Wisconsin Department of Children and Families - Division of Early Care and Education
Bureau of Early Care Regulation
Child Care Licensing Procedure Manual
The Noncompliance Statement and Correction Plan (CFS-294) is the form used by the licensing specialist to enumerate and document all violations of administrative rules noted during a site visit made to a licensed center for any purpose. Less often, it may also be used to enumerate and document a violation self-reported by a licensee. The Noncompliance Statement and Correction Plan is initiated even when a cited violation is immediately corrected. For more information regarding the Noncompliance Statement and Correction Plan procedures, see the section titled Noncompliance Statement and Correction Plan and Compliance Statement in the Monitoring section of the manual.
The licensing specialist should consider attaching a warning letter to a Noncompliance Statement and Correction Plan, whenever:
Previous efforts to gain compliance through issuance of one or more Noncompliance Statement and Correction Plans (CFS-294) have failed. The licensee has been given a reasonable amount of time to correct one or more violations cited on the CFS-294 and has shown little effort to address the violations.
The licensing specialist is citing one or more serious violations (see 2.1 For Serious Violations). Note: When there is an additional violation that is not serious, the licensing specialist should note in the warning letter that the Noncompliance Statement and Correction Plan identified other violations in addition to the serious violation that is the subject of the warning letter. The licensing specialist may, at his/her discretion, also list these violations on the warning letter;
Numerous violations are cited (see 2.2. For Numerous Violations.); or
A repeat violation is cited (see 2.3. Definition of a Repeat Violation).
If an enforcement action is taken (such as, for example, a forfeiture), for one or more violations and there is another violation, not related to the forfeiture, the licensing specialist may also issue a warning letter for that particular violation, if appropriate. The licensing specialist should consult with the licensing manager/licensing supervisor if s/he is uncertain about whether to issue a warning letter in the above circumstances or when other circumstances suggest that a warning letter is appropriate.
2. Warning Letters Accompanying a Noncompliance Statement and Correction Plan
2.1.1. Family Child Care Centers
2.1.2. Group Child Care Centers
2.3. Definition of Repeat Violation
2.3.1. When More than Two Years has Passed Between Cites for the Same Violation
This page last updated 10/2020.