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03-16-2019, 09:10 AM #1
Does Minnesota Represent the Tip of the Iceburg for Day Care Assistance Fraud?
Does Minnesota Represent the Tip of the Iceberg for Day Care Assistance Fraud?
March 16, 2019 ~ Ann Corcoran
Readers may remember stories like this one from last year when law enforcement raided a Minneapolis Day Care Center.
Minneapolis daycare raided as part of massive fraud investigation
Baraka Child Care Center
From Fox 9:
Parents dropping off their kids at the Baraka Child Care Center in Minneapolis Wednesday were greeted by some unfamiliar faces: fraud investigators from the Minnesota Department of Human Services.More here.
One mother told Fox 9 they were asking if anyone knew of anything “shady” happening at the center.
Agents from the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and the Secret Service also took part in this raid.
Armed with a search warrant, they confiscated cell phones, computers, and documents, as part of what’s being called an ongoing investigation of child care funding fraud.
The state currently has ten centers under investigation suspected of stealing millions in public subsidies meant for low-income families to pay their child care. Multiple government sources tell the Fox 9 investigators the problem is rampant and may be costing Minnesota taxpayers as much as a $100 million a year.
“It’s just widespread and it’s national,” said Steve Hanson, a Special Agent from the Office of Inspector General, U.S. Health and Human Services. “It’s multi state.”
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is also cracking down on the problem. It reports that nationally, in 2015, more than $300 million in improper payments went to daycare providers. Typically, the way this scam works is the fraudsters overbill the government by inflating attendance records.
Other reports last year suggested some of the allegedly fraudulently-obtained funds left the US for Somalia.
(I first heard about the allegations of large-scale Day Care fraud in Minnesota in 2014. At right is one of the Somali women charged at that time. Don’t miss the information about how grant money from the Office of Refugee Resettlement helps ethnic-based day care centers get operational. See my post at RRW here.)
Allegations of massive fraud in Minnesota’s Child Care Assistance Program were the subject of a hearing on Wednesday about an investigation by the Office of Legislative Auditor.
Kim Crockett, general counsel at the Center of the American Experiment, tells us what happened in her detailed report,
Explosive OLA report on Welfare Fraud: DHS investigators report widespread child care assistance fraud, lack of internal controls and breakdown in relationship with DHS Inspector GeneralSenator Mary Kiffmeyer, chair of the Legislative Audit Commission Audit Subcommittee, sounded a consistent theme this morning, “Fraud hides. It does not say ‘Here I am.’ ”It might not be $100 million, but it is happening. The story wraps with this line,
The Commission heard testimony this morning from the Office of Legislative Auditor (OLA) and the Department of Human Services (DHS) on the issue of fraud in the Child Care Assistance or “CCAP” program. The CCAP program, according to both the OLA and DHS, has substantial fraud and administrative problems.
In fiscal year 2018, Minnesota paid out $254 million in CCAP subsidies to about 30,000 children in about 13,000 families. The money comes from a combination of county, state and federal taxpayer dollars.
The OLA report was unable to substantiate earlier allegations of fraud, noting that this is “extremely difficult.” But the OLA report pointed to a large-scale fraud problem within CCAP and also an absence of internal controls within the CCAP program. It also documented a breakdown between the investigative units within DHS and the office of Inspector General at DHS, calling it “a serious rift.” The OLA also highlighted that the “DHS Inspector General lacks independence from DHS management.”
The OLA summary suggests that to the extent that CCAP program is being defrauded, it is due to mismanagement by the state….
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The OLA report, which was limited in scope, reported the following:
The OLA was unable to substantiate the claim by a former DHS inspector (reported by Fox News) that there was $100 million in CCAP fraud annually. But the OLA did find a credible source of that allegation and the allegation that some of the funds were reaching overseas terror organizations.
Members of the Somali community protested the OLA report this morning at the Capitol.Read more of Crockett’s analysis of the Wednesday hearing and the OLA report results by clicking here.
Minnesota is not alone. See an earlier post here at Frauds and Crooks about similar day care fraud in New York state.
What can you do? If you suspect fraud in a Day Care center or in any other program administered by the Minnesota Human Services department, report it here. Likewise find a similar agency in the state where you live.
You can also report fraud of this kind to the federal Office of Inspector General at HHS, here. In fact, maybe report your suspicions in both places in case the state agency buries your tip.
https://oig.hhs.gov/fraud/report-fraud/ILLEGAL ALIENS HAVE "BROKEN" OUR IMMIGRATION SYSTEM
DO NOT REWARD THEM - DEPORT THEM ALL
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03-16-2019, 09:12 AM #2
These "refugee" programs need to be defunded and shut down!
These people come from countries where they live in a culture of crime and theft! That is what they know.
Start loading them all up and sending them back.
This is what Obama has been dumping in our neighborhoods for EIGHT YEARS...he fast tracked them in with no vetting!
It still continues with Trump!
Keep them out and send them back.
100 MILLION DOLLARS THAT SHOULD BE SPENT ON REBUILD OUR ROADS AND BRIDGES, WATER SYSTEMS AND SCHOOLS!
NO DAYCARE SUBSIDIES! IF YOU CANNOT AFFORD CHILDREN...DO NOT HAVE THEM!
WE ARE NOT YOUR BABY DADDY TO PAY YOUR BILLS AND ASSUME YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES AS A PARENT!ILLEGAL ALIENS HAVE "BROKEN" OUR IMMIGRATION SYSTEM
DO NOT REWARD THEM - DEPORT THEM ALL
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03-19-2019, 09:11 AM #3
What is the NET LOSS in damages these foreigners do to this country?
How many have they not caught...billions more of fraud against the American people?
Medicaid Fraud, Medicare Fraud, Identity Theft, Car Accidents, Murder, Rape, Drugs, Gangs, Food Stamp, Welfare, Healthcare, Anchor Babies, Court, Jail, Prison, Poverty, Lawsuits, Lawyers, More Crime, Destroying Neighborhoods, Taking Jobs, Overcrowding our Schools, Our Roads. The list is long.
We need a 10 year moratorium on all immigration...they take way more then they contribute to our Nation.
Why are we importing more poverty and crime into our Nation? We need to clean up our own backyard first, because we have plenty of it, and it is consuming this country and costing us a fortune in damages to our peace and prosperity.
We are letting millions in who do not even balance this loss out...they will never compensate the financial burdens, theft, and crimes they bring.Last edited by Beezer; 03-19-2019 at 09:15 AM.
ILLEGAL ALIENS HAVE "BROKEN" OUR IMMIGRATION SYSTEM
DO NOT REWARD THEM - DEPORT THEM ALL
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