What is the BSI?
The Bureau of Special Investigations (BSI) is a law enforcement office within the NYS Division of Nutrition (DON). BSI’s mission is to minimize exposure to risk of funds administered by the DON supplemental food programs through prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of those who abuse and defraud. BSI will also make recommendations to program managers for improvements in internal controls. The programs which BSI protects include Women, Infant’s and Children (WIC), Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP), and Hunger Prevention and Nutrition Assistance Program (HPNAP). BSI’s fraud detection and prevention is achieved through the use of traditional investigative methods in an effort to minimize waste, fraud and abuse.
