Trump administration says it's freezing child care funds to Minnesota after series of fraud schemes

""blatant fraud that appears to be rampant in Minnesota and across the country.""

""He's politicizing the issue to defund programs that help Minnesotans,""

""We have turned off the money spigot and we are finding the fraud,""

Federal Health and Human Services officials froze Minnesota's child care funds and demanded an audit of alleged fraud in government programs. Deputy Secretary Jim O'Neill said on X that the action responds to "blatant fraud that appears to be rampant in Minnesota and across the country." He demanded an audit of day care centers including attendance records, licenses, complaints, investigations and inspections. Homeland Security officials conducted on-the-ground fraud inquiries in Minneapolis by visiting businesses and questioning workers. Past prosecutions in Minnesota include a $300 million pandemic food fraud case tied to Feeding Our Future, with 57 convictions.

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