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Audit: Utah Department of Workforce Services shows program gains but recommends targeted improvements; Medicaid renewals produced high procedural terminations
Summary
State auditors found positive employment outcomes in several workforce programs but recommended focusing on practices that yield living‑wage employment; auditors also reported that Utah’s Medicaid renewal effort during the federal unwinding generated a high share of procedural terminations and notable recertification effort.
The Office of the Utah Legislative Auditor General presented a systemwide audit of the Department of Workforce Services (DWS) to the Economic Development and Workforce Services Interim Committee and recommended program adjustments to improve long‑term outcomes.
Auditors Auggie Lehman and Leah Blevins said DWS programs generally showed positive growth: unemployment and SNAP use fell among program participants and many programs placed participants into employment. The audit followed cohorts in WIOA and other workforce programs over five years and concluded that a portion of participants attained higher…
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