Video & Transcript Research : 'CCAP'
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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/25
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- million dollars a year um in CCAP million dollars a year um in CCAP funding<00:29:45.480>
thank - But of those 73 top CCAP recipients, you're talking over $100 million in CCAP funds for only 73 providers
- But of those 73 top CCAP recipients, you're talking over $100 million in CCAP funds for only 73 providers
- We're providing what CCAP is, right? What is the purpose of it?
- And that language is also in the CCAP portion as well. Representative K.
Keywords:
child protection, child welfare, paperwork reduction, social services information system, SSIS, Department of Children, Youth, and Families, foster care, children in placement, county social services, Tribal governments, private child placing agencies, case management, administrative burden, information technology, human services, welfare administration, Minnesota tribes, child care assistance, CCAP, program integrity
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 3/17/26
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Keywords:
child care, child care center, day care, licensed child care, video security cameras, surveillance, security cameras, maltreatment, child abuse, child safety, public and shared areas, camera mandate, child care assistance program, CCAP, Great Start Compensation Support, early learning scholarships, licensed provider, Minnesota Statutes 142B.68, Harvey's Law, privacy
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 3/27/25
Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Transcript Highlights:
- This covers daycare providers or childcare providers that take $1 million or more in CCAP money or $1
- Yet that particular center was getting over a million dollars a year in CCAP, which is tied to children
- was a recommendation from the legislative auditor because they mentioned when they were examining CCAP
- which is tied to children actually CCAP which is tied to children actually being<00:34:54.960>
at - , they saw a lot of were examining CCAP, they saw a lot of vulnerabilities,<00:36:30.400>
but <
Keywords:
mortgage foreclosure, redemption, foreclosure surplus, sheriff's sale, junior lienholder, mortgagor, homeowner protections, loss mitigation, dual tracking, foreclosure redemption period, certificate of redemption, certificate of sale, sheriff, county recorder, registrar of titles, homeownership center, lien priority, real property, foreclosure by advertisement, surplus funds
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Suspend rules to take up HF3819 4/30/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And despite all in the CCAP program.
- and CCAP and CCAP is<00:01:53.920>
among <00:01:54.240>them, <00:01:54.800>to year of CCAP. year of CCAP. - just CCAP alone. just CCAP alone.
- the OLA to do a report on CCAP fraud. the OLA to do a report on CCAP fraud.
Summary:
The House took up an urgency motion to recall House File 3819 from committee and advance it to final passage. Supporters said the bill was needed to address fraud in the child care assistance program (CCAP), citing recent FBI raids on child care centers, prior audit findings, and long-standing concerns about weak oversight. They described the bill as restoring a penalty of perjury for attendance records, requiring electronic attendance tracking, mandating unannounced inspections, and requiring camera monitoring for higher-funded providers so the state can verify attendance and reduce improper payments.
Opponents argued the bill was not ready, raised concerns about cost, implementation, and the inclusion of camera surveillance, and said the language could create problems related to retention and possible misuse of video. One member said the state had already taken bipartisan action on child care fraud in prior sessions and that the larger fraud estimates being cited were overstated compared with convictions. Another member emphasized that electronic attendance monitoring was the one part they supported, but said the bill lacked clarity and a Senate companion.
Members also discussed the history of CCAP fraud investigations, including earlier OLA reports, criminal investigations within DHS, and allegations that fraud vulnerabilities had been known for years. Supporters argued the bill would help recover taxpayer dollars and improve affordability by reducing fraud, while critics warned that added camera requirements could increase costs for providers and potentially threaten child care center viability. The debate included questions and answers about video retention, with the bill author stating the intended retention period was 90 days, though a member noted that language was not clearly visible in the version before the House.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee 4/28/26
Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- since the first OLA reports on CCAP since the first OLA reports on CCAP fraud<00:02:38.280>
came - just on CCAP provider investigations. just on CCAP provider investigations.
- <00:25:18.520>
program CCAP program CCAP program are<00:25:19.760>still <00:25:20.080>< - <00:26:45.240>
mother call from a CCAP mother call from a CCAP mother who<00:26:46.400> - to conduct a special review of the CCAP to conduct a special review of the CCAP program.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 3 on Education Finance May 5th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- We've got the CCAP pathway, the college and career access pathway.
