UCOWF Initiatives to Strengthen Program Integrity
UCOWF is committed to strengthening integrity in various public assistance programs that are fundamental to our social safety net. These taxpayer-funded programs need everyone's effort to preserve the precious dollars appropriated by the government to operate programs such as Medicaid, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, commonly known as Food Stamps), Subsidized Childcare, Low-income and Subsidized Housing, and Temporary Cash Assistance, to name a few.
Our efforts go beyond the work our members do in their states and counties. As an organization, UCOWF contributes to strengthening public assistance program integrity by maintaining close ties with our federal program partners and providing them our advice or position on pertinent issues and proposed changes to the way these programs are operated.
Read on to learn about our most recent initiatives to strengthen integrity through coordination with our federal partners.
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Whether this is your first visit or you are returning, we hope that you will take a few minutes to look around and learn a little about UCOWF, its members, our purpose, and how we operate. If you are not a member of UCOWF and are eligible to join, we urge you to consider becoming a part of the foremost assembly of public assistance program integrity professionals in North America. |
Professional Development
UCOWF prides itself on the advancement of its members and provides the following resources to assist them:
Annual Training Conferences
Each year UCOWF sponsors an annual training conference for its members. These four day conferences are held throughout the United States in August, September or early October.
The conferences provide training for investigators, prosecutors, collections and claims staff, and administrators on the latest techniques in the prevention, detection, and prosecution of welfare fraud and in the administration of welfare fraud programs. Information on upcoming conferences will be updated on the public home page as plans are finalized.
UCOWF Member Forum
Among the 600+ members of UCOWF is a wealth of knowledge, skills, abilities and experience in the realm of welfare fraud. Collaborating with fellow UCOWF members for ideas, strategies and solutions improves each member's skill set. UCOWF facilitates collaboration through its Member Forum.
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The Public Role of UCOWF
 The United Council on Welfare Fraud is an organization whose primary goal is to strengthen the integrity of our public assistance programs. We do that by providing our members with a variety of training and collaboration tools to improve their ability to identify, investigate, prosecute, and recoup fraud committed against the public assistance programs in North America.
We also have a public role. Part of UCOWF's goal in strengthening the integrity of these social programs is by providing a site where the public can learn about our members' efforts to reduce fraud and about ways the public can assist in these efforts.
What We Don't Do
UCOWF is a non-profit organization, not an extension of any government entity; we are not empowered by any authority to investigate fraud. Our members are empowered to take action against suspected fraud by authorities within the boundaries of their own jurisdiction and purview but UCOWF is not an investigative agency nor does membership in UCOWF authorize anyone to conduct investigations into public assistance fraud.
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