RALEIGH, N.C. (WGHP) — The embattled nonprofit run by North Carolina’s second lady has caught the attention of federal agencies.
Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s wife, Yolanda Hill, ran a now-defunct nonprofit called Balanced Nutrition Inc. The nonprofit falls under the Child and Adult Care Food Program, part of the NCDHHS’s Division of Child and Family Well-Being.
In July, the NCDHHS notified Balanced Nutrition Inc. that it had identified “serious deficiencies” and discovered that the nonprofit owed more than $132,000 in disallowances. Robinson has characterized these findings as a political attack.
Now, NCDHHS has confirmed that the Southeast Regional Office of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service asked the department to “provide documentation associated with the Notice of Serious Deficiency and the OIG complaint received related to Balanced Nutrition, Inc.,” according to a statement.
NCDHHS says it had sent the Notice of Serious Deficiency to the USDA per federal regulation, but it “has not referred this matter to any other body.”