FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) – State lawmakers who facilitated more than $1 million for a Shiprock domestic violence shelter that remains unfinished say former Navajo leaders are to blame.

The Daily Times in Farmington reported Saturday that state records show the shelter has only spent one-fourth of the allocated funds, despite getting reauthorization a dozen times between 2007 and 2012.

New Mexico Indian Affairs Department officials say funds must go through the tribe before they get to a specific project.

They say the tribe is the fiscal agent and has the power to block funding.

Deswood Tome, who served as former Navajo Nation president Ben Shelly’s chief of staff, says no funds have been held up.

The shelter is about 80 percent done.

Meanwhile, the shelter operates out of nearby modular units.

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Information from: The Daily Times, http://www.daily-times.com