JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A supervisor in the program that distributes food stamps and other funds to needy families is accused of stealing $24,000 in state funds.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement said Susan Curry Wolfe, 47, was arrested Thursday morning at her office at the Department of Children and Families. She was charged with grand theft, criminal use of personal information, and scheme to defraud and booked into the Duval County jail.

The arrest came after the DCF asked FDLE to look into improprieties in the administration of Temporary Assistance to Needy Families and Food Stamp programs in the Jacksonville office. The FDLE said Wolfe, in her capacity as supervisor, reopened two closed benefit cases and created six fictitious cases enabling cash to be withdrawn from automatic teller machines and enabling food stamps to be used.

Investigators found that between Oct. 2 and Dec. 29, Wolfe accessed $18,459 in assistance and $6,225 in food stamps.

Two years ago, DCF created an internal-controls workgroup when the agency suspected theft by an employee. That employee was later arrested on charges of stealing $1.5 million in state funds, convicted and sentenced to 17 years in prison.

"Criminal activity of any sort at DCF will not be tolerated," DCF Secretary George Sheldon said. "Floridians depend on us for critical public assistance, and betraying their trust in this manner is unacceptable. The Internal Controls Workgroup detected this activity early on and this is proof their monitoring works."