# P.L. 90-302 *United States public law that authorized the Special Food Service Program for Children.* P.L. 90-302 is a United States public law. According to the project's at-issue record, it authorized $32 million a year for three years for the [[Special Food Service Program for Children]].[^1] The project's case record treats §13 of the law as the source of two programs that the [[Minnesota Department of Education]] (MDE) administers: the [[Child and Adult Care Food Program]] (CACFP) and the [[Summer Food Service Program]] (SFSP). The [[Office of the Legislative Auditor (Minnesota)]] named both programs in its June 2024 special review of MDE's oversight of [[Feeding Our Future]].[^2] Those programs are the subject of the federal prosecutions captioned in the project's case record as [[United States v. Feeding Our Future defendants (federal child-nutrition fraud)]]. The case record dates the first filings to September 20, 2022, in the [[United States District Court for the District of Minnesota]].[^3] On May 22, 2026, [[Aimee Bock]] was sentenced to 500 months.[^4] Sahan Journal's trackers counted 80 people charged as of July 28, 2026, and 68 convicted as of August 19, 2026.[^5][^6] The latest Justice Department count in the pack is lower: 75 defendants charged as of September 4, 2025.[^7] ## What The public law's text is not among the pack's sources. Its original terms appear here only as the at-issue record states them.[^1] The project's case record lists the instrument of the federal prosecutions as "CACFP / SFSP (P.L. 90-302 §13)".[^3] The Legislative Auditor's review names "the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) and Summer Food Service Program (SFSP)". It states that "The Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) is responsible for administering these programs in Minnesota." The same review found that MDE "failed to act on warning signs known to the department prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic".[^2] The Justice Department describes Feeding Our Future as "a nonprofit organization that was a sponsor participating in the Federal Child Nutrition Program". According to the department, the organization submitted claims to MDE and passed the funds to co-defendants. The release uses the umbrella term [[Federal Child Nutrition Program]] and does not name CACFP or SFSP.[^4] ## How much - The at-issue record states that P.L. 90-302 authorized $32 million a year for three years for the Special Food Service Program for Children.[^1] - The same record states that in fiscal 2021 a single Minnesota sponsor received $140.3 million "from that program family's descendants". It describes that sum as four times the original national authorization. The pair's text does not name the sponsor.[^1] - The U.S. Attorney's Office reports that [[Safari Restaurant]] in [[Minneapolis]] received more than $16 million in Federal Child Nutrition Program funds. The office describes that money as obtained by fraud. The project's dossier records Safari as the largest single identified site.[^8] ## How many - **Sites.** The Justice Department states that Feeding Our Future opened "more than 250 Federal Child Nutrition Program sites throughout the state of Minnesota".[^4] - **Charged.** The U.S. Attorney's Office counted 75 defendants charged as of September 4, 2025.[^7] It later announced a 78th defendant; the pack does not record the date of that release.[^9] Sahan Journal's charging tracker reported that "Eighty people have been charged" as of July 28, 2026.[^5] Trackers are internally inconsistent: figures of 70, 75, 79 and 80 appear across sources.[^5] - **Convicted.** Sahan Journal's guilty-plea tracker counted 68 convictions as of August 19, 2026. That total is made up of 61 guilty pleas and 7 jury convictions.[^6] ## In the at-issue record At-issue pair 086 (also filed as AI-Hennepin-086) sets the law's founding authorization beside the fiscal 2021 receipt of one Minnesota sponsor. It records the two figures as $32 million a year and $140.3 million. It lists two underlying sources, a report and a statute, from auditor.leg.state.mn.us and govinfo.gov. Neither source document appears among the pack's citable URLs.[^1] The pair's anchor is the March 2025 presidential action *Protecting America's Bank Account Against Fraud, Waste, and Abuse*. The pair states its rationale as "the ratio of one sponsor to the founding national ceiling is the audit gap in one number".[^1] See [[At issue 086 - P.L. 90-302 authorized $32 million a year for]]. ## In the Minnesota record ### Who - [[Aimee Bock]] was sentenced to 500 months on May 22, 2026. At sentencing, [[Judge Nancy Brasel]] said: "This was a fraud vortex and you were at the epicenter of it."