My hats off to The Youth Today-- the trade newspaper of the youthwork field -- that first broke this story back in December 2006.
I saw this story last night on Nightline with Brian Ross. A key witness to this scandal will be a former employee of Flores' office, Scott Peterson [who was inteviewed on Nightline], who says the grants were awarded based more on politics than merit.
A senior Justice Department official says a $500,000 federal grant to the World Golf Foundation is an appropriate use of money designed to deal with juvenile crime in America.
"We need something really attractive to engage the gangs and the street kids, golf is the hook," said J. Robert Flores, the administrator of the Justice Department's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
"We need something really attractive to engage the gangs and the street kids, golf is the hook," said J. Robert Flores, the administrator of the Justice Department's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
The Justice Department, in a decision by Flores, gave the money to the World Golf Foundation's First Tee program, even though Justice Department staffers had rated the program 47th on a list of 104 applicants. The allegations were first reported earlier this year by the trade journal Youth Today.
"I don't know why people insist on denigrating it, it's a sound program," Flores told ABC News.
Current and former Justice Department employees allege that Flores ignored the staff rankings in favor of programs that had political, social or religious connections to the Bush White House.
More from The Youth Today:
From "Former Justice Official Says Juvenile Chief Misled Her" and "A Friend at Justice"
A memo that U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Administrator Robert Flores wrote to Regina Schofield last July, in which he explained how he chose 10 winning proposals from among more than 100 bids for the National Programs grants.
From "Juvenile Justice, A Panel of One"
Here are PDFs of the winning 2007 National Juvenile Justice Program bids.
Here is a detailed list of bidders for OJJDP's 2007 National Juvenile Justice Program grants (winners are highlighted).
Here is a spreadsheet of all OJJDP 2007 discretionary grants.
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So much for supporting the kids. 500,000 dollars going to adults as they use kids to get the money. Now Mr. Kitty we will see many more give aways to the Bush Friends. TGCN I miss you too.
Is G-Rod going to skip town with a bag of money. Keep an eye out for Lisa Lisa the snake. She and her Dad are up to something for sure. Now I found on the DOJ investigation site that Lisa Lisa and her Daddy are under investigation for illegal fund raising let's see how that plays out. I have learned so much about Chicago and I've only been there twice. I do miss seeing Randall Samborn he's such a sweet guy and his smile could bring World Peace. Yes I did miss the Little Angel but he's always in my heart. But reading up on Illinois, that is one State that has alot of named crooks. I know California, New York, Texas and many other States have their share of criminal officials too. It's like crime just took over the United States.
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