CALLING ON URBAN AFFAIRS COALITION & the city of philadelphia

Urban Affairs Coalition (UAC) assumes the financial and legal responsibility for every partner and project under its 501(c)(3) umbrella. The Hierarchy is a UAC independent contractor and City of Philadelphia vendor owned by tax cheat and poseur Jacques Latoison. Latoison allegedly embezzled and misappropriated significant federal grant money. As a steward of public funds that are for the purpose of helping the community, UAC has a zero tolerance policy when it comes to fraud or theft by any employee, contractor or officer. UAC, Infinite Economic Development Solutions, CHOP, and the City of Philadelphia are aware of his brazen illicit actions and allow it to continue.

*white-collar crime alert*

$208,737 plus interest is 1 year 3 months 3 days overdue. UAC is willfully negligent in allowing the financially challenged, unstable Latoison to manage payroll. He stole $35,406. $27,450 is owed for database programming services contracted by UAC’s independent consultant, EDP. EDP 🤹🏻 compensates Carlos Jones’ Infinite Economic Development Solutions (IEDS) for the work done. Latoison illegally seized 1,769 hours overtime, amounting to $145,880, claiming it as vigilante reparations.

**tax evasion alert**

Jacques Latoison owes the state of Delaware $87,883 in delinquent taxes.
See: Wall of Shame
Delaware criminal investigators have been unable to track him down to serve him, prove he has income, or seize assets. 👨‍🦯👨‍🦯
The Hierarchy has a longstanding tax debt of $10,090 to the City of Philadelphia that has remained unpaid for a decade.
See: Case Docket
Although the city has faced challenges in serving Latoison with its judgment, it has successfully located 🛎️🛎️The Hierarchy to award contracts. Latoison was in court with federal authorities on April 4, 2023, regarding his unpaid taxes. Additionally, there exists a considerable number of unpaid judgments against him spanning over a decade across multiple states.

Did UAC file a police report for the embezzlement?
UAC did file a 👮 police report against two employees for abuse of mayonnaise, stealing a chicken leg, hot dogs, and turkey sausage. 🍗🌭🦃 Maybe UAC filed a police report with the ODAAT seasonal employee (and Philadelphia cop) who posted on his Facebook that #BLM ✊🏿 protestors are “Filthy Scum. But they have no problem taking handouts.”

UAC and the City of Philadelphia use The Hierarchy as a no-bid City OEO Vendor. The Hierarchy SBA business address is this Delaware McMansion. It contracts staff from a location in Maryland. Maybe that locations is from his sister Ruth Latoison’s DC company Aridai. Carlos Jones has paid personal friend Latoison since at least 2005 as his Information Technology expert and database developer.
The Hierarchy’s mailing address is this US Post Office on Edgmont Avenue in Chester, Pennsylvania. Mail is returned as undeliverable.
The Hierarchy servers are located at the:
Philadelphia Data Center (401 North Broad Street).
It seems nobody fact-checked The Hierarchy 🤥 OEO status.

The Hierarchy received an SBA IEDL PPP loan at its then physical McMansion Delaware business address.

There does not appear to be a written contract evidencing UAC engaging The Hierarchy for staff augmentation and/or payroll processing.
Is the required Tax and Regulatory Status and Clearance Statement on file, or nah?

UAC may be involved in a potential violation of the False Claims Act for awarding The Hierarchy server hosting contracts for over a decade without requesting new pricing. In reality, pricing has significantly decreased since 2010.

