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TexasTowelie

(111,292 posts)
Sat Jul 24, 2021, 11:32 PM Jul 2021

Nonprofit Food Service CEO Indicted for Falsely Claiming to Provide Over $800,000 in Meals for Low-

Nonprofit Food Service CEO Indicted for Falsely Claiming to Provide Over $800,000 in Meals for Low-Income Children


According to the Office of the Inspector General, Dawn Eggleston, CEO of nonprofit Our Daily Bread, Inc., has been indicted by a Camden County grand jury for submitting false reimbursements relating to the operations of the Summer Food Service Program.

The Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) is a federally-funded and state-administered program that feeds nutritious meals to children in low-income areas when schools are closed for summer vacation. In Georgia, the program feeds children free of charge through sponsors that utilize sites approved by the Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning (DECAL). SFSP provides an estimated 5-6 million meals a summer for approximately 82,000 children each day in the State.

In 2017, Our Daily Bread, Inc., provided SFSP meals at 177 different locations from Brunswick to Albany encompassing most of Southern Georgia. After routine evaluations at multiple sites, DECAL administrators suspected that CEO Dawn Eggleston had misrepresented the total number of meals actually served. Subsequent surveillance by the Office of the State Inspector General and other investigating agencies confirmed that Eggleston regularly inflated the meal counts, and that Eggleston submitted a fraudulent reimbursement in the amount of $831,354 for July 2017. As a result of this investigation, DECAL rejected the reimbursement request.

“Every summer, sponsors across Georgia are entrusted with feeding our most vulnerable children,” said State Inspector General Scott McAfee. “When they misrepresent the number of children that are actually participating, not only are they stealing money from the taxpayers, their greed takes food away from children that struggle to find meals outside of school.”

Read more: https://allongeorgia.com/georgia-public-safety/nonprofit-food-service-ceo-indicted-for-falsely-claiming-to-provide-over-800000-in-meals-for-low-income-children/
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Nonprofit Food Service CEO Indicted for Falsely Claiming to Provide Over $800,000 in Meals for Low- (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jul 2021 OP
That kind of crime ticks me off, especially in a state on skimpy side of services. Hoyt Jul 2021 #1
Glad the organization got busted. Bluethroughu Jul 2021 #2
Shame on him. sheshe2 Jul 2021 #3
I think Dawn is a 'she' 70sEraVet Jul 2021 #4
Works for me. sheshe2 Jul 2021 #5

Bluethroughu

(5,095 posts)
2. Glad the organization got busted.
Sat Jul 24, 2021, 11:43 PM
Jul 2021

I'm sick of my tax dollars going to these charlatans.

Give the money to the people and let them feed themselves!

sheshe2

(83,334 posts)
3. Shame on him.
Sun Jul 25, 2021, 12:02 AM
Jul 2021
“When they misrepresent the number of children that are actually participating, not only are they stealing money from the taxpayers, their greed takes food away from children that struggle to find meals outside of school.”


Lock his ass up.
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