TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - The Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence is about to be stripped of a special status in state law under a bill the Senate sent to Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday amid an investigation into the agency’s former president being compensated $7.5 million over three years.
Right now state law establishes the coalition as the only agency that can pass government money on to groups that help domestic violence victims. But lawmakers and DeSantis have been outraged after learning about former president Tiffany Carr’s compensation.
“Somewhere that organization lost its way,” said Republican Sen. Aaron Bean, who sponsored the bill.
During a hearing Monday before a House committee, coalition board members acknowledged that they gave Carr more than 365 days worth of unpaid time off during two different years. Carr later cashed in the unused time when she resigned in November. The board members said they thought the compensation agreement was in hours, not days.
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