Sunflower-Humphreys Counties Progress operates a feeding site in Inverness, Mississippi, using federal funds controlled and monitored by the Mississippi Council on Aging. PEER determined that complaints made by aged clients relative to the operation of the feeding site were valid. These complaints included: (1) requiring clients to bear a portion of the costs of operating the center; (2) allowing center employees to expend funds belonging to the clients; and (3) inadequate allocation of travel funds to properly supervise the feeding program.
For a paper copy of this report, contact PEER by telephone at 601-359-1226 or by e-mail at reports@peer.ms.gov.