Wisconsin Shares Suspension

*At suspension unless otherwise noted

Rationale for Reasonable Suspicion of Program Violation:

The Department of Children and Families suspended all Wisconsin Shares payments to the provider based on a reasonable suspicion that the provider violated provisions of the Wisconsin Shares program. The suspension was based upon a combination of red flags indicating a likelihood of Shares violations and the following findings from the Department’s investigation including but not limited to: 1) the provider’s failure to maintain and submit accurate attendance records as required by the Shares program and 2) the provider’s failure to comply with the statutes, promulgated rules, or policies of the Wisconsin Shares program.

The Department has evidence that the provider:

• Billed for children who were not in attendance.
• Billed for more hours than children actually attended.
• Maintained attendance records anticipating children’s attendance, rather than being an actual record of children’s attendance.

The Department has been unable to verify the actual care of children by the provider. The Department attempted to visit the provider’s 4129 N 73rd St facility on 1/7/2011 at 2:13 pm and the provider’s 2728 W Wright St facility on 1/7/2011 at 2:50 pm and was successful in gaining access to the facility however no children were present. The unsuccessful attempts to verify the presence of children attending the provider’s facility raises a strong and reasonable suspicion that the provider is billing the Wisconsin Shares program for children who did not actually attend the child care facility. The Department reviewed the provider’s billing records and confirmed the provider billed for children as being in attendance on 1/7/2011 at both facilities at the time of the Department’s visit even though the Department was unable to observe any children in attendance.