Mar. 16—dbeard @dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN — The Dunbar School Foundation must refund $460, 362.
96 to the state Department of Health for unallowable expenses associated with the DSF Stop COVID-19 vaccine program. The refund represents 42 % of the Stop program's $1, 100, 649.60 taxpayer-funded grant provided through the state Office of Epidemiology and Prevention Services for the period of April 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022, according to the report provided to The Dominion Post.
The 107-page "Findings and Technical Assistance Report " spells out the unallowable expenses in detail. They include $262, 048.05 for personnel questioned costs ; $32, 171.
86 for personnel miscalculated expenditures ; $12, 222.27 for unallowable cell phone costs ; $25, 240.78 for unallowable vaccine outreach costs ; $12, 484.
22 for unallowable event supplies ; $17, 353.32 for unallowable building rent ; $44, 051.65 for unallowable marketing costs ; $17, 043.
51 for contractual costs with "very weak supporting documentation "; and $11, 974.94 for unallowable technical device and software costs." The Dominion Post ran a series of stories on allegations of misspending by DSF Stop program leaders starting in May 2023, following months of research that began in fall 2022.
We learned at the time that DSF Stop was already under review by what was the Department of Health and Human Resources. DSF Stop ceased operations in June 2023 and abandoned its headquarters building near downtown Fairmont, across the.
