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Archived · Investigation · Reviewed October 11, 2026

Ketchmore Kids: grants and card charges

Reconcile direct grant payments and card charges against the funded program scope.

Overview

Review Ketchmore Kids awards and associated P-card or Square payment records. Compare dates, receipts and deliverables within the same reporting period.

Source notes

Separate payment methods can support different purchases. Overlap requires the invoices and grant scope.

2 of 2 reviewed records. Source links and release indexes are identified separately from archived copies.

Timeline

Document dates, oldest first. These are not verified event dates; undated records appear last.

Supporting-record chronology

  1. Document date not established

    FY 2027 City adopted operating budget

  2. Document date not established

    FY 2027 City adopted budget — line item detail

News story

No resulting news story is currently linked and published.

Open questions

Records still needed (2)
  • Card receipts and approvals

    Itemized receipts, cardholder and approver records and account coding.

    Likely custodian: Finance; grant administrator; Ketchmore Kids

    Identify the purchase supported by each charge.

    Submit this record
  • Grant-scope reconciliation

    Signed agreement, same-period ledger and program delivery records.

    Likely custodian: Finance; grant administrator; Ketchmore Kids

    Test whether the payments covered distinct authorized services.

    Submit this record