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| Related Resources |
| :: Forms :: Manuals :: Memos :: Publications :: Entry Level Courses - Approved Agencies :: Operations Memos :: Listing of Certifiers by County/Tribe - (pdf) :: E-Mail Subscription List |
| YoungStar |
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YoungStar Home :: YoungStar Presentation for Certifiers :: Presentation Handout :: Regional Entity Responsibility |
| Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS) Prevention |
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FAQs :: National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome :: Approved Trainers :: Provider Flier |
| Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) |
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video (includes SBS and SIDS) :: AAP - "Back to Sleep" :: NICHD :: "Safe Sleep for your Baby" |
| Certification Surveys |
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Child Care Certification
Background on Child Care Certification
State law requires counties/tribes to certify providers who receive
public funding but are exempt from the licensing law. Most counties have
made certification available for all family day care providers, whether
or not public funding is involved. DCF promulgates rules establishing
standards for the certification of child care providers.
Your Guide to Regulated Child Care
- Summary of Child Care Rules
Benefits of Child Care Certification
- Provider is able to care for Wisconsin Shares subsidized children
- Provider may participate in the Child and Adult Care Food Program
- Provider may get parent referrals from Child Care Resource and Referral Agency
Training on Non Compliance Issuance - New
New Compliance Form - 05/24/11
Caregiver Law - Effective 2/1/10
2009 Wisconsin Act 76 changed the background check process for certified providers. Below are resources with detailed information on the changes:
- Operations Memo 09-81 (letter sent to certified providers on 1/4/10 about the new law)
- Summary of the new law
- List of Serious Offenses
- Short Summary on the Caregiver Law
- Frequently Asked Questions - CBC Requirements for Child Care Centers (includes FAQs pertaining to both certified and licensed programs)
Certification related rules and statutes
- DCF 202 - Day Care Certification (12/1/08 - Replaced DWD 55)
- DHS 12 - Caregiver Law (Previously HFS 12)
- Chapter 48 - Children's Code (48.651 and 48.685 pertains to certification)
- Chapter 68 - Municipal Administrative Procedure - appeal process
Certification Group Size Estimator
The Group Size Estimator is a tool that will help the user understand when a certified provider’s day care schedule may be in violation of the State of Wisconsin child care certification rules.
Additional information on Child Care Regulations
Child Care
Licensing
Nationwide Child Care
Regulatory Information
Child Care Certification Forms
Certifying agencies may order paper copies of the forms from the Forms Repository.
Operation Memos
Subscribe to the Operation Memos List Serve to receive the most recent updates.. An archive of published memos is also available.
Caregiver Law related sites
Caregiver
Manual
Wisconsin
Circuit Court Access
Crime Information Bureau
(DOJ)
Out-of-State
Record Checks (DOJ)
FBI Checks (DOJ)
YoungStar
YoungStar Home
YoungStar Presentation for Certifiers
Presentation Handout
Regional Entity Responsibility
Other Child Care Related Links
Wisconsin
Booster Seat Law (June 1, 2006)
DHS
Bureau of Communicable Diseases
Child and
Adult Care Food Program
Fact sheets on Communicable Diseases
Public Health
Departments - Local
Wisconsin Child Care
Information Center (WCCIC)
Supporting Families Together Association (SFTA)
Wisconsin Council of Children and
Families (WCCF)
Wisconsin
Immunization Program (DHS)
Wisconsin Training
Network
Weather Watch - An
easy to read document on wind-chills and heat index
National links
ADA and
Child Care
Allergy and Asthma Network
American Academy
of Pediatrics
Center
for Infectious Diseases - Childhood Diseases
Child Care Law Center
Kids in Danger
National Association for Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
National Center on Shaken Baby
Syndrome
National Child Care Information
Center (NCCIC)
National Resource Center for Health
and Safety in Child Care
Redleaf Institute
National SIDS and Infant Death Support Center