Wisconsin Department
of Children and Families - Division
of Early Care and Education
Bureau of Child Care Subsidy Administration
Wisconsin Shares Handbook
If a school-aged child only needs child care on days of school closure and does not need child care before and/or after school on a regular basis, a zero-hour authorization can be written to a child care provider during school closures. These authorizations won't have weekly/monthly hours calculated in CSAW. Instead, the agency worker will add school closed hours upon the parent’s request for each day that school is closed, and the parent expects to be engaged in their approved activity.
This section last updated 12/1/2022