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Wisconsin Shares Statistical Reports

This page includes Statistical Reports for the Wisconsin Shares Program.

This is a monthly report on number of children and families served by the Wisconsin Shares program, as well as the expenditure amounts.

Visit the CCDBG page to learn more about the Wisconsin Shares Market Rate Surveys.

Due to COVID-19, there were a few system and policy changes to help Wisconsin’s children, families, and child care providers during this time. The following occurred:

  • As of April 6, 2020, any remaining subsidy funds on an EBT card for March 2020 were automatically transferred to the corresponding child care provider’s bank account. For April, May, and June 2020 benefits, parents were directed to make payments to their child care provider. Any funds remaining on EBT cards from April, May, or June were automatically transferred to the child care provider’s bank account. These benefit transfers will be counted under both Served and Issuance counts. Starting July 1, 2020, DCF will no longer automatically transfer funds to child care providers.

  • As of March 17, 2020, any family participating in Wisconsin Shares that had an eligibility renewal in the months of March, April, May, or June were automatically extended by three months. Original renewals in the month of June were extended, this does not include extended cases from March.  For these months, the family’s income was not considered for their associated three-month extension. With this decision, an increased amount of families counted in the “$0” income range appears within some of the reports listed below.

 

Families and Children Served by Wisconsin Shares Child Care Subsidy Program

(Last 13 Months)
  Milwaukee County Balance of State Statewide
Mo./Yr. Families Served Children Served Issuances Families Served Children Served Issuances Families Served Children Served Issuances
Mar-21 8,995 17,482 $16,138,817 8,745 13,743 $9,932,536 17,739 31,222 $26,071,353
Feb-21 8,774 17,087 $14,555,309 8,452 13,302 $8,807,372 17,224 30,387 $23,362,681
Jan-21 8,703 16,943 $14,409,870 8,436 13,386 $8,820,545 17,139 30,329 $23,230,415
Dec-20 8,599 16,714 $14,401,519 8,377 13,314 $9,176,059 16,975 30,026 $23,577,579
Nov-20 8,540 16,522 $14,203,959 8,207 13,015 $8,739,646 16,747 29,535 $22,943,605
Oct-20 8,503 16,488 $14,098,062 8,236 13,087 $8,722,467 16,738 29,571 $22,820,529
Sept-20 8,262 15,874 $13,773,930 7,927 12,586 $8,418,139 16,188 28,459 $22,192,070
Aug-20 8,193 16,072 $13,851,067 7,991 13,142 $9,448,788 16,184 29,210 $23,299,855
July-20 7,927 15,575 $13,610,611 7,539 12,369 $8,912,476 15,465 27,943 $22,523,087
Jun-20 11,397 21,907 $17,528,025 10,130 16,394 $10,669,505 21,527 38,294 $28,197,530
May-20 11,682 22,177 $17,220,443 9,867 15,682 $10,078,297 21,548 37,854 $27,298,741
Apr-20 12,458 23,613 $20,015,391 10,366 16,427 $11,200,112 22,823 40,031 $31,215,502
Mar-20 10,920 20,355 $15,745,840 9,270 14,511 $9,170,841 20,189 34,863 $24,916,682

 

Definitions

Served: As of January 1, 2018, the definition of “served” is any family or child that has a transaction (i.e., EBT payment for child care) within a given month. Statewide family and child counts are unduplicated in the event a parent changes residency between Milwaukee and balance of state.

Issuances: The issuance amount includes transaction amounts plus YoungStar adjustments given to child care providers.

Copayment / Parent Share: DCF 201.02(7m) (7m) “ Copayment” means an amount that is calculated by the department's automation system based on s. DCF 201.08 (1) (a) and (2) (bm) that reduces the amount of a parent's subsidy payment. DCF 201.02 Note: See the definition of “parent's share” in s. DCF 201.02 (17e). Parents are required to pay the difference between what the child care provider charges for care and what Wisconsin Shares covers. This is considered the “Parent Share.”

Families and Children Served by Local Agency

Additional Wisconsin Shares Reports