Washington State Auditor's Office

Washington's trafficking-awareness laws and posters pointed victims to a help line the state had disconnected, and its required poster went unrevised for a decade.

King County program manager funneled $813,000 in youth-grant contracts to her own relatives for years before the county investigated; independent forensic review confirms fraud risk and Council closes the loophole

State audit finds $37 million in 'questionable' Washington child-care subsidy payments in FY2025; DCYF disputes fraud framing but plans to tighten controls