Posted on 12/17/2025 2:43:30 PM PST by Libloather
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has launched a review into how Minnesota used billions of dollars in federal social service funding, requesting detailed records from Gov. Tim Walz’s administration and other state entities after reports raised questions about whether portions of the money were misused, according to letters first obtained by the New York Post.
The letters were sent Monday by Alex Adams, assistant secretary for the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), to Walz, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and a nonprofit involved in administering Head Start programs, the Post reported.
According to the Post, Adams said HHS is attempting to determine whether federal safety-net funds were diverted or mismanaged and whether such misuse might have "been used to fuel illegal and mass migration" into Minnesota.
Adams told the outlet the review is focused on "accountability for American taxpayers" and on ensuring federal benefit programs were not compromised.
"ACF has a duty to root out waste, fraud, and abuse and ensure Minnesota is abiding by all applicable federal statutes and requirements," Alex Adams, assistant secretary for ACF, told Fox News Digital. "These letters are our first step in verifying only eligible individuals are receiving taxpayer funded welfare services and that they are not being diverted from the American families who need them the most."
The Post reported that Minnesota received more than $8.6 billion in ACF funding between fiscal years 2019 and 2025 through more than 1,000 federal grants. In fiscal year 2025 alone, the state received over $690 million for safety-net programs under President Joe Biden, according to federal spending records reviewed by the Post.
In the letters, Adams requested what the Post described as a "comprehensive list" of all state entities that received ACF funding during that period, along with detailed administrative data.
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Wondering if this whole thing will just be buried. You’d have to get Walz, Keith Ellison and a few others not including all the Somalis which is considered on a par with Jesus birth in a barn.
There shouldn’t even be an HHS in the first place.
Amongst others.
As usual, there will be no accountability or consequences.
Being a Democrat means never having to say you’re sorry.
Another “investigation” that disappears in a couple of weeks.
Getting really old.
The United States secretary of health and human services is the head of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, and serves as the principal advisor to the president of the United States on health matters. The secretary is a member of the United States Cabinet. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is the incumbent secretary of health and human services“
I don’t think this investigation is going away
I hope not.
Ya. I hope not
This seems like one investigation that really needs to be looked into thoroughly. There is just too much going on here to ignore. Certain folks need to be sent back where they came from, it seems to me.
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