48.647(2)(a)(a) From the appropriation under
s. 20.437 (1) (f), the department shall distribute not more than $0 in each fiscal year as grants to private agencies to provide 2nd-chance homes and related services to eligible persons who are placed under
s. 48.63 (5) in 2nd-chance homes operated by those private agencies. A private agency that is awarded a grant under this paragraph may use the amount awarded under the grant to provide care and maintenance to eligible persons who are placed under
s. 48.63 (5) in a 2nd-chance home operated by the private agency; provide services, including the services specified in
sub. (3), to eligible persons who currently are or formerly were placed under
s. 48.63 (5) in the 2nd-chance home, to the children and families of those eligible persons, and to the noncustodial parents of the children of those eligible persons; and, in the first year of the grant period, pay for the start-up costs, other than capital costs, of the private agency's program funded under this paragraph.
48.647(2)(b)
(b) The department shall award the grants under
par. (a) on a competitive basis and according to request-for-proposal procedures that the department shall prescribe in consultation with local health departments, as defined in
s. 250.01 (4), and other providers of services to eligible persons. Those request-for-proposal procedures shall include a requirement that a private agency that applies for a grant under
par. (a) include in its grant application proof that the private agency has the cultural competency to provide services under the grant to persons and families in the various cultures in the private agency's target population and that cultural competency is incorporated in the private agency's policies, administration, and practices. In awarding the grants under
par. (a), the department shall consider the need for those grants to be distributed both on a statewide basis and in the areas of the state with the greatest need for 2nd-chance homes and the need to provide placements for children who are voluntarily placed in a 2nd-chance home as well as for children who are placed in a 2nd-chance home by court order.
48.647(2)(c)
(c) A private agency that is awarded a grant under
par. (a) shall contribute matching funds equal to 25 percent of the amount awarded under the grant. The match may be in the form of money or in the form of both money and in-kind services, but may not be in the form of in-kind services only.
48.647(2)(d)
(d) A private agency that is awarded a grant under
par. (a) may use no more than 15 percent of the amount awarded under the grant to pay for administrative costs associated with the program funded under the grant.
48.647(2)(e)
(e) A grant under
par. (a) shall be awarded for a 3-year period, except that annually the department shall review the performance of a private agency that is awarded a grant based on performance criteria that the department shall prescribe and may discontinue a grant to a private agency whose performance is not satisfactory to the department based on those criteria.
48.647(3)
(3) Program requirements. A private agency that receives a grant under
sub. (2) (a) shall do all of the following:
48.647(3)(a)
(a) Operate a 2nd-chance home for the care and maintenance of eligible persons who are children, as defined in
s. 48.619.
48.647(3)(b)
(b) Maintain a community-wide network for referring eligible persons to the private agency's program funded under the grant.
48.647(3)(c)
(c) Ensure that an eligible person receiving services from the private agency's program funded under the grant is enrolled in a secondary school or its vocational or technical equivalent or in a college or technical college or is working, unless the director of the private agency determines that there is good cause for the eligible person not to be so enrolled or working.
48.647(3)(d)
(d) Ensure that an eligible person receiving services from the private agency's program is provided with intake, assessment, case planning, and case management services; skills development training in the areas of economic self-sufficiency, parenting, successful adult living, and life choice decision making; prenatal and other health care services, including, if necessary, mental health and alcohol and other drug abuse services; child care; and transportation.
48.647(4)
(4) Evaluation. From the appropriation under
s. 20.437 (1) (f), the department shall conduct or shall select an evaluator to conduct an evaluation of the grant program under this section and, by June 1 of the 3rd calendar year beginning after the year in which the first grant under this section is awarded, shall submit a report on that evaluation to the governor and to the appropriate standing committees under
s. 13.172 (3). The evaluation shall measure the economic self-sufficiency, parenting skills, successful adult living skills, and life choice decision-making skills of the eligible persons who received services under the program and any other criteria that the department determines to be appropriate for evaluation.
48.647 History
History: 2001 a. 69;
2003 a. 33;
2007 a. 20 ss.
1220 to
1229; Stats. 2007 s. 48.647;
2015 a. 128.
CHILD CARE PROVIDERS
48.65
48.65
Child care centers licensed; fees. 48.65(1)
(1) No person may for compensation provide care and supervision for 4 or more children under the age of 7 for less than 24 hours a day unless that person obtains a license to operate a child care center from the department. To obtain a license under this subsection to operate a child care center, a person must meet the minimum requirements for a license established by the department under
s. 48.67, meet the requirements specified in
s. 48.685, and pay the license fee under
sub. (3). A license issued under this subsection is valid until revoked or suspended, but shall be reviewed every 2 years as provided in
s. 48.66 (5).