- The core focus by far of recent has been CCAP agreements and CCAP dual enrollment because that's course-based
- We've got the CCAP pathway, the college and career access pathway.
- The core focus by far of recent has been CCAP agreements and CCAP dual enrollment because that's course-based
- So the program already essentially has, sorry, I'm speaking specifically to CCAP, CCAP already essentially
Summary:
The committee heard an update on the administration’s Career Education Master Plan and the new California Education Interagency Council. Administration and agency staff described efforts to better connect K-12, higher education, workforce, and data systems, including the California Cradle to Career Data System, e-Transcript California, and a proposed career passport. They emphasized regional coordination with workforce boards and community colleges, and said the new council’s immediate tasks are to hold its first meeting by the end of June, enter into a data-sharing MOU, and complete a strategic plan by the end of November. Members asked about the council’s authority, reporting requirements, and how it would relate to the broader Master Plan for Higher Education; staff said the council will make recommendations but does not have implementation authority.
The committee then took up the Governor’s proposed $100 million one-time expansion of dual enrollment grants and related changes to instructional minute requirements. Finance and the Department of Education said the proposal would support middle college, early college, and CCAP programs, add technical assistance, prioritize high-need LEAs, and reduce the minimum instructional day for certain dual enrollment students from 240 to 180 minutes to ease scheduling barriers. The Chancellor’s Office strongly supported the investment, citing access, acceleration, and equity benefits, while the LAO recommended rejecting the funding, arguing the state already provides ongoing support and that the proposal does not address major barriers. Members raised questions about adult learners, A-G alignment, reporting on outcomes and expenditures, rural access, transportation, staffing, and whether the funding would create lasting program capacity. The item was left open after discussion.
The committee also considered trailer bill language to align the definition of long-term English learners across data systems. Finance and CDE said the change would simplify identification by defining LTELs as students who have not attained English proficiency within seven years and RTELs as students not proficient within six years, matching the dashboard and research-based timelines. CDE said the current mismatch between dashboard and assessment definitions creates confusion and delays, while some members and advocates worried the change could reduce earlier intervention or should be handled through policy committees rather than the budget process. The committee voted to reject the proposal and refer it to policy, though the administration said it still supports the budget language.
Finally, the committee heard a proposal to extend the Supporting Inclusive Practices project by one year, through June 30, 2027. CDE said the project is promising but raised concerns about the contract structure and fiscal management, while Marysville Joint Unified School District testified that SIP had helped expand inclusive preschool and district-wide practices and reduce reliance on more restrictive placements. Members questioned why funds had not been fully encumbered and whether the remaining money should be redirected to areas with greater implementation need. The item was discussed but no final action was described in the excerpt.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee 2/24/25
Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- <00:05:12.680>
sorry <00:05:13.039>about CCAP sorry about CCAP sorry about that<00:05:15.160 - Providers while licensors are not CCAP investigators.
- DHS can only act to stop or end CCAP DHS can only act to stop or end CCAP payment payment payment
- All right, let's continue. centers or for CCAP uh centers Miss gani centers or for CCAP uh centers Miss
- How much CCAP was paid out since 2020?
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Health and Human Services - 02/24/26
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- child care providers who accept uh CCAP child care providers who accept uh CCAP or<00:14:58.399>
- We can do many they're billing for CCAP.
- misconduct uh in uh the CCAP program. misconduct uh in uh the CCAP program.
- recipients of CCAP in the family<01:19:47.440>
childare <01:19:47.920>area. - That's just over 1% of the programs participating in CCAP. >> Thank you, Madam Chair.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 1/21/25
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, they can get a higher CCAP subsidy if they participate and reach a certain star level.
- of<01:16:24.239>
CCAP they're in violation of CCAP they're in violation of CCAP requirements - issue new rules for the CCAP program last March.
- I said almost those same words when I described CCAP. The programs are very similar.
- That sounds probably a lot very similar to CCAP, and it is.
