County audit finds accounting weaknesses at job training provider Hub Cities Consortium

Auditor-Controller says the nonprofit must redo how it charged shared costs to county workforce programs and repay any excess.

Board of Supervisors· posted Jun 1Report$2.2M

The county's Auditor-Controller reviewed Hub Cities Consortium, which runs job training and youth employment programs, and found weak financial controls and unfair allocation of shared costs. The Department of Economic Opportunity, which paid the agency about $2.2 million from September 2024 through March 2025, will work with it to fix the issues by June 1, 2026.

What happens next

Hub Cities Consortium to implement recommendations, including reallocating shared costs and repaying any excess · Jun 1

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