the fact of the matter. It's because the Federal Government cut off the funding to the State, who happen to be the guys who write the checks.