Summary:
The committee met for an introductory overview of its jurisdiction and budget, with the chair emphasizing the committee’s role over a large portfolio of children, youth, and family programs and the new Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF). House Research and House Fiscal staff explained their roles and described the 2023-24 reorganization that transferred many programs from DHS, DPS, MDH, and MDE to DCYF, along with a statute recodification and a crosswalk resource for members. Doug Berg then walked through the committee’s budget structure, explaining the difference between all-funds and general fund views, the major funding sources, and how forecasted programs and grant bases roll forward. He highlighted that the committee’s general fund base is a little over $2.1 billion for the biennium, with large federal components such as SNAP and TANF, and noted smaller accounts including child protection-related opioid funds and federal reimbursement offsets (FFP) for administrative costs.
Members asked several questions about federal financial participation, TANF, and the effect of the repeal of the Diversionary Work Program (DWP). Staff explained that FFP generally applies to administrative costs for federally related programs and usually does not change much unless program activity changes, while TANF is a block grant that has been stable for years. On DWP, staff said the program was sunsetted effective March 1, 2026, and that the associated funding and administrative costs were being reworked rather than simply removed. A member also asked about federal funding fluctuations; staff said no changes were currently factored in, though SNAP or other federal policy changes could alter future numbers.
Danielle Penelli then presented on economic assistance and employment supports transferred to DCYF, focusing first on MFIP, Minnesota’s state-supervised, county-administered welfare program jointly funded by state and federal dollars. She explained that MFIP provides cash and food assistance, employment and training services, and related supports, with a 60-month time limit and certain exemptions for illness, incapacity, or other barriers to employment. She also described the program’s income and asset standards, including a $10,000 asset limit with exclusions for homesteads and one vehicle per assistance unit member age 16 or older. Members asked clarifying questions about how the time limit applies and what assets count, and staff responded that the limit applies to the caregiver and does not restart with additional children.
Penelli also introduced support services grants, which fund employment services for MFIP, DWP, and SNAP participants through workforce centers, counties, tribes, and community agencies, and help cover some county and tribal administrative costs. She began outlining nutrition programs under DCYF, including SNAP, the Minnesota Food Assistance Program, the Minnesota Food Shelf Program, the Emergency Food Assistance Program, and the American Indian Food Sovereignty Program. No formal votes or bill actions were taken during this meeting; it was primarily an informational staff briefing and question-and-answer session.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee 5/5/26
Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Swanson said county CCAP staff were frustrated because some centers were eating up the county's CCAP
- eating up over 35% of of the CCAP eating up over 35% of of the CCAP budget.<00:41:37.680>
Um< - speak regularly with county uh CCAP speak regularly with county uh CCAP employees,<00:41:45.839>
- um the CCAP budget um for their county. um the CCAP budget um for their county.
- Um some of these counties had CCAP.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Child Committee Meeting - 2026-03-25
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- <00:51:42.640>
would or not the CCAP would or not the CCAP would be<00:51:44.320>able< - And then we have a fraud problem in our state with the CCAP program that goes back years.
- This is documented fraud in our CCAP program."
- program that goes state with the CCAP program that goes back<01:18:27.120>
years. - This is documented fraud in our CCAP This is documented fraud in our CCAP program.
Keywords:
youth intervention, grants, community support, early intervention services, nonprofit, Minnesota human services, forecast adjustment, budget forecast, appropriations, Medical Assistance, MinnesotaCare, Health Care Access Fund, general fund, behavioral health, housing support, General Assistance, Minnesota Supplemental Aid, MFIP, DWP, child care assistance
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Child Committee Meeting - 2025-04-08
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Great Start compensation payments from being increased by 10% for child care programs that accept CCAP
- These sections all make changes to the Child Care Assistance Program, or CCAP, that were proposed by
- eliminating the scheduled reporter designation, which will allow all families to have 12 months of CCAP
- Section 10 limits or caps the family's copayment for the CCAP program.
