A red flag is an indicator that a child care provider's data shows a pattern worth a closer look, such as a billing anomaly, unusual attendance, or gaps in attendance documentation. A red flag does not mean fraud has occurred. It helps teams triage with context, so providers operating within the rules aren't burdened with unnecessary reviews.

Risk & Audit scores every enrolled provider using a standardized method based on billing history, attendance trends, and compliance records, then ranks providers by risk so the highest-risk cases get attention first. Each score shows the evidence and key factors behind it, with no black-box scoring, so reviewers can explain and defend their decisions.

Risk & Audit helps agencies prepare for federal and state reviews, including Office of Inspector General (OIG) audits of CCDF programs, by catching issues before they become audit findings. It flags duplicate payment patterns, attendance anomalies, and documentation gaps, and it keeps consistent, documented audit trails that show due diligence.

Most child care fraud detection tools look only at payment anomalies within a single program, while Risk & Audit covers licensing, subsidy, and quality programs in one view. It supports the full oversight process, from risk assessment through review and corrective action, rather than just flagging individual transactions.

Yes. Risk & Audit tracks provider risk continuously and compares current activity against historical patterns, so it can warn teams when a provider's behavior starts shifting. That lets agencies step in earlier instead of discovering problems during a point-in-time review.

Yes. Risk & Audit runs on the 3Si platform, built on Microsoft Azure, where each state's data is isolated in its own environment, encrypted at rest and in transit, and monitored 24/7.