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State officials tell committee Florida pays school‑readiness providers on attendance and has layered fraud controls
Summary
Department of Education and early‑learning coalitions told the PreK–12 Budget Subcommittee that Florida’s School Readiness (CCDF) program pays providers on attendance (not enrollment), requires daily sign‑in/out, and enforces anti‑fraud plans, audits and monitoring; recent data show limited active investigations.
State officials told the PreK–12 Budget Subcommittee that Florida’s School Readiness program — the state’s implementation of the federal Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) — pays providers based on daily attendance rather than prospective enrollment and maintains multiple layers of fraud prevention and monitoring.
"We reimburse providers only for services actually delivered and do not provide prospective or advanced payments," Carrie Miller, chancellor of the Division of Early Learning at the Florida Department of Education, said. She told members the SR program covers roughly 6,900 providers and serves about 212,000 children across the state.
Miller described a three‑tiered approach: (1) local early learning coalitions…
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