Wisconsin Department of Children and Families - Division of Early Care and Education
Bureau of Early Care Regulation
Child Care Licensing Procedure Manual
Severity refers to whether there was a direct threat to the health, safety, and welfare of a child, ranging from no harm but the potential for harm, to actual, serious harm to a child. Severity also includes consideration of the extent that the administrative rules were violated, such as number of children affected, number of staff involved, number of hours, days, months that the violation was occurring, etc.
This page last updated 02/2012.