Editor’s note: Public Health – Seattle & King County Communications Director James Apa clarified that the potential problems were identified through an internal review, not by the Inspector General’s Office.
An internal review conducted through King County’s standard contract monitoring processes identified potential financial misconduct involving a nonprofit that received county funding for gun-violence prevention work, including nearly $261,000 in potentially duplicative salary and rent billing.
The review identified concerns that Urban Family, a nonprofit working under King County’s Regional Office of Gun Violence Prevention, may have billed the county for the same expenses more than once between 2024 and 2025…