Sleeping area at a shelter that's part of the Casa Alitas program on March 1, 2024.
The new funding is part of more than $47 million in new funding to be distributed to migrant services throughout the state.
The announcement comes after it came to light that two heads of the migrant operations left the organization due to not following conflict of interest policies. The New Republic first reported they contracted laundry services through the former director’s mother and may have overpaid her by $200,000.
The county contracts Catholic Community Services in the migrant sheltering program. And last week, Congressman Juan Ciscomani asked DHS to conduct an investigation into the nonprofit’s use of federal funds to run the program.
So far this fiscal year, the county has received nearly $22 million in federal funds for migrant services.
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