Carlos Jones has been presented as an Urban Affairs Coalition EDP Executive since 1986. 🤔 💩 Shit the fan in 2012.
Jones owns Infinite Economic Development Solutions (IEDS).
IEDS has billed UAC as its Independent Contractor since 2013.
❓ Is Carlos Jones paid as a:
1. (UAC employee OR a City of Philadelphia employee*) AND as a
3. UAC Independent Consultant company owner? 🤔
UAC executives paid 💰 as IEDS consultants include Sharmain Matlock-Turner ($600 per hour), Arun Prabhakaran ($400 per hour), Kevin Satterthwaite ($400 per hour), and Carlos Jones ($231.07 per hour).
Carlos Jones supervises two UAC employees.
IEDS bills UAC for the same two UAC employees and himself. 🤔
☕ An insider reports that in 2012 EDP had a $215K loss; they had 4 years to pay UAC back. UAC paid Carlos Jones, John Lane and Aletha Michele Gumbs as UAC employees until late 2012.
In 2013 UAC EDP put Beverly Woods, a consultant, in charge of 3 UAC EDP W2 employees. Was she the “nasty woman” who made waves ousting Carlos? Did the “boys club” figure out how to keep Carlos in charge? Beverly Woods is a city employee.
Jones formed IEDS with the state of PA as operating from this shithole on 12/12/2012) with John Lane and Aletha Michele Gumbs in tow. Did UAC furlough these three in 2012 and pay them out? Did the City maybe then hire Jones, Gumbs, and Lane in 2013? IEDS started invoicing UAC in 2013. In 2014 did UAC present all three as UAC EDP core staff again? Vincent Gumbs, Jr. was hired in 2014 as a UAC EDP W2. Vincent Gumbs, Jr. is also a city employee. Who knows. 🤷🏻 Carlos Jones never stopped processing contractor payrolls for project compliance reporting. 🚩UAC paid Latoison for all of IEDS programming!🚩

🐠 Something is 🐟 fishy. This dump Carlos Jones lists as his IEDS address is owned by Michael J. Jones. Carlos shares this shack address with Mike Jones’ and George Pelz’s “MJK Electrical Corporation.” George Peltz, was convicted of tax fraud. 🚶‍♂️🔒👨‍⚖️
See 🎥: News Story
This is a busy address 🤔 FOUR businesses in a hovel?
The City of Philadelphia lists: Addison Construction Solutions AND Adelaide Electrical Construction Inc. as certified OEO MBE vendors at this Michael Jones property. MJK Electrical Corporation is listed as a PA Small Diverse Business supplier here, too.
MJK Electrical Corporation has an address located in Berlin, New Jersey. The NJ location is listed as a NAVAIR OSBP DoD government contractor. Its PPP Loan was to another NJ address. See: PPP Loan One would think a tax fraud felon would be barred from a 🚶‍♂️🔒👨‍⚖️ PPP loan.
Meanwhile, MJK Electrical Corporation uses the hovel address shared with IEDS to pull 234 electrical permits for projects in Philadelphia and is back in business. No active license is on file.
See: Permits.
🚩IEDS invoices UAC for its work, including UAC executives EDP work, from a mailbox in this UPS Store.
Latosion boasts Mike Jones secures him electrical work, such as the Casino and Comcast, through unofficial means. Sister Marisol Latoison serves as a Contract Specialist for the DoD ⚓️ U.S. Navy.
See: Nepotism

*A Carlos Jones is an Information Technology Director for the City of Philadelphia. This can’t be the same person because Carlos IEDS Jones lives and works from his Fresh Prince of Bel-Air mansion in Delaware and is presented as a UAC employee.
It’s odd a Grant Coordinator named Carlos Jones works with the Austin Independent School District in Texas. The number of grant managers coincidentally christened “Carlos Jones” is akin to Star Trek’s Seven of Nine. 🖖 Mix that in with a City employee named Athena Gumbs and the odds are astronomically remote.

Kevin Satterthwaite refused to sign timesheets until modifications to the IEDS Timesheet Data Entry system was altered for the top three UAC executives to bill their time working for IEDS.  

No invoices are accepted or processed by UAC without a W9. **The W9 requirement is related to all income received from any source thru UAC. If UAC does not have a W9 on file, the IRS holds UAC liable for the taxes not the person.

A UAC Strengthening and Empowering Lives and Future, Inc. (SELF, INC)  consultant was directed to use his personal cell phone or GMail to survey homeless clients. UAC SELF had no BAA with the consultant. UAC SELF provided no introduction to the participants. Reportedly the consultant had to enlist legal counsel to be paid while being threatened with physical violence by a SELF employee’s spouse.

The Hierarchy Hijacks UAC EDP Databases

The Hierarchy rebrands UAC EDP IEDS databases as its own.
Latoison conspired with Lisa Ashton Mattioli, INTECH OEO Officer and Diversity and Community Manager, to use The Hierarchy instead of IEDS to track contract compliance.
Lisa Ashton used to work for UAC Economic Development Projects. 😱 Does Jacques’ bestie Carlos know about this?
See: Backstabbers
Lisa sent Latoison confidential information for this database. 🤯
Carlos Jones contracted the programmer he ripped off to create a generic industry version of this database for potential clients like the Regional Housing Legal Service.
It seems Latoison’s Medio meco stepson was his original database guru.

