Group Home Faces Penalties and Fines

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -The Secretary of State’s office has ordered a Maryland-based organization that finds homes for recovering alcoholics and drug addicts to stop asking for donations in Mississippi.

Oxford House Inc. is based in Silver Spring, Maryland. It operates about 15 group homes in Mississippi, one of which is in Tupelo.

The Secretary of State’s Office levied a $1,000 fine to Oxford House because it doesn’t qualify for an exemption to registering as charity in the state.

Oxford House officials say it qualified for an exemption because it didn’t intend to solicit and receive more than $25,000 during any 12 month period.

The Secretary of State’s office says a review of IRS records show the organization received $440,000 in contributions and grants.

Oxford House says none of that money came from Mississippi.

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