December 22 Child Care Provider Updates Reminder: We will not be sending any listserv messages during the week between Christmas and New Year’s. Our regular messaging schedule will resume on January 3, 2023. December Child Care Counts Updates are Due Tomorrow Time is running short to complete required updates on your December Child Care Counts applications. The deadline is tomorrow – December 23 at 11:59 p.m. Update/Application Week Reminders You must review, update, and resubmit your application every month. See the Child Care Counts Calendar for future Count and Application Weeks. Be sure to carefully review the child and staff lists for attendance and payroll status during the Count Week and hit “submit” once you have completed your review/update. If you do not wish to receive payments, you must withdraw your application during Update Week. Watch the How to Apply Video to view step-by-step instructions on how to submit a new Review the Updating Your Child Care Counts Information During Update Week video to learn how to make application modifications during Update Week. Questions? We’re here to help. Email DCFDECECOVID19CCPayments@wisconsin.gov or call and leave your detailed questions at 608-535-3650. Please be sure to include your provider ID, location number, and details about your question when calling or emailing. Call center hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday – Friday. Child Care Counts Información en español. Reminder: Child Care Provider Vacation Closures Families may use Wisconsin Shares child care subsidy to pay for one week of provider vacation closure once per calendar year. State government legal holidays are excluded from the one week of closure. Providers can retain payments for state government legal holidays. The state government legal holidays can be found at Wis. Stat. s. 230.35(4)(a). An Operations Memo and Wisconsin Shares Handbook revision are forthcoming.