48.65(2)
(2) This section does not include any of the following:
48.65(2)(a)
(a) A parent, grandparent, greatgrandparent, stepparent, brother, sister, first cousin, nephew, niece, uncle, or aunt of a child, whether by blood, marriage, or legal adoption, who provides care and supervision for the child.
48.65(2)(am)
(am) A guardian of a child who provides care and supervision for the child.
48.65(2)(b)
(b) A public or parochial school or a tribal school.
48.65(2)(c)
(c) A person employed to come to the home of the child's parent or guardian for less than 24 hours a day.
48.65(2)(d)
(d) A county, city, village, town, school district or library that provides programs primarily intended for recreational or social purposes.
48.65(3)(a)(a) Except as provided in
par. (c), before the department may issue a license under
sub. (1) to a child care center that provides care and supervision for 4 to 8 children, the child care center must pay to the department a biennial fee of $60.50. Except as provided in
par. (c), before the department may issue a license under
sub. (1) to a child care center that provides care and supervision for 9 or more children, the child care center must pay to the department a biennial fee of $30.25, plus a biennial fee of $16.94 per child, based on the number of children that the child care center is licensed to serve. A child care center that wishes to continue a license issued under
sub. (1) shall pay the applicable fee under this paragraph by the continuation date of the license. A new child care center shall pay the applicable fee under this paragraph no later than 30 days before the opening of the child care center.
48.65(3)(b)
(b) A child care center that wishes to continue a license issued under
par. (a) and that fails to pay the applicable fee under
par. (a) by the continuation date of the license or a new child care center that fails to pay the applicable fee under
par. (a) by 30 days before the opening of the child care center shall pay an additional fee of $5 per day for every day after the deadline that the child care center fails to pay the fee.
48.65(3)(c)
(c) An individual who is eligible for a fee waiver under the veterans fee waiver program under
s. 45.44 is not required to pay a fee under
par. (a) for a license under
sub. (1).
48.65 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See also chs.
DCF 250,
251, and
252, Wis. adm. code.
48.65 Annotation
The distinction created by sub. (2) (b) between private parochial schools and other private schools is unconstitutional. Milwaukee Montessori School v. Percy,
473 F. Supp. 1358 (1979).
48.651
48.651
Certification of child care providers. 48.651(1)
(1) Except as provided in
s. 49.155 (4) (c), no person, other than a child care center licensed under
s. 48.65 or established or contracted for under
s. 120.13 (14), may receive payment for providing child care services for an individual who is determined eligible for a child care subsidy under
s. 49.155 unless the person is certified, according to the standards adopted by the department under
s. 49.155 (1d), by the department in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, a county department, or an agency with which the department contracts under
sub. (2). To be certified under this section, a person must meet the minimum requirements for certification established by the department under
s. 49.155 (1d), meet the requirements specified in
s. 48.685, and pay the fee specified in
sub. (2). The department in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, a county department, or an agency contracted with under
sub. (2) shall certify the following categories of child care providers:
48.651(1)(a)
(a) Level I certified family child care providers, as established by the department under
s. 49.155 (1d). No provider may be certified under this paragraph if the provider is a relative of all of the children for whom the provider provides care.
48.651(1)(b)
(b) Level II certified family child care providers, as established by the department under
s. 49.155 (1d).
48.651(2)
(2) The department in a county having a population of 750,000 or more or a county department shall certify child care providers under
sub. (1) or the department may contract with a Wisconsin Works agency, as defined in
s. 49.001 (9), child care resource and referral agency, or other agency to certify child care providers under
sub. (1) in a particular geographic area or for a particular Indian tribal unit. The department in a county having a population of 750,000 or more or a county department that certifies child care providers under
sub. (1) may charge a fee to cover the costs of certifying those providers. An agency contracted with under this subsection may charge a fee specified by the department to supplement the amount provided by the department under the contract for certifying child care providers.
48.651(2c)(a)
(a) Reimburse a county having a population of 750,000 or more for all approved, allowable certification costs, as provided in
s. 49.826 (2) (c).
