May 8 Child Care Provider Updates

April Child Care Counts Application/Update Period Starts Saturday

The next update/application begins this weekend – May 10-18. Organize your records now so you are ready for the next Child Care Counts update/application week. You must review and update your application every month. See the Child Care Counts Calendar for future Count and Update Weeks.

If you need assistance, please email DCFDECECOVID19CCPayments@wisconsin.gov or call and speak with a Support Center Specialist at 608-535-3650, M-F 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Well Compensation Grant Program

The Department of Natural Resources American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) well compensation grant program provides funding to eligible landowners, renters, or Wisconsin business owners to replace, reconstruct, or treat contaminated private water supplies that serve a residence or non-community public water system wells. A non-community public water system is a water system served by one or more wells that regularly serves water to at least 25 of the same people for over 6 months per year or serves a transient population of at least 25 people for 60 days of the year. This may include child care programs.

Grant Program Eligibility

  • In order to be eligible for the grant program, family or business income for the previous year may not exceed $100,000.


To determine further eligibility, visit the Wisconsin DNR Well Compensation Grant Program website. Please direct questions to your local DNR Water Supply Specialist. See the ARPA Well Compensation and Well Abandonment Grant Flyer for additional details.

Reminder: DCF is Hiring for Two Positions

The Division of Early Care and Education (DECE) is currently recruiting to fill two positions:

  • The Bureau of Child Care Subsidy Administration (BCCSA) is recruiting for a Program and Policy Analyst Advanced. This position is responsible for the policy development, implementation of new and ongoing initiatives, problem solving, and providing guidance to local agency staff through the Child Care Subsidy and Technical Assistance Line and email. This position is also responsible for monitoring the administration and evaluation of the Wisconsin Shares Child Care Subsidy program. The deadline to apply is 11:59 p.m. on May 11, 2025.
     
  • The Child Care Modernization Lead will work on key DECE programs, projects, and automation effort for initiatives such as Child Care Counts and Wisconsin Shares modernization. The deadline to apply for this position is May 13, 2025.

Learn more about these positions on Wisc.Jobs.

Upcoming Events and Education/Training Opportunities

The below events are hosted by DCF, one of its partners, or is one that may be relevant to the early childhood field. Click/tap on the titles below to learn more about each event. 

  • Keeping Children Safe - Supervision, Tracking, and Follow Through
    • Keeping children safe is a top priority for all educators. In this YoungStar Connect training, you’ll will learn how to describe and apply active supervision strategies and systems to keep children safe and accounted for in your program. Spanish interpretation is not available.
    • Live session May 22 | 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
    • Register at the Wisconsin Registry. | Registration closes on May 19, 2025
    • Questions? Contact Mary Niec at mniec@youngstarconnet.com
       
  • I Belong Here! All Children Matter: Supporting Differing Abilities