Wisconsin Department
of Children and Families - Division
of Early Care and Education
Bureau of Child Care Subsidy Administration
Wisconsin Shares Handbook
When all the following conditions have been met, Wisconsin Shares eligibility may be determined based on the parent’s self-declaration of new employment or income from new employment:
The parent is newly employed;
The parent’s employer uses Equifax for employment verification, but the new employment or income from new employment cannot yet be confirmed through Equifax;
The parent has not yet received any pay stubs;
The employer has refused to complete an EVF-E, send an acceptable letter, or confirm the parent’s new employment or income from new employment through collateral contact; and
The new employment or income from new employment cannot be confirmed through any other data exchange.
In situations where all the above criteria have been met, the parent’s word serves as temporary verification of employment and/or income until pay stubs or other acceptable written verification is available. The justification for applying this policy must be documented in case comments (see 12.1). Agency workers must follow the instructions in Process Help Section 16.1.9.2 to open and confirm Wisconsin Shares eligibility so that child care authorizations may be written in CSAW.
If the parent is unable to provide verification that they started the job by the verification due date, a referral should be created in the Benefit Recovery Investigation Tracking System (BRITS).
This section last updated 12/1/2022