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Tag: Nonprofit mismanagement

Operation REACH's daycare center facing license revocation

by Jessica Williams August 6, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

New documents, close reading of study show leader of Operation REACH got facts wrong

by Jessica Williams March 26, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

Brother of Operation Reach leader is accused of sexual assault

by Jessica Williams March 22, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

Lens' Gert Town investigation draws IG attention; city review met with resistance

by Jessica Williams May 27, 2011 Updated November 7, 2019

Dejean kept Gert Town board in the dark, ex-chairman of secretive non-profit contends

by Jessica Williams May 17, 2011 Updated November 7, 2019

Why the secrecy? Gert Town community agency won't show how it's spending lawsuit windfall

Five years after the Gert Town neighborhood started collecting $404,000 for community renewal, the non-profit dispensing the cash refuses to give residents an accounting of how it’s being spent.
by Jessica Williams May 11, 2011 Updated November 7, 2019

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