"O'Neill on X said that beginning Tuesday, all payments routed through the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) will "require a justification and a receipt or photo evidence" before states can receive funding."
"O'Neill added that he and ACF assistant secretary Alex Adams have identified the child care centers highlighted in Shirley's posts and are demanding Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz provide detailed records, including "attendance records, licenses, complaints, investigations, and inspections.""
""This is Trump's long game," Walz wrote on X. "We've spent years cracking down on fraudsters. "It's a serious issue - but this has been his plan all along," he added. "He's politicizing the issue to defund programs that help Minnesotans.""
Federal officials expanded scrutiny of Minnesota daycare centers after allegations of widespread fraud in state-funded child care programs during Christmas week. ACF will require justification and receipts or photos before releasing payments, and officials have identified centers in social-media posts. Federal and ACF leaders demanded Gov. Tim Walz provide attendance records, licenses, complaints, investigations, and inspections. A dedicated fraud-reporting hotline and email were created for public tips. Gov. Walz said the state has been cracking down on fraud for years and accused political actors of attempting to defund programs. Previous investigations include the Feeding Our Future pandemic-aid fraud case and a 2025 housing-stabilization program shutdown.
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