48.651(2c)(b)
(b) For contracts with agencies entered into under
sub. (2), allocate available funds, as determined by the department, in proportion to the number of certified providers, applications for certification, previously experienced certification costs, estimated certification costs, or such other measures as the department determines.
48.651(2m)
(2m) The department in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, a county department, or an agency contracted with under
sub. (2) shall provide the department of health services with information about each person who is denied certification for a reason specified in
s. 48.685 (4m) (a) 1. to
5.
48.651(3)(a)(a) If a child care provider certified under
sub. (1) is convicted of a serious crime, as defined in
s. 48.685 (1) (c) 3m., or if a caregiver specified in
s. 48.685 (1) (ag) 1. a. or a nonclient resident, as defined in
s. 48.685 (1) (bm), of the child care provider is convicted or adjudicated delinquent for committing a serious crime on or after his or her 12th birthday, the department in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, a county department, or an agency contracted with under
sub. (2) shall revoke the certification of the child care provider immediately upon providing written notice of revocation and the grounds for revocation and an explanation of the process for appealing the revocation.
48.651(3)(b)
(b) If a child care provider certified under
sub. (1) is the subject of a pending criminal charge alleging that the person has committed a serious crime, as defined in
s. 48.685 (1) (c) 3m., or if a caregiver specified in
s. 48.685 (1) (ag) 1. a. or a nonclient resident, as defined in
s. 48.685 (1) (bm), of the child care provider is the subject of a pending criminal charge or delinquency petition alleging that the person has committed a serious crime on or after his or her 12th birthday, the department in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, a county department, or an agency contracted with under
sub. (2) shall immediately suspend the certification of the child care provider until the department, county department, or agency obtains information regarding the final disposition of the charge or delinquency petition indicating that the person is not ineligible to be certified under
sub. (1).
48.651 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See also ch.
DCF 202, Wis. adm. code.
48.653
48.653
Information for child care providers. The department shall provide each child care center licensed under
s. 48.65 and each county agency providing child welfare services with a brochure containing information on basic child care and the licensing and certification requirements for child care providers. Each county agency shall provide each child care provider that it certifies with a copy of the brochure.
48.653 History
History: 1983 a. 193;
2009 a. 185.
48.655
48.655
Parental access. A child care provider that holds a license under
s. 48.65, that is certified under
s. 48.651, that holds a probationary license under
s. 48.69, or that is established or contracted for under
s. 120.13 (14) shall permit any parent or guardian of a child enrolled in the program to visit and observe the program of child care at any time during the provider's hours of operation, unless the visit or observation is contrary to an existing court order.
48.656
48.656
Parent's right to know. Every parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a child who is receiving care and supervision, or of a child who is a prospective recipient of care and supervision, from a child care center that holds a license under
s. 48.65 (1) or a probationary license under
s. 48.69 has the right to know certain information about the child care center that would aid the parent, guardian, or legal custodian in assessing the quality of care and supervision provided by the child care center.
48.657
48.657
Child care center reports. 48.657(1)
(1) The department shall provide each child care center that holds a license under
s. 48.65 (1) or a probationary license under
s. 48.69 with an annual report that includes the following information:
48.657(1)(a)
(a) Violations of statutes, rules promulgated by the department under
s. 48.658 (4) (a) or
48.67, or provisions of licensure under
s. 48.70 (1) by the child care center. In providing information under this paragraph, the department may not disclose the identity of any employee of the child care center.
48.657(1)(b)
(b) A telephone number at the department that a person may call to complain of any alleged violation of a statute, rule promulgated by the department under
s. 48.658 (4) (a) or
48.67, or provision of licensure under
s. 48.70 (1) by the child care center.
48.657(1)(c)
(c) The results of the most recent inspection of the child care center under
s. 48.73.
48.657(2)
(2) A child care center shall post the report under
sub. (1) next to the child care center's license or probationary license in a place where the report and the inspection results can be seen by parents, guardians, or legal custodians during the child care center's hours of operation.
48.657(2g)
(2g) If the report under
sub. (1) indicates that the child care center is in violation of a statute, a rule promulgated by the department under
s. 48.658 (4) (a) or
48.67, or a provision of licensure under
s. 48.70 (1), the child care center shall post with the report any notices received from the department relating to that violation.
48.657(2m)
(2m) The department shall make available on the department's Internet site, as part of the department's licensed child care center search database, a specific description of any violation described in
sub. (1) and a description of any steps taken by the child care center to correct the violation.
