UCOWF Child Care Survey Summary
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Only 37 percent of the States have state laws relating to Child Care Assistance and 51 percent impose penalties or disqualifications to providers and/or clients.

However, 58 percent of the States would prefer Federal assistance in establishing a national requirement for Fraud Control in the Child Care Program.

The United Council on Welfare Fraud passed a resolution in August of 2002. The resolution states:

Due to the substantial increase in child care funding made available to states and the growing number of instances of fraud in the Child Care Program, the United Council on Welfare Fraud (UCOWF) strongly encourages the Department of Health and Human Services Child Care Bureau and select Congressional Committees, demonstrate their commitment to the child care program integrity by requiring all states to prepare a child care fraud control plan. States should be allowed flexibility to design strategies to meet state specific needs. However, at minimum, all plans should contain the following:

1. Procedures for recovery of child care overpayments.

2. Federal tax intercept for child care overpayments.

3. Disqualification penalties for child care recipients and providers who have committed an intentional program violation. These penalties would be modeled after and similar to those formerly in place in the AFDC program (45CFR 235.112) and currently in place for the Food Stamp program (7CFR 273.16(b).