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ResCare Minnesota, Inc.
<br />Reports: 201802057, 201802068, 201802084, 201802087, 201802098
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<br />that the petty cash pouches were reconciled and contained accurate amounts, and that P2, P3, P4, and PS
<br />could return to the central office to pick up their respective petty cash pouches.
<br />i Also on March 14, 2018, around 12 noon, the SP was informed that his/her employment at the facility
<br />was being ended for unrelated matters. Upon being notified, the SP was escorted to his/her office, and
<br />supervised while in his/her office to gather his/her belongings, before leaving.
<br />On March 15 and 16, 2018, P3 picked the petty cash pouches up for facility A and E, including those for
<br />VAI, 111-113, VA7, VA8, and 1111-1112, and delivered the pouches to their respective facility home. The
<br />petty cash pouches were not counted at that time; however, in the days that followed, various direct care
<br />staff persons notified P3 that money was missing for VAI, VA7, and VAS. However, there was no money
<br />missing from 111-113, and 1111-1112. P3 contacted a supervisory staff person at the facility's central office
<br />with his/her concerns.
<br />On March 16, 2018, P4 picked the petty cash pouches up for facility B, including those for VA2, VA3, VA4,
<br />and R4. P4 delivered the pouches to facility B, and did not count the money at that time; however, in the
<br />days that followed, various direct care staff persons notified P4 that money was missing for VA2, VA3, and
<br />VA4. However, there was no money missing from R4. P4 contacted a supervisory staff person at the
<br />facility's central office with his/her concerns.
<br />Not all of the petty cash pouches had been picked up at this point and some remained in the SP's office,
<br />including those for facilities C and D (VAS, VA6, and 115-1110). Following receipt of P3's and 134's concerns
<br />of missing money in the petty cash pouches for facilities A, B, and E, P1 went to the SP's office and found
<br />the petty cash pouches for facilities C and D lying on the floor and not secured in the SP's file cabinet as
<br />they should have been. At that point, P1 requested that the petty cash pouches for facilities A, B, and E
<br />be returned to the central office so that all of the pouches could be audited again. In doing so, the
<br />following cash was determined missing:
<br />• $20 from VA1
<br />• $80 from VA2
<br />• $55 from VA3
<br />• $25 from VA4
<br />$50 from VA5
<br />• $71 from VA6
<br />• $20 from VA7
<br />• $61 from VA8
<br />• The total missing from VA1-VA8 was $382. However, there was no money missing from R1-1112.
<br />Pi made more than one attempt to contact the SP; however, the SP did not respond to P1. P1 searched
<br />the SP's office and did not find the missing funds. Pi also interviewed each house supervisor who
<br />confirmed that they documented the amount in each pouch prior to dropping them off with the SP; that
<br />when they picked the pouches up after the audit, they did not count the cash in each pouch until they
<br />returned to the facility; and that the pouches were not left unattended during any of those times except
<br />when they were with the SP. Note: At the time of the incident, house supervisors were not required to
<br />count the cash in each pouch upon picking them up from the SP's office or prior to leaving the SP's office.
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