Indiana veterans affairs leader resigns after awarding grants for needy vets to employees
Indianapolis Star
Tony Cook
December 7, 2018
Most veterans also were strictly held to a $2,500 lifetime cap on aid, but at least four of Brown's employees who are veterans received more than that, including the manager of the program, who dipped into the fund multiple times.
Indiana Department of Veterans' Affairs Director James Brown (Photo: Indiana Department of Veterans' Affairs)The leader of Indiana's veterans affairs agency is resigning after awarding grant money intended for struggling veterans to his own employees.
The shakeup comes one week after an ongoing IndyStar investigation found Brown gave middle-income state employees who were veterans an inside track on emergency assistance grants intended for needy vets.
IndyStar reported last week that at least 11 of the agency's employees — many making $40,000 to $50,000 a year — received a total of roughly $40,000 or more through the Military Family Relief Fund.
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