- This section requires that CCAP providers sign each bill that they submit and declare under penalty of
Bills:
HF2436
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Republican Fraud Committee Members Press Conference 5/15/26
Transcript Highlights:
- A lot of the people that were involved in the original CCAP fraud then became Feeding Our Future fraud
- A lot of the people that were involved in the original CCAP fraud then became Feeding Our Future fraud
- So, so if we would have stopped the fraud that was known in the CCAP years, we might not have had this
- A lot of the people that were involved in the original CCAP fraud then became Feeding Our Future fraud
- that were involved in the original CCAP that were involved in the original CCAP fraud,<00:02:44.160
Summary:
House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Committee Chair Kristen Robbins opened the meeting by explaining that the committee’s majority report had been released after the minority declined to file a minority report, though the minority later issued a statement. She said the report reflects two years of work aimed at exposing fraud, strengthening internal controls, and creating a whistleblower portal, mnfraud.com, which will remain open during the interim to receive and review tips.
Robbins and several Republican members described the report as documenting how fraud in Minnesota began with earlier CCAP-related schemes and then expanded into Feeding Our Future and other programs, including housing stabilization, autism services, sober homes, adult day care, assisted living, non-emergency medical transportation, and interpretive services. They argued that fraud was enabled by weak oversight, a culture of inaction, and retaliation against whistleblowers, and said the report includes findings and recommendations for future reforms. Members also highlighted bipartisan bills already passed to strengthen whistleblower protections, internal controls, and fraud reporting.
Representative Pam Altendorf and others praised the report and said it exposed widespread misuse of public funds, citing housing stabilization and autism services as examples of programs with rapidly growing costs and weak oversight. Representative Isaac Schultz said the committee had uncovered “industrial-scale” fraud and that the state had failed to hold agencies accountable. He and Robbins said the new Office of Inspector General, created by legislation passed this session and set to begin in January, will have broad authority to investigate public dollars and, later, police powers; they also noted a salary-setting provision for the office would be added to a state government bill. The members said the next governor will need to change the culture of state agencies and enforce accountability.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 4/8/25
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Section 10 limits the family’s co-payment for the CCAP program.
- CCAP program. Um, so it caps it at 6.9% CCAP program.
- , childcare providers who accept CCAP, childcare providers who accept CCAP, they<00:19:49.280>
- Now, while we through the CCAP program.
- <01:36:31.520>
or numbers of children using CCAP or numbers of children using CCAP or scholarships
Bills:
HF2436
Keywords:
child welfare, economic assistance, child care, grant program, video security cameras, 1183, house
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 2/18/26
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- And we were just talking about CCAP.
- So participation in CCAP would require them to have attendance records.
- And we were just talking about CCAP.
- So participation in CCAP would require them to have attendance records.
- <01:05:33.359>
So we were just talking about CCAP. So we were just talking about CCAP.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 2/19/25
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- program, and created a CCAP investigations unit at that time.
- Since 2020, this team has recovered about $2.4 million from that CCAP program.
- program that CCAP program and created<00:52:45.359>
a <00:52:45.559>CCAP <00:52:46.119> - from that CCAP from that CCAP program<00:53:09.160>
um <00:53:09.280>and <00:53:09.400 - <00:54:44.799>
assistance <00:54:45.599>um to our um CCAP assistance um to our um CCAP
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Committee on Health and Human Services - 01/30/25
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- child care assistance program or CCAP child care assistance program or CCAP helps<00:03:05.360><
- On slide seven is our CCAP, or Child Care Assistance Program, federal compliance.
- They chose to look at the top 10 CCAP daycare providers over a period of time. J.
- They chose to look at the top 10 CCAP daycare providers over a period of time. J.
- They chose to look at the top 10 CCAP daycare providers over a period of time. J.
Summary:
The Health and Human Services committee heard a presentation from Department of Children, Youth, and Families Commissioner Tiki Brown on the department’s 2025 budget and transition plans. Brown said the governor’s budget pairs targeted reductions with modest investments, resulting in net general fund savings, while preserving core safety-net programs. Major proposals included funding for program integrity, modernization of the child welfare SSIS system, compliance changes for the Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP), operating adjustments, and a transition account reallocation as the new department continues moving programs from other agencies through July 1, 2025.
