City Flags FBI After Finding ‘Criminal Activity’ at Homelessness Nonprofit

Written by Annie Gaus, David Sjostedt : sfstandard – excerpt

An audit found a pattern of serious problems at a government-funded nonprofit that provides housing and other homelessness services, and the city’s budget office has referred the audit to the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the District Attorney’s office as a criminal matter.

The audit by the San Francisco Controller’s Office found a pattern of mismanagement at United Council of Human Services (UCHS), a nonprofit providing homelessness services which has received $28 million in grants through a fiscal sponsor, Bayview Hunters Point Foundation…

It isn’t the first time the city’s budget office has found problems at UCHS.

A 2017 audit found a slew of organizational problems ranging from inexperienced board members serving longer terms than allowed, $88,140 in missing funds and a missing record of most employees who had ever worked at the company. The report presented 30 recommendations to establish more oversight at the nonprofit…(more)