Wisconsin Department of Children and Families - Division of Early Care and Education
Bureau of Early Care Regulation
Child Care Licensing Procedure Manual
When the licensee has violations that are serious enough to warrant revoking the license, the licensing specialist attaches to the Notice of Revocation the CFS-294 identifying the violations. The licensing specialist enters the statement, “Correction plan not due at this time.” in the Expected Completion Date column on the CFS-294.
Generally, if the licensee appeals the revocation (and thus remains open during revocation proceedings), the licensing specialist does not make an on-site visit to the facility until the appeal proceedings have ended. Although monitoring and verification visits are not usually conducted during appeal proceedings, there are certain circumstances when an on-site visit may be necessary. Such circumstances would include, for example, a visit to investigate a complaint allegation regarding the center. It may also be appropriate to conduct a monitoring visit when the appeal is taking an unusually long time to be resolved and/or the licensing specialist has specific safety concerns regarding the operation of the facility.
A visit to a center during revocation proceedings must have prior approval from the licensing manager/supervisor and DCF legal counsel. Likewise, when a CFS-294 identifying new violations is issued to the licensee following a complaint investigation or a visit deemed necessary because of safety concerns, the licensing manager/supervisor and DCF legal counsel must approve the CFS-294 prior to issuance and before a follow up visit is made to verify correction of cited violations.
If the licensee prevails in the appeal and the facility remains open, all conditions and actions related to ensuring the correction of the violations cited as part of the revocation action are then handled by the licensing specialist in the usual manner.
This page last updated 10/2020.