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Records related to a state House probe of a nonprofit linked to First Lady Casey DeSantis’ signature Hope Florida assistance program are part of an “open” investigation, Leon County State Attorney Jack Campbell’s office said.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and first lady Casey DeSantis announced a program to bring Hope Florida to school districts at an event at Fruitland Park Elementary School in Lake County Wednesday.
Scrutiny of a welfare program that is the signature initiative of Florida first lady Casey DeSantis is threatening to undermine a potential run to succeed her husband as governor, as well as his own presidential ambitions.
Rep. Alex Andrade, a Pensacola Republican who chairs the House Health Care Budget Subcommittee, announced the decision after the Hope Florida Foundation’s lawyer, Jeff Aaron, and leaders of nonprofits that received $5 million grants from the foundation refused to appear before the panel.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and first lady Casey DeSantis spoke at a church in St. Augustine to lay praise on Hope Florida.
Seeking to “restore confidence” in its mission, directors of an embattled foundation affiliated with First Lady Casey DeSantis’ signature Hope Florida welfare-assistance program on Thursday agreed to strengthen the nonprofit’s structure amid widening scrutiny by the Florida House.
Amid ongoing scrutiny of First Lady Casey DeSantis’ signature welfare-assistance program and an affiliated foundation, the executive director of the Hope Florida program is poised to step down.
The chairman of a foundation tied to Hope Florida aid under oath Tuesday that “mistakes were made” with the foundation’s record keeping, as a skirmish over the group’s finances continued to escalate.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced that Hope Florida would become a permanent component of the Florida Division of Emergency Management and take on a new name, “Activate Hope.”
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis held a news conference Thursday morning in Panama City Beach to recognize recipients of grant money from the Hope Florida Fund.
