Create new program integrity provisions for the Child Care and Development Block Grant to crack down on fraud in federal child care programs.

Senator Ashley Moody introduced the Stop Child Care Scams Act, legislation that would create new program integrity provisions for the Child Care and Development Block Grant.

Moody's Senate press release says her Stop Child Care Scams Act would add program integrity provisions to the Child Care and Development Block Grant to address fraud in federal child care programs.

VIDEO: Senator Moody Introduces Stop Child Care Scams Act to Crack Down on Fraud in Federal Child Care Programs
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The House passed the No Funds for Repeat Child Care Violations Act, 217-207. The bill targets CCDBG fraud with state audits every three years, high-risk-state scrutiny, corrective steps, data sharing, GAO recommendations, limits on waivers, and funding cutoffs for repeat violations. The report says the bill then headed to the Senate.

A House-passed anti-fraud bill would add several CCDBG program-integrity provisions, but it had not become law and was awaiting Senate action just before the lookback window.

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House passes bill to rein in child care fraud after $325M in waste exposed
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HHS paused payments tied to suspected Minnesota daycare fraud and announced stricter verification measures for states seeking ACF child care grant payments. The article reports suspected centers were suspended pending audits and other centers would face extra verification requirements.

Executive enforcement and verification steps for federal child care grants provide partial administrative movement toward program integrity, but the report also describes accountability measures as still developing rather than enacted statutory CCDBG provisions.

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Trump administration freezes child care payments to Minnesota
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The report says HHS reinstated attendance-based billing, froze future CCDF disbursements pending proof of service delivery, demanded a Minnesota audit, and would require receipt or photographic proof for future payments to centers.

This indicates administrative reversal and tighter payment verification for CCDF/child care grants, supporting partial delivery of anti-fraud program-integrity controls but not proof of enacted CCDBG legislation.

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Biden admin gave child care centers billions without verifying attendance - allowing 'loopholes and fraud'
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HHS ACF found Minnesota lacked adequate controls to verify child care attendance-based payments, had limited fraud-investigation resources, lacked required provider program-integrity training, and had no mandatory statewide process to review and act on county audits.

Federal oversight identified program-integrity gaps and enforcement grounds, but this is evidence of unresolved vulnerabilities and administrative scrutiny rather than completed creation of new CCDBG provisions.

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HHS finds Minnesota child care agency failed to verify attendance records and 'pursue fraud tips'
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