{"id":10560,"date":"2026-05-21T11:07:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T11:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=10560"},"modified":"2026-05-21T11:07:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T11:07:10","slug":"exclusive-minnesotas-quality-learing-center-raked-in-215k-federal-payout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=10560","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive | Minnesota&#8217;s &#8216;Quality Learing Center&#8217; raked in $215K federal payout &#8211;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 Fraudsters behind the notorious \u201cQuality Learing Center\u201d daycare facility in Minnesota raked in nearly a quarter of a million dollars worth of pandemic-era loans from the Small Business Administration, according to a senator\u2019s investigation. <\/p>\n<p>That daycare center, which had a misspelled name and a near-empty parking lot when YouTuber Nick Shirley stopped by for his viral video last year, became the poster child of the fraud scandal that rocked Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p>The facility, which shuttered in January, had garnered some $1.9 million from Minnesota\u2019s Child Care Assistance Program last year and some $10 million in state funding since 2019.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The \u201cQuality Learing Center\u201d became the poster child of the fraud scandal that ravaged Minnesota. <span class=\"credit\">LP Media for NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But a probe by Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) found that it had also received federal assistance from the Small Business Administration back in April and May of 2020 during the first Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>That money was designed to pay salaries, rent, and other expenses during the COVID-19 shutdown at the Quality Learning Center.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Ernst is trying to figure out how the SBA assistance money was used. While there are records of the loan going out and then being forgiven, there are no \u201creceipts\u201d about where the money went, a source familiar with the matter explained to The Post. <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\">If the watchdog determines\u00a0the money was spent improperly, the feds could pursue punitive measures, such as criminal investigat<\/span>ions. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Sen. Joni Ernst is calling for an inspector general review of the SBA loan sent to the since-defunct daycare facility. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe crooks behind the \u2018Learing Center\u2019 didn\u2019t stop there,\u201d Ernst wrote in a letter to the SBA\u2019s Office of the Inspector General. \u201cThey also took advantage of hardworking Americans through COVID-era U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) programs and raked in nearly a quarter of a million dollars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The incident is one of 28 cases the Senate DOGE boss is pushing the SBA\u2019s official watchdog to probe, alongside other fraud concerns in Medicaid and Ohio, inspired by DailyWire reporting on the Buckeye State.<\/p>\n<p>In its listings with the SBA, the name, Quality Learning Center, was spelled correctly. Records show it got a $231,472 total award from the agency, including $215,645 in face value worth of loans between April and May of 2020. Those loans were marked on file as getting forgiven.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmericans expect their tax\u00a0dollars\u00a0to be\u00a0spent responsibly \u2014 not\u00a0to bankroll\u00a0criminal enterprises,\u201d Ernst told The Post. \u201cI have a message to anyone even thinking of ripping off taxpayers: You engage in government grift and graft, then you\u2019re getting cuffed and stuffed, with scammers going to the slammer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last year, in response to Shirley\u2019s viral video, SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler announced that her agency was pumping the brakes on $5.5 million worth of annual funding to the state of Minnesota amid a review.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The SBA has been working to tighten its guidelines and crack down on fraud. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She said the agency found 13,600 different COVID-19-era Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans \u2014 $430 million worth \u2014 to the state that were subject to fraud concerns. This included $3 million that was implicated in the Feeding Our Future fraud scandal that roiled the state.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to Shirley\u2019s viral visit to Minnesota, the feds had slapped charges against dozens of individuals, which have now led to some 65 convictions, according to the Justice Department. <\/p>\n<p>The Post contacted SBA and SBA OIG for comment. <\/p>\n<p>Fraud in Minnesota led to a national reckoning over how taxpayers\u2019 dollars are getting swindled in the country\u2019s web of social welfare programs, including phony hospices in Los Angeles, and more. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler announced a pause on funding to Minnesota in the wake of the scandal that erupted last year. <span class=\"credit\">WILL OLIVER\/EPA\/Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>President Trump has tapped Vice President JD Vance to helm the White House Task Force to Eliminate 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