[^4] Before the sentencing, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced a federal jury's guilty verdict against Feeding Our Future's leader and a co-defendant.[^10] - The co-owner of Safari Restaurant pleaded guilty on January 28, 2025. So did co-defendant Abdi Nur Salah, whom the U.S. Attorney's Office identifies as a former senior aide to [[Minneapolis mayor]] Jacob Frey.[^8] - Sahan Journal maintains a tracker of defendants sentenced in the case.[^11] ### When - **September 20, 2022:** first federal filings, per the project's case record. The FBI published a charging announcement.[^3] - **June 2024:** the Office of the Legislative Auditor issues its special review of MDE's oversight of Feeding Our Future.[^2] - **January 28, 2025:** the Safari Restaurant co-owner and Abdi Nur Salah plead guilty.[^8] - **September 4, 2025:** the U.S. Attorney's Office announces its 75th defendant charged.[^7] - **May 22, 2026:** Aimee Bock is sentenced to 500 months.[^4] ### Where - The prosecutions are federal and are being heard in the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota, in Minneapolis.[^4] - Safari Restaurant is in Minneapolis.[^8] ## Notes [^1]: Minnesota wiki at-issue record, *At-issue pair 086 (AI-086 / AI-Hennepin-086)* — states the $32 million-a-year, three-year authorization under P.L. 90-302 and the $140.3 million fiscal 2021 receipt by one sponsor. The URL is the pair's anchor, The White House, *Protecting America's Bank Account Against Fraud, Waste, and Abuse* (March 2025); it does not itself establish the statutory figures. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/protecting-americas-bank-account-against-fraud-waste-and-abuse/ [^2]: Minnesota Office of the Legislative Auditor, *Minnesota Department of Education: Oversight of Feeding Our Future*, Special Review (June 2024) — names CACFP and SFSP; states MDE is responsible for administering them in Minnesota; finds MDE failed to act on warning signs known before the COVID-19 pandemic. https://www.auditor.leg.state.mn.us/sreview/pdf/2024-mdefof.pdf [^3]: Federal Bureau of Investigation, *charging announcement in the Feeding Our Future case* (2022) — initial federal charges; the filing date of 2022-09-20 and the instrument "CACFP / SFSP (P.L. 90-302 §13)" are from the project's case record FA-10. https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/dozens-charged-in-250-million-covid-fraud-scheme-092122 [^4]: U.S. Department of Justice, *Feeding Our Future Ringleader Sentenced to 500 Months* (May 22, 2026) — 500-month sentence; Feeding Our Future described as a sponsor in the Federal Child Nutrition Program; more than 250 sites; Judge Brasel's statement; umbrella program term used. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/feeding-our-future-ringleader-sentenced-500-months [^5]: Sahan Journal, *Feeding Our Future charging tracker* (updated July 28, 2026) — "Eighty people have been charged"; tracker figures vary across sources. https://sahanjournal.com/news/feeding-our-future-indictments-who-charged-food-fraud-minnesota/ [^6]: Sahan Journal, *Feeding Our Future guilty-plea tracker* (Aug. 19, 2026) — 68 convictions: 61 guilty pleas and 7 jury convictions. https://sahanjournal.com/public-safety/feeding-our-future-food-aid-fraud-investigation-guilty-pleas/ [^7]: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Minnesota, *75th Defendant Charged in Feeding Our Future Fraud Scheme* (Sept. 4, 2025) — Justice Department count of 75 defendants charged. https://www.justice.gov/usao-mn/pr/75th-defendant-charged-feeding-our-future-fraud-scheme [^8]: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Minnesota, *Former Minneapolis Mayoral Aide and Safari Restaurant Co-Owner Both Plead Guilty* (Jan. 28, 2025) — Safari Restaurant's receipt of more than $16 million; guilty pleas; Abdi Nur Salah identified as a former senior aide to Mayor Jacob Frey. https://www.justice.gov/usao-mn/pr/former-minneapolis-mayoral-aide-and-safari-restaurant-co-owner-both-plead-guilty-250 [^9]: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Minnesota, *78th defendant charged in the Feeding Our Future case* (date not recorded in pack) — Justice Department announcement of the 78th defendant charged. https://www.justice.gov/usao-mn/pr/78th-defendant-charged-feeding-our-future-fraud-scheme [^10]: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Minnesota, *jury verdict release in the Feeding Our Future case* (date not recorded in pack) — federal jury verdict against Feeding Our Future's leader and a co-defendant. https://www.justice.gov/usao-mn/pr/federal-jury-finds-feeding-our-future-mastermind-and-co-defendant-guilty-250-million [^11]: Sahan Journal, *Feeding Our Future sentencing tracker* — record of defendants sentenced. https://sahanjournal.com/public-safety/who-has-been-sentenced-feeding-our-future/