Trump lists his demands in $10B California childcare fraud probe

 The Trump administration paused $10 billion of child care funds to California amid widespread fraud claims — and demanded Gov. Gavin Newsom send the feds a list of vendors, contractors and individuals getting tax money.

The Department of Health and Human Services will put the brakes on taxpayer funding to the Golden State’s Child Care Development Fund (CCDF), the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program and the Social Services Block Grant (SSBG) program, the Administration for Children and Families said in a series of letters to Newsom dated Tuesday.

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The CCDF and SSBG letters demanded California turn over “verified attendance documentation” for subsidized child care services that include logs of hours and payment info from providers.

The TANF letter asked for recipients’  names, addresses, social security numbers and dates of birth.The letters — signed by ACS Assistant Secretary Alex J. Adams — said the administration is concerned about “the potential of potential and systemic fraud.”

“These concerns have been heightened by recent federal prosecutions and additional allegations that substantial portions of federal resources were fraudulently diverted away from the American families they were intended to assist,” Adams wrote.

“Additionally, ACF has reason to believe that the State of California is illicitly providing illegal aliens with CCDF benefits intended for American citizens and lawful permanent residents.”

This is a developing story

https://nypost.com/2026/01/07/us-news/trump-freezes-billions-in-child-care-funding-to-california/