Lol calm down a bit. This program was poorly run, it's the governments fault for not auditing them properly, and they shouldn't be given money ever again.

But there are plenty of youth programs in Philly doing amazing work that DESPERATELY need money to function because they serve low income populations and the only way to feasibly make enough money to run/pay staff is through grants.

$13k is also the total, not per kid. Not defending the program but at least get the facts right. Usually programs like this give 50-100 to the kids for completing as an incentive, maybe more. If it were 13k per kid that'd be like the entire budget for 15 kids alone no programming costs or admin.