Security News Biden HHS Awards $77M in Contracts to Nonprofit Cited for Mishandling Children at Border

One $24.3 million contract is for San Antonio-based BCFS to operate a shelter for unaccompanied children in Los Fresnos, Texas.

The federal agency had awarded multimillion-dollar contracts to BCFS, according to USAspending.

"Because of our expertise and because BCFS HHS goes above and beyond for those entrusted to our care, ORR recently requested we take over two current ORR shelters relinquished by another organization," public information officer Evy Ramos told The Daily Signal in a written statement.

The 2018 report from HHS' Office of Inspector General found that BCFS did not properly document the care and release of 13.7% of all children it released to sponsors in 2015.

The inspector general's report says: Without adequate documentation in the case files, HHS' Office of Refugee Resettlement could not be assured that for 501 children, BCFS HHS had followed ORR policies regarding sponsor background checks, prompt care, or that the Department of Homeland Security was notified about the child's release to a sponsor.

Ramos, the BCFS spokeswoman, said the organization welcomes examination so that it may improve in providing food, shelter, security, and medical and mental health services to children whose cases are adjudicated by the federal government.

BCFS HHS does not determine when children arrive or when they leave our facilities, and we are not an immigration policy or advocacy organization.
 

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