Reform implication · 2 cases

Conflict disclosure on grants

Cases here document grant awards where awarding-side staff or board members had undisclosed relationships with grantee organizations. Reform requires standardized conflict disclosure at award and at any material amendment.

  1. KC-2025-002 · Apr 26, 2026 · Reported · $813K
    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
  2. KC-2024-002 · Sep 16, 2024 · Documented · $327K
    Willard Jimerson was hired by Seattle-King County Public Health on March 9, 2020, as a Term Limited Temporary (TLT) Project/Program Manager III. He worked on the Zero Youth Detention (ZYD) initiative and was involved in the Regional…
    Conflict of interestMisuse of public resources