UAC requires legal action be taken against terminated employees who do not return their laptops within five days because they are “purchased with federal funds”. But vendors can embezzle federal fund grant money and nothing is done.

Who is running the UAC gongshow? Chase Holt?
🎶 🔪 Enjoy the UAC Theme Song: Here

80+ nonprofit organizations, referred to as “Program Partners”, trust UAC with their financial management. The Program Partners URL is here. (There are only 58 Partner URLs 🤔)
EDP is not a actually a “Program Partner” 🤥. Honest vendors are facing payment issues. Donors are angry their donations had not been acknowledged for up to nine months.

One Day at a Time(s)

Let’s hope Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency keeps just one WFH team to unravel the many ODAAT EINs mystery.

ODAAT, INC. (UAC EIN: 23-7046393) is a UAC Program Partner.
UAC pays Melchezedek Wells through ODAAT, INC.
UAC writes loans to ODAAT, INC. Is that like a recursive join❓
ODAAT, INC has its own webpage.
See: Here. What EIN gets the donations? Why is Sharmain Matlock-Turner the domain owner?
One Day at a Time, Inc. (EIN: 47-1586879) is owned by Wells.
One Day at a Time, Inc. (EIN: 47-1586879) is a UAC no-bid vendor. 🤔
ODAAT, INC. is a City of Philadelphia no-bid vendor.
–ODAAT, INC. (UAC EIN: 23-7046393) pays the rent on the two Lehigh addresses but the ODAAT RECOVERY INC (EIN: 23-2699857) has been revoked since 2010. 🤔
-UAC EIN 23-7046393 pays ODAAT Transitional Housing, LLC (EIN: 45-4784861) for landscaping services and whatnot. Who owns this for-profit company at 2532 N. Broad Street that is the same address as ODAAT, INC.❓

🍌🍌Mrs. ODAAT Tasha’s Bangin’ Banana Pudding 🍌
ODAAT sells warm banana pudding to the public from its Recovery House. UAC claims this location requires no Recovery House DDAP license. The pudding proceeds seem to be for personal gain and we have no idea if this eyesore has a license to sell food, collects sales tax, or requires a health inspection.
Pre-order, it sells out fast, it is like crack. ⚗️💨

The Thrive Bridge Clinic also operates at this address.
UAC ODAAT had delinquent real estate taxes for the 🍌2432 W Lehigh 🍌homeless shelter for five years.
See: Docket
Insiders report UAC pays Mr. Wells’ salary & reimbursements to this shithole as his residential address 🤥.
Wells lives the McMansion Hell dream life in Swedesboro, NJ .

UAC ODAAT is funded by around ten grants, including grants from the Office for Homeless Services and the federal Emergency Solutions Grant Program (ESGP) #G24677.
Invoices are freestyle-shuffled between OHS contracts, creating chaos, overspending, and unpaid vendors. Where is common sense Policy and Procedures? 🤯 You can bet the executive friends’ invoices are paid.
See: HUD and Philadelphia HUD Awards.

One Day at a Time, Inc. (EIN 47-1586879)
– Hasn’t filed a 990 tax return since 2016. See 990 compliance guide here.
– Hasn’t filed Wage Tax Annual Returns since 2015
ONE DAY AT A TIME INC JUDGMENTS 😬
Tax Unit: $5,027 AND $5,027
UAC ODAAT RECOVERY INC JUDGMENTS 😳
Water Revenue Bureau: $10,979 and $2,402 and $2,102 and $2,013 and $3,319
PECO Energy Company: $7,476
(Is UAC ODAAT RECOVERY INC EIN: 23-2699857 IRS Revoked in 2010?)
🤡 Maybe UAC ODAAT could apply for Peco LIHEAP

Founders, Program Leaders, Presidents are being paid as consultants: PA Youth Vote, Better Civics, Capture Greatness, Global Citizen, etc. Some are paid bi-weekly. Some are also paid bonuses as salary ONLY after donations are received, like a commission. UAC can be one of their donors that triggers a bonus. What?
🚩🚩Compensation should NEVER be tied to donations 🚩🚩
See: Ethics Guidelines here.

The Urban Affairs Coalition contracts with vendors the Department of Labor (DOL) has fined. Amazing Kidz Academy was cited by the DOL for owing a total of $37,166 to 49 employees, while K&C Executive Protection owes $43,442 to 58 employees.

