BOSTON (AP) — The chief of the state's welfare system has resigned in the wake of a report that found widespread waste and the distribution of millions of dollars to people not eligible for benefits.
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An internal report
found that nearly 3,100 out of 47,000 families receiving
taxpayer-funded benefits and contacted through a voter registration
mailer were unaccounted for. Their accounts are being closed.
The department also said it overpaid federal food stamp recipients by almost $28 million since 2010.
The
Inspector General found the Department of Transitional Assistance
handed out about $25 million in benefits to people with unconfirmed
eligibility.
The Boston Herald (bit.ly/XXFjkf) reports
that Health and Human Services Secretary John Polanowicz asked for and
received the resignation of Department of Transitional Assistance
Commissioner Daniel Curley on Thursday.
