United Council on Welfare Fraud (UCOWF)

The United Council on Welfare Fraud (UCOWF) is an established professional organization of investigators, administrators, prosecutors, eligibility workers, and claims writers from local, state, and federal agencies in the U.S. and Canada that organizes an annual multi-day National Training Conference focused on fraud investigations, detection, and prevention. Its conference promotes training relevant to federal risk management, internal controls, fraud prevention, inspector general (IG) interests, risk assessment, and federal oversight.