New: Another Blue State Ignores Daycares With No Kids Despite Massive Subsidies
By Ward Clark | 6:30 PM on July 06, 2026The opinions expressed by contributors are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of RedState.com.
There's been a lot come to light about the extensive fraud perpetrated on the American taxpayers: Medicare and Medicaid fraud, COVID relief fraud, food aid fraud, and, not least of all, daycare fraud. All of these are funneling money, in the millions, likely billions, away from the people it was intended to help and into the pockets of fraudsters.
Now, add some more to the list: A recent investigation by The Center Square, in Washington, has revealed a bunch of "daycare" operations that had no children, but which were taking big, fat payments from the taxpayers.
Many Washington state daycare providers receive large taxpayer subsidies, but an investigation by The Center Square found several that had few, if any, children and at least one establishment that received hundreds of thousands of dollars despite residents at the listed address indicating it was not a daycare.
Yet politicians charged with overseeing the spending continue to publicly say there is no problem with improper payments to the daycares and, instead, have been criticizing journalists for investigating the potential fraud. No state official has announced an investigation or crackdown though the legislature instituted some reforms last session.
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/07/06/new-state-ignores-daycares-with-no-kids-despite-massive-subsidies-n2204054#google_vignette
