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Deputy Secretary Jim O'Neill
@HHS_Jim
We have frozen all child care payments to the state of Minnesota.
You have probably read the serious allegations that the state of Minnesota has funneled millions of taxpayer dollars to fraudulent daycares across Minnesota over the past decade.
Today we have taken three actions against the blatant fraud that appears to be rampant in Minnesota and across the country:
1. I have activated our defend the spend system for all ACF payments. Starting today, all ACF payments across America will require a justification and a receipt or photo evidence before we send money to a state.
2. Alex Adams and I have identified the individuals in
@nickshirleyy
's excellent work. I have demanded from
@GovTimWalz
a comprehensive audit of these centers. This includes attendance records, licenses, complaints, investigations, and inspections.
3. We have launched a dedicated fraud-reporting hotline and email address at https://childcare.gov Whether you are a parent, provider, or ...
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The new and improved Community Opportunity to Purchase Act (COPA) is expected to pass the City Council by the end of the year, City Limits reports, giving organizations dedicated to preserving affordability the first opportunity to purchase a building when it goes up for sale.
“COPA gives qualified nonprofit organizations and community land trusts a real opportunity to take land and housing off the speculative market and bring them into permanently affordable community control,” Deyanira Del Rio, executive director of the New Economy Project, explained in a statement; but landlords and small-property owners are raising the alarm, saying that the bill adds a layer of confusion to an already confounding system.
https://www.realtor.com/advice/rent/nyc-community-opportunity-to-purchase-act/
