Welfare plan gets 1-year tryout / Feds will provide limited money as they monitor privatization
Source: By Tim Evans, Indianapolis Star (IN), December 21, 2006
Indiana will receive just one year of funding for Gov. Mitch Daniels' proposed 10-year state welfare privatization plan so federal officials can monitor a program they say raises several "questions and concerns."
......... The USDA detailed several lingering concerns in a letter to Family and Social Services Administration Secretary E. Mitchell Roob, including questions about the delegation of duties between employees of the state and its vendors, the proposed implementation schedule and oversight of the private contractors.