Child Care and Development Fund: Undercover Tests Show Five State Programs Are Vulnerable to Fraud and Abuse. Report to Congressional Addressees. GAO-10-1062

Autor/in	Kutz, Gregory D.
Institution	US Government Accountability Office
Titel	Child Care and Development Fund: Undercover Tests Show Five State Programs Are Vulnerable to Fraud and Abuse. Report to Congressional Addressees. GAO-10-1062
Quelle	(2010), (40 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Human Services; State Programs; Criminals; Child Care Centers; Case Studies; Low Income Groups; Financial Support; Federal Aid; Prevention; Deception; Interviews; Parent Attitudes; Court Litigation; Records (Forms); Public Agencies; Child Caregivers; Accountability + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Humanitäre Hilfe; Regierungsprogramm; Straftäter; Child care facilities; Child care services; Kinderzentrum; Kinderbetreuung; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Finanzielle Förderung; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Täuschung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Elternverhalten; Rechtsstreit; Formularsammlung; Öffentliche Einrichtung; Caregiver; Caregivers; Carer; Child; Children; Verantwortung
Abstract	Through the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) subsidizes child care for low-income families whose parents work or attend education or training programs. In fiscal year 2009, the CCDF budget was $7 billion. States are responsible for determining program priorities and overseeing funds. Providers--who range from child care centers to relatives--bill the state for caring for approved children. Unregulated relatives represent 12 percent of providers in the CCDF program. In response to program fraud and abuse, GAO (1) proactively tested selected states' fraud prevention controls, (2) examined closed case studies of fraud and abuse, and (3) interviewed parents waitlisted for child care about the effect of this lack of assistance on their families. To do this, GAO investigators posed as parents and unregulated relative providers in 10 scenarios in five states with no waiting lists that each received more than $100 million in CCDF funding for fiscal year 2009. These states did not require fingerprint criminal history checks or site visits. For case studies of past program fraud, GAO reviewed criminal court records and interviewed agency officials. GAO spoke with parents on waiting lists in six states for their perspectives on the effect of being unable to obtain childcare. Results cannot be projected beyond these states or unregulated relative providers. Appended are: (1) Scope and Methodology; and (2) GAO Contact and Staff Acknowledgments. (Contains 5 tables and 38 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10