The study of arithmetic properties of coefficients of modular forms f(tau) = Sigma a(n)q(n) has a rich history, including deep results regarding congruences in arithmetic progressions. Recently, work of C.-S. Radu, S. Ahlgren, B. Kim, N. Andersen, and S. Lobrich have employed the q-expansion theory of P. Deligne and M. Rapoport in order to determine more about where these congruences can occur. Here, we apply the method to a large class of modular forms, and in particular to several noteworthy examples, including generalized Frobenius partitions and the two mock theta functions f (q) and omega (q). (c) 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.