Wisconsin Department
of Children and Families - Division
of Early Care and Education
Bureau of Child Care Subsidy Administration
Wisconsin Shares Handbook
A renewal is considered timely (not early or late) when it is completed (including the interview, signature, verification, and confirmation) between Adverse Action in the month prior to the renewal due date (11th month) and the renewal due date (end of 12th month) that is located on the Override AG Renewal/Review Dates page in CWW.
A renewal is considered early when it is completed between the first day of the 11th month of eligibility and Adverse Action in the 11th month of eligibility. A parent may only complete an early renewal if:
They provide their consent to complete an early renewal after being informed by an agency worker of the potential consequences of completing an early renewal; and
There is a renewal due for another Income Maintenance (IM) program within one (1) month prior to the current Wisconsin Shares renewal date.
Agency workers must inform parents of the potential consequences of the early renewal, including that the current household income will be applied, which could result in early movement to a different copayment period (see 18.4.4) and potentially reduce the Wisconsin Shares subsidy amount a month earlier than it would if the parent did not complete an early renewal. The early renewal will require the agency worker to end the current authorization as of the last day of the early renewal month and will require a new authorization assessment in CSAW (see 17.1).
Agency workers must not change the eligibility period back to the previous eligibility period or copayment period once an early renewal has been completed. CWW sets the next renewal date 12 months from the month the early renewal is confirmed, which shortens the current eligibility period by one (1) month.
This section last updated 12/1/2022