AUSTIN — Texas has few safeguards against possible ripoffs by people posing as financially struggling parents who need child care and relatives eager to bill the government for providing the service, congressional investigators have found.
Unscrupulous child care providers could use nonexistent children to defraud the program, in which Texas this year distributed nearly $700 million in federal subsidies so low-income families could place their 115,000 children in care, allowing parents to work or be retrained, the General Accounting Office said in a report this week.
Garrett reports http://dallasne.ws/cf4m40
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Texas boosts child care subsidies
Garrett reports:
AUSTIN – While some states curtail low-wage workers' subsidies for child care, Texas has avoided cuts, the Texas Workforce Commission said Monday.
An infusion of $215 million in federal stimulus money since July has helped the state offer more child-care assistance, while the slow economy has knocked people out of work and slackened demand for child care, said commission spokeswoman Lisa Givens.
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AUSTIN – While some states curtail low-wage workers' subsidies for child care, Texas has avoided cuts, the Texas Workforce Commission said Monday.
An infusion of $215 million in federal stimulus money since July has helped the state offer more child-care assistance, while the slow economy has knocked people out of work and slackened demand for child care, said commission spokeswoman Lisa Givens.
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