Wisconsin Department
of Children and Families - Division
of Early Care and Education
Bureau of Child Care Subsidy Administration
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Front-End Verification (FEV) is a method of fraud prevention. FEV provides additional scrutiny of cases that display characteristics of potential program violations or errors. FEV focuses on elements or circumstances of a specific case, as defined by a local agency’s Error Prone Profile (EPP).
FEV can occur during any application, renewal, or change if three (3) or more EPP characteristics are present.
An EPP is a list of characteristics that result in common case errors. Local agencies must use an EPP to determine which criteria meet the requirements for an FEV investigation. Local agencies must measure all cases against the EPP in a consistent manner to avoid biased selection for FEV. Cases demonstrating three (3) or more of these characteristics should be referred for FEV.
See Appendix V– Error Prone Profiles and Front-End Verification for FEV processes and EPP resources.
This section last updated 12/1/2022