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We help government work better by analyzing governmental operations and recommending improvements. In fiscal year 2023, we issued:

185

Reports*

661

Recommendations

$1,744,074

Fraud uncovered

37

Felony charges

* reports include audits, reviews, investigations, alerts, and followups.

 

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Arizona Department of Economic Security—Sunset Review

Department calculated child support payments we reviewed in accordance with statute and had processes to help ensure timely and consistent Adult Protective Services investigations, but had a $122 million fiscal year 2025 budget shortfall in the Division of Developmental Disabilities and did not comply with some State conflict-of-interest requirements

Arizona Department of Economic Security—Contract Oversight of Area Agencies on Aging

Department did not conduct on-site monitoring reviews every 3 years for 5 of 8 Area Agencies on Aging consistent with its State Plan to determine contract compliance, thereby not helping to ensure client well-being and appropriate use of public monies

Arizona Department of Economic Security—Division of Developmental Disabilities

Department failed to appropriately classify and subsequently investigate and resolve some reported incidents involving DDD members and did not timely and consistently address some quality-of-care concern investigation violations it identified and those violations could put DDD members’ health and safety at risk

Arizona Board of Occupational Therapy Examiners—Sunset Review

Board timely issued initial licenses in calendar year 2024, but allowed licensees to practice after their licenses had expired, could not demonstrate that it verified some applicants it approved for initial and renewal licenses possessed a valid fingerprint clearance card or a fingerprint based criminal history records check, and did not resolve some complaints in a timely manner, putting public safety at risk

Arizona State Board of Pharmacy—Sunset Review

Board did not sufficiently enforce compliance with State Controlled Substances Prescription Monitoring Program requirements, limiting the program’s effectiveness and exposing the public to increased risk of prescription drug misuse; and did not resolve complaints in a timely manner, which may negatively affect patient safety

Featured Reports

Arizona State House

COVID-19 Spending Reports

Followup—Arizona school districts’ and charter schools’, and ADE’s discretionary, COVID-19 federal relief spending—through June 30, 2022...

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Arizona Auditor General Special COVID-19 Funding Report, November 2022...

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Arizona State House

School District Financial Risk Analysis

As of January 2025, 2 Arizona school districts, Antelope Union High School District (UHSD) and Isaac Elementary School District (ESD), continue to be at higher financial risk than other Arizona school districts based on our analysis of 10 financial risk measures. Both highest-risk districts are experiencing risk related to operating and/or capital budget limit reserves, all 3 General Fund measures, and receivership.

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Arizona State House

School District Spending Report

In FY 2024, dollars spent on instruction and total per student spending increased from the prior year, but the State-wide instructional spending percentage (ISP) decreased by 0.8 percentage points to 52.6%. For the second consecutive year, this is the lowest ISP since we began monitoring it in FY 2001. The State’s average teacher salary increased to $65,113—a 34.6% increase since FY 2017. Additionally, we report trends in the number of students enrolled in districts, which affects their available funding.

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