05/30/2019

Combating fraud came to dominate the Legislature’s debate about child care in Minnesota

link between fraudulent CCAP money and terrorists in Somalia

https://www.minnpost.com/good-jobs/2019/05/combating-fraud-came-to-dominate-the-legislatures-debate-about-child-care-in-minnesota/

A state audit in March found that fraud in the Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP), a prominent subsidy for low-income families, was tough to root out and likely more pervasive than what prosecutors have been able to prove. The politically explosive report from the Office of the Legislative Auditor could not substantiate some allegations made in an attention-grabbing

Fox 9 story from 2018 — namely a link between fraudulent CCAP money and terrorists in Somalia — but it nevertheless mobilized Republicans and some DFLers to call for sweeping reform.