Community Action shutdown shuffles energy assistance funds

Bill Davis
Bill Davis, suspended CEO of CAM
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This week, a Ramsey County judge appointed a receiver to take over management of Community Action Minneapolis, the social service organization under state investigation.

Michael Knight will be in charge of "winding down" the organization, after an audit found it misspent hundreds of thousands of dollars in state and federal grant money.

That will leave many low-income people - who relied on CAM for energy assistance, career counseling, or other services - to look for help elsewhere.

One of the groups that has stepped in to help is Community Action Partnership of Suburban Hennepin.

Scott Zemke, executive director of that group, joins The Daily Circuit to discuss the changes.

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