City Lifts Freeze On Creative Visions Funds
The city said that there's no evidence of wrongdoing by an agency that works to help at-risk youth.
Creative Visions, a social services agency headed by Ako Abdul-Samad, was accused of falsifying documents to help justify the agency's funding.
In August, Des Moines City Hall froze federal grant money it channels to Creative Visions for job placement and training programs after an unnamed whistle-blower leveled the charge.
This February, the city said it found, for the second time in two years, that Creative Visions' paperwork was lacking. The city also claimed that many client files were missing.
Abdul-Samad had agreed that his agency has had its paperwork problems, but he denied there were missing files.
City Manager Rick Clark said Friday that that agency's remaining $75,000 of its block grant as outlined in its approved contract have been unfrozen.
A decision about the future funding of Creative Visions beyond the current program year will be up to the City Council, a news release said.
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