Livingston Condemns Budget Mismanagement
State Representative David Livingston (R-28) issued a statement condemning Governor Katie Hobbs' (D-AZ) mismanagement of the Department of Child Safety's (DCS) Congregate Care program.
Congregate Care is Arizona's program that assists in funding group homes for foster children. As ABC15 reported, it is expected to go bankrupt soon, which Arizona Republicans blame on mismanagement by Gov. Hobbs.
However, Christian Slater, a spokesperson for Gov. Hobbs, said the program will not go bankrupt, and the request for additional funds is a routine line-item diversion of funds for other programs into the DCS's Congregate Care.
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Rep. Livingston, however, was not buying it.
As a press release from the Arizona House's Joint Legislative Budget Committee (JLBC) explained, DCS was supposed to use existing funds in its budget.
"Governor Hobbs's repeated failures to manage the budget responsibly have pushed agencies into crisis after crisis. Her administration's approach is to overspend, ignore reality, and then demand a last-minute bailout. That's not leadership—that's recklessness," said Rep. Livingston.
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