Discrimination, Racism, Sexual Assault & More! 🤯

The daily challenges at UAC include Latoison’s racist outbursts, threats of violence, women being called “simple bitches”, discrimination, and sexual harassment. 🤬
Women who face discrimination are advised to manage their emotions and consider the situation from a different perspective, especially if the people involved are perceived to be acting in the best interests of the people UAC serves. It is suggested that these racist folks may not intend to be racists; rather, they might simply come from different backgrounds.
See: Museum of Tolerance

The female victim was fired. Was she paid OT for “thong modeling”? The pervert male was “released” and rehired by another UAC partner. UAC HR verbally warned Mr. Phillips that he would be in big trouble 😱 if he did it again 🍆. Would that include another separation payout and rehire? 💰 The UAC policy to punish exempt employees is to put them on a mandatory PAID leave of absence.

UAC Sole Source Bidding Sorcery

UAC has a “3-bid process” for contracts >$7,500. UAC does not document the rules 🤡 which results in too many “insider deals.” ❓ Where are these bids posted? Are help-wanted flyers on telephone poles good, or nah?
UAC uses the state’s $7,500 threshhold instead of the city $500 requirement. 🚩 Federal contracts require the strictest dollar value rule be used.

** UAC Hack: UAC C-Suite advises splitting contracts >$7,500 into two fiscal years, $7,499 each, to circumvent the 3-bid requirement and fool the Auditors. ** 🤯
🚩This is known as an unjustified sole source award.

Philadelphia Youth Network “Paychecks”

UAC Summer Youth Employment Program interns’ hours are entered in the PYNDEX timesheet program; the CAO pays them with stipends. “You do not want them on UAC payroll because it will cause them to be covered by UAC insurances as employees.” But what does the DOL say about interns?
See DOL: here
The minimum wage in Philadelphia is currently $15.60 per hour; interns were paid $8. 🚨 If a state or city establishes a more protective standard than the provisions of the FLSA, the higher standard applies in that state or city.
See DOL: here
The ODAAT 2020 Summer Youth Interns were never even paid. A manager begged for small stipends; unknown results.
Children over the age of twelve (12) are paid on a WorkReady Visa Payroll Card. Visa Payroll Cards function like an ATM debit card. Entrusting a child with an ATM 🏧 card is nuts.

Has this embezzlement and misappropriation been reported to the Federal contracting officer(s), the Office of the State Inspector General (in writing) or the City of Philadelphia? The UAC Board of Directors ignores emails. Whose insurance provider or bonding agent will cover the admitted theft and make the victim whole?
See: 3 Ways to Report Embezzlement: here

This paperwork must be on file with UAC for vendors:
1) Consultant Questionnaire
2) Swif form
3) UAC form Consultant Agreement
4) W9
5) Fees Schedule/Schedule of Services (Consultant Agreement)
NOT LISTED (where applicable)
Business Associate Agreement
Tax and Regulatory Status and Clearance Statement
NOT LISTED 🚩(if working with children)
PA Criminal Background
FBI Fingerprint
Child Abuse Clearance

Business Associate Agreement

Business Associate Agreements (BAA) are important and can make or break a compliance program. According to HHS, any individual or entity that performs functions or activities on behalf of a covered entity that requires the business associate to access PHI is considered a business associate. ODAAT uses CAREWare and EZClaim containing PHI data for patients in two states (nine counties). Does UAC require a BAA for employees or consultants when applicable?

Criminal Background Check

Volunteers who donate their time to Pennsylvania departments and organizations that help children, seniors or other at-risk individuals must first consent to a criminal background check.  Urban Affairs Coalition has 125,000 volunteers. How many of these volunteers interface with children or the elderly and are required to submit to a CBC? 🚩A convicted child sex offendor can and do work at UAC Recovery sites. 🚩Does UAC have a Volunteer Manual and a standard agreement? Most nonprofits pay volunteer expenses, not UAC.

Fair Chance Act (Ban the Box)

The Fair Chance Act prohibits federal agencies and contractors from requesting criminal background information from job applicants before extending a job offer, with a few exceptions. This policy is commonly known as “Ban the Box.” Legal counsel at UAC has apparently advised HR departments to run a search of 🚩public criminal court record hearings before making a conditional offer of employment.