State audit takes issue with Edmonds COVID grant monitoring
EVERETT — A state audit released June 12 found that the city of Edmonds did not adequately monitor COVID-19 recovery funding in 2023.
It’s the city’s third audit since 2020 that found similar issues with COVID-19 recovery grant monitoring.
In 2023, Edmonds spent more than $3.6 million in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery funding. Of that funding, the city granted more than $880,000 to Edmonds College and Washington Kids in Transition, a nonprofit that provides homelessness assistance to children.
At Edmonds College, the funding went toward the Student Emergency Assistance Grant Program. The audit found that the city did not obtain any documentation from the college that demonstrated students were eligible to receive the funds.
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