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Biden admin skirted rules to deliver massive contract to nonprofit run by ex-official, IG report reveals
Fox News ^ | 2/12/26 | Alec Schemmel

Posted on 02/12/2026 9:16:07 AM PST by Libloather

EXCLUSIVE: A new inspector general's report released Thursday morning accuses the former Biden administration of bypassing federal rules when issuing a more than half-a-billion dollar "sole source contract" to a nonprofit led by a former Biden official to deal with the unaccompanied minor crisis in 2021.

The Administration of Children and Families (ACF), which is under HHS and manages unaccompanied minors, awarded $529 million for a one-year contract in March 2021 to a nonprofit called Family Endeavors Inc. to help establish and manage a new emergency intake site in Texas (EIS) with 2,000 extra beds. However, according to the OIG's new report, Biden's ACF failed to follow federal procurement requirements for full and open competition due to their own "insufficient planning," rather than the COVID-induced emergency the Biden administration cited.

Furthermore, the inspector general's report found that the contract price was more than double the agency's own cost estimate of $244 million, and indicated that the agency "subsequently modified" the award 15 times, extending the period until May 2022 and increasing the value to more than three times the original estimate from ACF.

"ACF knew well in advance of March 2021 that it was projected to need more shelter beds than existing sites could provide and should have begun contract planning at that time," the report states. "ACF failed to reasonably conduct the necessary advanced planning to execute a contract for procurement of those beds and related services using full and open competition."

The report says ACF made only a limited attempt to do the necessary research for the contract, and did not even follow the findings it came up with.

"On March 5, 2021, Endeavors emailed ORR offering emergency assistance for the care of unaccompanied alien children.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; History; Local News
KEYWORDS: bidencrimefamily; brandon; contract; familyendeavors; nonprofit; report

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Brandon had no clue.
1 posted on 02/12/2026 9:16:07 AM PST by Libloather
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To: Libloather

File this under “Nothing to see here, move along”


2 posted on 02/12/2026 9:18:26 AM PST by daniel boob (Cautiously lurking since June 2000)
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and Are Not Obligated To finance the pals of crooked politicians with billions of tax dollars.


3 posted on 02/12/2026 9:21:50 AM PST by Liz (Jonathan Swift: Government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.)
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To: Libloather

When Dems do it, its ‘skirting rules’. When Conservatives do it, its breaking the law.


4 posted on 02/12/2026 9:23:58 AM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: Libloather

$255,000 per bed...


5 posted on 02/12/2026 9:24:25 AM PST by 17th Miss Regt (Fascist, deplorable, and proud of it!)
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To: Libloather

Here’s an idea:

SEND THEM BACK !


6 posted on 02/12/2026 9:27:21 AM PST by A strike (F AirstripOne. & No more dots.)
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To: Libloather

Is Hunter a board member, or maybe silent partner?


7 posted on 02/12/2026 9:29:11 AM PST by ryderann
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To: Libloather

it was a campaign funding project. THEY ARE ALL CAMPAIGN FUNDING PROJECTS! It’s not shocking anymore.


8 posted on 02/12/2026 9:29:51 AM PST by IllumiNaughtyByNature (Polls are designed to sell more ads & polls only. If it's not a horse race the money dries up.)
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To: daniel boob

529 MILLION


9 posted on 02/12/2026 9:31:35 AM PST by gibsonguy
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To: Libloather

This happened in 2022. It is 2026. Quick by DC standards to find out.


10 posted on 02/12/2026 9:35:27 AM PST by Mouton (There is a new sheriff and deputy in town now!)
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To: Libloather

Seems as if they knew what they were doing in getting around the system. The scary part of them being in charge. Laws and rules and regulations mean nothing to them.


11 posted on 02/12/2026 9:45:12 AM PST by grame (May you know more of the love of God Almighty this day!)
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“Unaccompanied minor children”

A particularly lucrative commodity


12 posted on 02/12/2026 9:51:59 AM PST by silverleaf (“Inside Every Progressive Is A Totalitarian Screaming To Get Out” —David Horowitz)
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To: Libloather

ALL BY DESIGN..the Biden regime was the MOST CORRUPT EVER but the commie media had a motto “If we dont report it it NEVER happened” so they covered it up as usual since the commies were running things


13 posted on 02/12/2026 9:54:40 AM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Libloather

Skirting. Bypassing. Great reporting Faux News. 👏 👏 👏


14 posted on 02/12/2026 9:54:53 AM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. )
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To: Libloather

It’s funny.

They’ve changed their name.
Their “history” page stops in 2018.
They don’t list their board of directors.

I guess if you want to “find out” anything about them you have to knock on their door.


15 posted on 02/12/2026 10:00:48 AM PST by Vermont Lt
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To: Mouton

Endeavors is literally 100 feet from my office here in San Antonio. They built a building on one corner for a “Stephen J. Cohen Military Family Clinic” and bought the 3-story building right across the street. They leased two other spaces, one in my complex and the other right across De Zavala Road. Then I noticed that the church that had been operating on about 6 very desirable acres about 200 yards down the street was all of a sudden closed and the property sold. Did a little digging: Family Endeavors, Inc. bought it. No for sale sign, it was just sold to them.

A bit perplexing...LOTS of funding.


16 posted on 02/12/2026 10:08:48 AM PST by jagusafr ( )
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To: Libloather

ANOTHER “AUTO-PEN” SIGNING?


17 posted on 02/12/2026 10:38:31 AM PST by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: 17th Miss Regt
$255,000 per bed...

Yes, but they are really nice beds...

18 posted on 02/12/2026 10:41:22 AM PST by Dan Zachary
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To: Libloather
When reached by phone, Lorenzen-Strait told Fox News he works at Endeavors but had no further comment.

Smart, he listens to his lawyers

19 posted on 02/12/2026 10:41:53 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: daniel boob

Ill take ‘Hand in the cookie jar’ for 600 million, Alex!


20 posted on 02/12/2026 12:18:22 PM PST by Delta 21 (None of us are descendants of fearful men!)
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