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Reform implication · 2 cases

DCHS grant administration

King County DCHS cases recur on subrecipient monitoring and grant administration. The reform is narrower than agency-wide IG: stricter operational requirements on DCHS grant award, monitoring, and close-out.

  1. KC-2023-005 · May 16, 2023 · adjudicated · $3.2M
    Community Passageways finance director Susana Tantico pleaded guilty to embezzling $893K from KC juvenile-diversion nonprofit ($3M+ total across two nonprofits); 41 months federal prison
    Federal guilty plea (May 16, 2023) and conviction (sentenced September 5, 2023) on two counts of wire fraud. 41 months federal prison and $3M restitution. The U.S. Attorney's press release and the plea agreement (cited via court filings)…
    Criminal fraudMisuse of public resources
  2. KC-2023-004 · Apr 26, 2023 · Documented · $28M
    King County Restorative Community Pathways — $28M juvenile diversion program ran four years without standardized outcome tracking; KCPAO paused felony referrals in August 2025 after 53% recidivism finding
    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