Wisconsin Department of Children and Families - Division of Early Care and Education
Bureau of Early Care Regulation
Child Care Licensing Procedure Manual
The licensing specialist assigns a center to the Moderate Monitoring Plan when additional monitoring, above and beyond what is required by the Minimum Monitoring Plan, is needed to quickly bring the center into compliance and to avoid issuance of an enforcement action. The number of visits that will be made to the center assigned to this plan is determined by the licensing specialist.
The licensing specialist assigns a center to Moderate Monitoring Plan for one or more of the following reasons:
A warning letter for violations has been issued, or
The center has been cited for 20 or more violations at a single monitoring visit, or
There are other compliance concerns although a warning letter has not been issued and the licensing manager/licensing supervisor agrees that the center should be moved to the Moderate Monitoring Plan. These situations are reviewed and approved by the licensing manager/licensing supervisor on a case-by-case basis.
The Moderate Monitoring Plan does not include facilities in which an enforcement action (order, forfeiture, two-week temporary closure) or a warning letter for no access has been issued. If the licensing specialist determines that an enforcement action is required to address the center’s compliance status, the center is reassigned to the Maximum Monitoring Plan.
The licensing specialist reassigns the center to the Minimum Monitoring Plan when the following conditions have been met:
All violations identified on the warning letter have been verified as corrected, or
When the center was cited for 20 or more violations, all cited violations have been verified as corrected, or
Other issues of concern have been addressed.
This page last updated 10/2020.