Utah’s use of roughly $75 million in federal funding for needy families lacks oversight and performance standards, according a legislative audit released Monday.
The Office of the Legislative Auditor General reviewed state contracts under Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, or TANF, and found that many of the programs selected for funding appeared to have been chosen arbitrarily, and without defined goals or a standard for evaluating success or failure.
“It is generally recognized that spending on case management is important,” the audit states. “Our concern is with [the Department of Workforce Services’] inability to adequately document its effectiveness.