Texas nonprofit lands huge contract after hiring former Biden official: report
Andrew Lorenzen-Strait worked for the president's transition team, a report said
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Family Endeavors, a nonprofit in Texas, won a contract worth up to $530 million to help the Biden administration during the crisis unfolding along the southern border, according to a report.
The March contract was "by far the largest ever" for the nonprofit and came months after the company hired Andrew Lorenzen-Strait, who served as an adviser to the Biden-Harris transition team. The nonprofit told Axios that its work on the border was a "continuation of services" that it has conducted for the migrant population since 2012.
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The contract is intended to provide "emergency intake" and "wrap-around care" at a temporary migrant facility in Texas, the Axios report said.
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The nonprofit’s website says Lorenzen-Strait "leads a nationwide team of dedicated professionals in providing critical social services to migrants, including unaccompanied children and families." A statement from the nonprofit in January said Lorenzen-Strait was tapped to be its senior director for Migrant Services & Federal Affairs. The nonprofit did not immediately respond to an after-hours email from Fox News seeking comment.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The Biden administration has blamed the surge in part on the Trump administration’s dismantling of legal pathways to asylum, while also downplaying it as a "challenge." Republicans have blamed the numbers on the Biden administration’s policies -- such as its decision to roll back Trump-era policies like the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP.)
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The Administration for Children and Families, a division of the Department of Health and Human Services, has already paid $255 million of the no-bid contract to the nonprofit, Axios reported. The agency did not respond to an email from Fox News, but the single contract reportedly dwarfed the nonprofit's total $43 million budget in 2018.
Fox News' Adam Shaw contributed to this report.