Audit raises concerns over elderly advocacy group's fiscal documentation

The state Department of Health Services has increased its scrutiny of a Madison-based elderly advocacy group after an audit found it had weak fiscal controls and poor documentation of travel and entertainment expenses by its director. Another major funder was scheduled to review its financial support for Coalition of Wisconsin Aging Groups at a meeting Friday because of questions raised by the audit and concerns about the firing of an employee who had sharply criticized the coalition’s executive director, Nino Amato. (WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL, 2/24)