Most DC programs are like this unfortunately including DCPS

Anonymous wrote:I don’t know why anyone expects anything different from local DC government.

I guess because the woke blame everything on not enough programs. But they don't hold the people they elect accountable for administering the existing ones! It's BEYOND annoying.

I don’t know why anyone expects anything different from local DC government.

I don't know why people always look to the government for solutions to everyday-life problems, thinking that they are going to be effective.

Anonymous wrote:My husband was telling me about reading about a DC contract with a needle exchange van that collected $$$ from DC govt. and sat in some remote , vacant parking lot providing zero services. Time for the Post to do a huge audit on waste. The woke want services "redirected". There's clearly the money for it, but it's hard to find people to ethically carry out the services it seems.

The needle exchange mobile unit has always been a disaster:

https://woldcnews.com/51571/d-c-needle-exchange-program-going-broke/

At first the city blamed the Fed for restricting how it spent federal money (not on needles). Then once that law was changed allowing Federal Dollars to be spent, the money was simply used for other programs or just disappeared after being allocated to DCHealth and the needle exchange mobile unit.

For those who did not know, there were actually two units. A mobile RV type vehicle that disappeared and a mobile van that was supposed to look less discriminatory than the RV. That stopped moving after they could not afford to fill the gas tank.

People that used the needle exchange used to complain about the "wrong" type of needles being returned to the customer. Apparently the self retracting diabetes needles are the needles of choice, however, DCHealth likes to give out larger and less expensive larger needles.

At the end of the day the city retreats behind its standard, "but we contracted a solution out" response. Prevention Works used to be the contractor. Their claim was that the city never funded the contract as required and the company was left with unpaid payroll and other contracted overhead.

My husband was telling me about reading about a DC contract with a needle exchange van that collected $$$ from DC govt. and sat in some remote , vacant parking lot providing zero services. Time for the Post to do a huge audit on waste. The woke want services "redirected". There's clearly the money for it, but it's hard to find people to ethically carry out the services it seems.

Anonymous wrote:It turns out some DC contact tracers have been collecting a paycheck and not doing a stitch of work. Some of these Slackers have been doing this for 6 months. The so-called lead investigators makes $76,000 a year. Their main job is supposed to be resource coordination but since DC doesn't have adequate resources , they just call these poor people and hand them off to another DC office. These District employees then go back to sleeping or watching TV or out driving and no one's the wiser. The investigators who makes $51,000 a year and basically do the exact same job as a $76,000 a year people also can spend their days doing nothing and no one does anything about it. Why the Washington Post doesn't do a story about the waste on the contact Trace Force is a mystery. A deep dive into the Salesforce contract would be a good place to start.

You seem to have the inside scoop. Why don't you call the post?

They need to start with upper management
...idiots all

Do you mean Contact Trace Force? Yes, about 1/4 could be let go and it's about time.

It turns out some DC contact tracers have been collecting a paycheck and not doing a stitch of work. Some of these Slackers have been doing this for 6 months. The so-called lead investigators makes $76,000 a year. Their main job is supposed to be resource coordination but since DC doesn't have adequate resources , they just call these poor people and hand them off to another DC office. These District employees then go back to sleeping or watching TV or out driving and no one's the wiser. The investigators who makes $51,000 a year and basically do the exact same job as a $76,000 a year people also can spend their days doing nothing and no one does anything about it. Why the Washington Post doesn't do a story about the waste on the contact Trace Force is a mystery. A deep dive into the Salesforce contract would be a good place to start.