Agency record · 6 cases on file
King County Department of Community and Human Services
KC DCHS
King County's main social-services department, responsible for behavioral health, homelessness response, veterans' programs, and adult and juvenile justice services. Subject of an ombuds investigation, a Clark Nuber forensic audit, and recurring questions about subrecipient monitoring of nonprofit contractors.
- This case is the public-facing escalation of the August 2025 DCHS systemic audit (KC-2025-001). The sequence of events:Structural failureMisuse of public resourcesRule gaming
- Yolanda McGhee managed the "Liberated Village" program — formally, the Liberation and Healing from Systemic Racism initiative — inside King County's Department of Community and Human Services (DCHS). The program distributed over $10…Conflict of interestSpecial privilegesRule gaming
- Following the King County Auditor's 2025 review of DCHS contracting, 19 contractor organizations were flagged for financial irregularities described as "dubious expenses."Structural failureMisuse of public resources
- The King County Auditor published a review of King County's Department of Community and Human Services (DCHS) contracting program in August 2025. The findings:Structural failureMisuse of public resources
- Restorative Community Pathways was approved by the King County Council in the 2021-22 biennial budget as the operational expression of the County's Zero Youth Detention and Road Map policy commitments. It was not a rogue program. It was…Structural failureMisuse of public resourcesAggregate liability
- King County launched the Health Through Housing program in 2021, funded by a 0.1% county sales tax and a $400 million bonding package. The 2021 Implementation Plan budgeted $297.8 million in capital spending through 2028. The county…Structural failure