Former Somerville Non-Profit Head Made $28K in Purchases on Agency Credit Card
The Community Action Agency of Somerville is trying to move forward, and protect its federal funding, after a damning financial audit. It has hired an interim executive director to turn things around.
The former director of the non-profit Community Action Agency of Somerville racked up over $28,000 of personal charges on the agency credit card at clothing stores, online retailers, restaurants, supermarkets and elsewhere, according to a financial audit released Friday. The agency runs Head Start programs for over 350 kids in Somerville and Cambridge and a variety of services for low-income residents. The audit, presented to the Community Action Agency of Somerville and the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development at a meeting on Friday, shows the former executive director, Kimberly Smith-Cofield, made $28,614.91 of credit card purchases from December of 2010 to June of 2012 at places like Nordstroms, CVS, PetSmart, …
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