MLICCI Executive Director Carol Burnett responds to recent audit report on the Child Care Payment Program
by Jackson Advocate News Service
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MDHS keeps track of children enrolled at CCPP centers. In fact, licensed child care centers are regulated and monitored regularly by multiple state agencies. Controls are in place to ensure enrollment-based reimbursements do not result in wasteful spending. Further, the federal CCDF regulations that govern CCPP rigorously prevent fraud.
The Mississippi Low Income Child Care Initiative urges MDHS to continue the practice of paying centers based on enrollment.
For a thorough review of CCDF monitoring, please refer to this brief from Dr. Ruth Friedman, former director of the HHS Office of Child Care: https://www.clasp.org/publications/report/brief/program-integrity-and-accountability-in-the-child-care-and-development-fund-program/
Read the full article at the Jackson Advocate News Service.