Minnesota’s ‘Quality Learing Center’ raked in $215K federal payout — senator demands receipts
The Quality Learing Center in Minnesota received $215,645 in federal loans during the COVID-19 pandemic, raising concerns about potential fraud. Senator Joni Ernst is demanding an investigation into how the funds were used, as there are no receipts available. The daycare facility, which has since closed, became emblematic of a larger fraud scandal affecting state funding programs.
- ▪The Quality Learing Center received nearly a quarter of a million dollars in loans from the Small Business Administration.
- ▪Senator Joni Ernst is calling for an inspector general review of the SBA loan to the daycare facility.
- ▪The daycare center had previously garnered $1.9 million from Minnesota’s Child Care Assistance Program last year.
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Politics exclusive Minnesota’s ‘Quality Learing Center’ raked in $215K federal payout — senator demands receipts By Ryan King Published May 21, 2026, 7:00 a.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google WASHINGTON — Fraudsters behind the notorious “Quality Learing Center” 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’s investigation. 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.
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