Health and Human Services
A Financial Review of The Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation
April 2002
Report Number 02-033
Overall Conclusion
The Legislature and other oversight bodies can rely on the Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation's internally generated financial information. Financial and client information that is reported to the Department by community centers is inconsistent and unreliable.
Key Facts and Findings
- The Department's accounting system does not accurately reflect the community
centers' expenditures by strategy.
- The Department spends appropriated funds in accordance with the General
Appropriations Act and other applicable state laws and regulations.
- Alignment of funds expended and outcomes cannot be determined because of
unreliable data supporting performance measure outcomes.
- Community centers do not provide complete and accurate information about
the number of clients served.
- The Department's validation of community center CARE data is limited.
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