Wisconsin Department of Children and Families - Division of Early Care and Education
Bureau of Early Care Regulation
Child Care Licensing Procedure Manual
The six-month probationary period is a critical time for the licensee. The licensing specialist can be instrumental in providing advice and assistance to ensure a program gets off to the best start possible. It can also be the time to eliminate failing programs. For these reasons, the licensing specialist makes at least one or more on-site visits within the first three months of issuance of the probationary license and one or more visits in the last three months of the probationary period.
The licensing checklist contained in the mobile app. is used to monitor compliance with rules once the probationary license has been issued. During the probationary period, the licensing specialist must review all rules on the licensing checklist, although it is not necessary to recheck items monitored before issuance of the probationary license. Since certain rules must be verified as met before the probationary license was issued, these verified rules may or may not be specifically reviewed during the probationary period. (See section 3, Monitoring Activities Prior to the Probationary Period.) If there are areas of concern during the initial licensing study, rules should be re-checked during the probationary period. Rules already monitored and verified during the initial licensing study can be checked as met in the mobile app. or can be left blank in the mobile app. for the duration of the probationary period.
4. Monitoring During the Probationary Period
4.1. Serious and/or Numerous Violations during the Probationary Period
4.2. When the Probationary Period Ends
This page last updated 12/2018.