Wisconsin Department of Children and Families - Division of Early Care and Education
Bureau of Early Care Regulation
Child Care Certification Policy Manual
DCF 202 requires certification agencies provide information on child care and the certification system to applicants prior to initial certification. The information shall include materials on pre-service training, sudden infant death syndrome reduction, prevention of shaken baby syndrome and abusive head trauma, child development, positive child guidance, health and safety, including first aid, the child care subsidy program and the child care quality rating and improvement system.
The Wisconsin Child Care Information Center (CCIC), in cooperation with the Department of Children and Families - Bureau of Early Care Regulation, has assembled child care brochures and articles specifically for certification workers to share with applicants / operators on child development, positive guidance, health and safety, and activities that support children’s development. Certification workers may obtain these free materials from CCIC for use in "new provider" or “orientation” packets and/or establish procedures for referring prospective applicants to the information available on the CCIC website.
Certifiers may order materials by:
Visiting CCIC's Free Materials for Certified Family Child Care Providers to customize your order.
Order by phone by calling CCIC at 1-800-362-7353.
You may also print some of the materials directly from CCIC's Resource Materials for Child Care Providers.
Refer child care providers with Internet access to the materials on the CCIC website.
In addition to providing certification workers with orientation information, CCIC is a mail-order lending library and information clearinghouse serving anyone in Wisconsin working in the field of child care and early childhood education. CCIC offers:
Free brochures, tip sheets and magazine article reprints.
Books, CDs and videos to borrow for problem-solving, continuing education, mentoring, in-service programs, workshops and classes.
Customized learning packets on topics requested.
Help finding education and training opportunities.
Referrals to other child care agencies and experts / resources.
Wisconsin Child Care Information Center (CCIC)
201 W. Washington Avenue
PO Box 8916
Madison, Wisconsin 53708-8916
phone: 608-535-3288, toll free: 800-362-7353, fax: 608-422-7156
email: ccic@wisconsin.gov
A computer-based training (CBT) called “Informational Materials for Prospective Providers” is posted in the Partner Training Team (PTT) Learning Center under the Training Catalog. New certification workers must complete this CBT prior to attending an in-person New Certification Worker Training. This CBT is available for any certification worker as a refresher training and can be completed in approximately 15 minutes. Certification workers can access the PTT Learning Center here.
Note: If you have never used the PTT website before you will need to complete and submit a Learning Center Registration Profile form. Submission of this form is required before you will be able register for trainings posted in the PTT website. If you have used PTT in the past you do not need to resubmit the form.
This page last updated 01/2022.