Minneapolis to Require Some Child Care Providers to Submit Attendance Records Amid Fraud Investigations

Minneapolis has been rocked with fraud scandals relating to child care.

Children draw in one of the classrooms at a child care center in a file photo. Susan Montoya Bryan/AP Photo

Child care providers who received federal funds in Minnesota will have to prove that they are actively caring for children.

Minnesota’s Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) announced the new tracking system on March 18 after day care centers run by Somali residents in the state became the epicenter of alleged widespread fraud.