Financial Audit of the District of Columbia Office on Aging

GAO reviewed the financial operations of the District of Columbia's Office of Aging, particularly programs operated by nonprofit community-based organizations which receive Office funds to provide services such as nutritional meals to the District's senior citizens. For the fiscal year 1978, the Office received about $2.7 million in Federal grants and about $600,000 in District appropriated funds to operate programs for the elderly. The nonprofit organizations (subgrantees) generally accounted for the funds properly. But about $8,600 was reportedly embezzled by one of the subgrantees before the review began.