YoungStar Overview: YoungStar is Wisconsin’s child care quality rating and improvement system. The program gives parents and caregivers the tools and information they need to give their kids a great start—and find quality child care that fits their needs. YoungStar also supports Wisconsin’s child care providers by offering resources, training, and coaching designed to enhance their quality of care. DCF is soliciting proposals from either a single organization/company (e.g., counties, non-profits, for-profits, etc.) or from collaborating organizations/companies to act as the administrator for services related to YoungStar. The YoungStar Administrator will perform the following services statewide: quality coaching and supports for regulated ECE and school-age care programs, training to promote implementation of developmentally appropriate practices and high quality care for young children, evaluation of regulated ECE and school-age care programs against evidence-based best practices that support learning and development of young children, development of statewide partnerships to leverage and access additional resources for increasing the quality of care in ECE and school-age care programs. YoungStar provides services to programs statewide through a regional model of tailored supports. Anticipated Posting: Quarter 1 2027 Anticipated Posting Site: eSupplier
