US EditionTrump administration says it’s freezing child care funds to Minnesota after series of fraud schemes
HHS froze $185 million in Minnesota child care funds amid fraud claims and imposed new nationwide checks requiring proof before releasing payments.
- Child care payments to Minnesota have been frozen by the Trump administration, according to HHS Deputy Secretary Jim O'Neill.
- Three actions have been taken against fraud in Minnesota and across the country.
- Investigations estimate that the cost of fraud to taxpayers could be between $250 million and $1 billion.
- A federal prosecutor claimed that over half of the $18 billion in federal funds for Minnesota's programs may have been stolen since 2018.
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How the Minnesota fraud scandal could upend American child care
Children sleep during nap time at Minnesota Child Care in Minneapolis, one of the centers featured in a recent viral video. | Renee Jones Schneider/Star Tribune/Getty Images The video was designed to grab attention. Posted the day after Christmas, it shows right-wing YouTuber Nick Shirley exposing what he says are a series of fraudulent day care centers in Minnesota. He rings doorbells, pulls on doors, and sometimes claims to be a parent hoping…
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Trump Admin Expands Funding Freeze Beyond Minnesota Amid Nationwide Child Care Fraud Review
The Trump administration is widening a federal freeze on child care funding beyond Minnesota as the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ramps up a nationwide review aimed at […] The post Trump Admin Expands Funding Freeze Beyond Minnesota Amid Nationwide Child Care Fraud Review appeared first on The Western Journal.
Area Minnesota child care advocates push back against federal funding freeze
ST. PAUL — The Trump administration announced the freezing of the federal child care funds for Minnesota on Tuesday, Dec. 30. Minnesota child care advocates said Wednesday that taking away child care funding because of fraud is basically the same as if someone stole food from a grocery store and, instead of strengthening safeguards, the store just stops selling food. They say it will harm Minnesota children, families and small businesses whose w…
Minnesota child care providers say Trump’s funding freeze will shut down their businesses
Child care center owners and Minnesota Democratic leaders decried on Wednesday the Trump administration’s freeze on federal funding to the state, which they said would cripple an already fragile industry. “Fraud is never acceptable. But cutting off child care funding to everyone in the state is not the answer, and it’s not acceptable,” said Amanda […]
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