A large portion of the discussion focused on CCAP fraud prevention and oversight. Brown and Assistant Commissioner Diane Hy explained that the proposed statewide electronic attendance recordkeeping system would replace retroactive paper-based attendance reporting with more timely data, making it harder to falsify attendance and claim payments improperly. Brown also said the department is working with the Department of Human Services Office of Inspector General and other partners on compliance and fraud controls. Senators pressed for more detail on current enforcement, whether payments can be withheld for violations, and whether recent media reports showed gaps in oversight; Brown said payments can be stopped for false attendance records, suspended or revoked licenses, or fraud allegations, but not for health and safety violations alone.
The committee also reviewed other budget-neutral policy changes, including expanding permanency support services for relative foster care and tribal equivalents, strengthening tribal child welfare grants, updating TEACH scholarship rules for early childhood educators, and adjusting the Great Start Compensation Support Payment Program to create a special revenue fund and extend a 10% payment increase to tribally licensed programs and programs on tribal reservation land. Brown also described a $1.5 million annual reduction to restorative practices grants, leaving a smaller ongoing base. No votes or formal actions were taken during the hearing.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Tax panel considers bill to establish rent tax credit for nonprofit child car facilities 3/12/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- families on the this is going to assist families on the on<00:08:39.959>
the <00:08:40.039>CCAP - program knowing that these on the CCAP program knowing that these are<00:08:42.240>
centers <00 - So in that 60%, we have a combination of families who receive CCAP and meet those eligibility indicators
- 00:10:06.640>
and <00:10:06.800>meet <00:10:07.040>those families who receive CCAP - and meet those families who receive CCAP and meet those eligibility<00:10:07.839>
indicators <
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 2/11/25
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Thank you very much. are involved with CCAP prog program are involved with CCAP prog program investigations
- fraud and CCAP reforms.
- fraud and CCAP reforms.
- <01:15:25.000>
fraud <01:15:25.360>and <01:15:25.520>CCAP talking about CCAP - fraud and CCAP talking about CCAP fraud and CCAP reforms<01:15:27.159>
and <01:15:27.360>so
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Minnesota House passes bill to create an independent Office of the Inspector General to tackle fraud May 8th, 2026
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- According to DHS records, one couple took in $3 million in CCAP funds in only 10 months.
- According to DHS records, one couple took in $3 million in CCAP funds in only 10 months.
- According to DHS records, one couple took in $3 million in CCAP funds in only 10 months.
- According to DHS records, one couple took in $3 million in CCAP funds in only 10 months.
- According to DHS records, one couple took in $3 million in CCAP funds in only 10 months.
Summary:
The House took up Senate File 856, which would create an Office of the Inspector General to combat fraud in state public programs. Representative Norris described the bill as the product of a long bipartisan, bicameral working group and emphasized the office’s independence, five-year term, Senate confirmation, removal-for-cause protections, authority to investigate entities receiving public funds, prevention-focused duties, and required public and annual reporting. Representative Anderson PE also thanked the bipartisan authors and staff, saying the bill was the result of extensive negotiations and should move forward without reopening the agreement.
Members then considered several amendments. Norris offered a technical cleanup amendment, A44, to clarify language about embedding employees at the Department of Education, distinguish civil and criminal investigative authority, and update law-enforcement terminology; it was adopted. Anderson PE then offered and secured adoption of a technical amendment, A45, to correct a drafting error. Representative Cleorne offered A37 to add prepayment review procedures for all agencies, but it failed on a roll call, 65-67. Cleorne also offered A38 to appropriate $15 million for OIG modernization and data-sharing improvements, but withdrew it after noting it would be out of order. A39, which would have renamed the proposed law enforcement unit from an anti-fraud and waste bureau to an anti-fraud and enforcement unit, failed on a roll call, 66-67, after debate over whether “waste” should be included in the title and scope.
During debate on the naming amendment, supporters argued the title should better reflect law-enforcement work and avoid implying the office was a “waste” agency, while opponents said the existing language reflected the bipartisan working-group agreement and that changing it could jeopardize the bill’s progress. Representative West cited inspector general standards that include waste among their duties, and Representative Pinto questioned the substantive basis for opposing the change. Later, Representative Mhler offered A41 to eliminate the future law-enforcement agency entirely, arguing it would be duplicative and unfunded; the transcript cuts off before the vote on that amendment.