48.657(2r)
(2r) Each child care center that receives a report under
sub. (1) shall make available to a parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a child who is receiving, or who is a prospective recipient of, care and supervision from the child care center the reports under
sub. (1) from the previous 2 years and any notices received from the department relating to any violations identified in those reports. In providing information under this subsection, a child care center may withhold any information that would disclose the identity of an employee of the child care center.
48.657(3)
(3) The department may require a child care center to provide to the department any information that is necessary for the department to prepare the report under
sub. (1).
48.658
48.658
Child safety alarms in child care vehicles. 48.658(1)(a)
(a) “Child care provider" means a child care center that is licensed under
s. 48.65 (1), a child care provider that is certified under
s. 48.651, or a child care program that is established or contracted for under
s. 120.13 (14).
48.658(1)(b)
(b) “Child care vehicle" means a vehicle that has a seating capacity of 6 or more passengers in addition to the driver, that is owned or leased by a child care provider or a contractor of a child care provider, and that is used to transport children to and from the child care provider.
48.658(1)(c)
(c) “Child safety alarm" means an alarm system that prompts the driver of a child care vehicle to inspect the child care vehicle for children before exiting the child care vehicle.
48.658(2)
(2) Child safety alarms required. Before a child care vehicle is placed in service, the child care provider or contractor of a child care provider that is the owner or lessee of the child care vehicle shall have a child safety alarm installed in the child care vehicle. A person who is required under this subsection to have a child safety alarm installed in a child care vehicle shall ensure that the child safety alarm is properly maintained and in good working order each time the child care vehicle is used for transporting children to or from a child care provider.
48.658(3)(a)(a) No person may knowingly transport a child, and no child care provider or contractor of a child care provider that is the owner or lessee of a child care vehicle may knowingly permit a child to be transported, to or from a child care provider in a child care vehicle in which a child safety alarm has not been installed, is not properly maintained, or is not in good working order. In addition to the sanctions and penalties specified in
s. 48.715, any person who violates this paragraph may be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year in the county jail or both.
48.658(3)(bm)
(bm) No person may remove, disconnect, tamper with, or otherwise circumvent the operation of a child safety alarm that is installed in a child care vehicle, except for the purpose of testing, repairing, or maintaining the child safety alarm or of replacing or disposing of a malfunctioning child safety alarm. No person may shut off a child safety alarm that is installed in a child care vehicle unless the person first inspects the vehicle to ensure that no child is left unattended in the vehicle. Any person who violates this paragraph is guilty of a Class I felony.
48.658(4)
(4) Rules; information about child safety alarms. 48.658(4)(a)(a) The department shall promulgate rules to implement this section. Those rules shall include a rule requiring the department, whenever it inspects a child care provider that is licensed under
s. 48.65 (1) or established or contracted for under
s. 120.13 (14), and a county department or an agency contracted with under
s. 48.651 (2), whenever it inspects a child care provider that is certified under
s. 48.651, to inspect the child safety alarm of each child care vehicle that is used to transport children to and from the child care provider to determine whether the child safety alarm is in good working order.
48.658(4)(bm)
(bm) The department shall make information about child safety alarms available to persons who are required under
sub. (2) to have a child safety alarm installed in a child care vehicle. The department may make that information available by posting the information on the department's Internet site.
48.658 History
History: 2009 a. 19,
185;
2015 a. 172.
48.659
48.659
Child care quality rating system. The department shall provide a child care quality rating system that rates the quality of the child care provided by a child care provider licensed under
s. 48.65 that receives payment under
s. 49.155 for the child care provided or that volunteers for rating under this section. The department shall make the rating information provided under that system available to the parents, guardians, and legal custodians of children who are recipients, or prospective recipients, of care and supervision from a child care provider that is rated under this section, including making that information available on the department's Internet site.
48.659 History
History: 2009 a. 28;
2013 a. 20.
LICENSING PROCEDURES AND REQUIREMENTS
FOR CHILD WELFARE AGENCIES, FOSTER HOMES, GROUP HOMES, CHILD CARE CENTERS,
AND COUNTY DEPARTMENTS
48.66
48.66
Licensing duties of the department. 48.66(1)(a)(a) Except as provided in
s. 48.715 (6) and
(7), the department shall license and supervise child welfare agencies, as required by
s. 48.60, group homes, as required by
s. 48.625, shelter care facilities, as required by
s. 938.22, and child care centers, as required by
s. 48.65. The department may license foster homes, as provided by
s. 48.62, and may license and supervise county departments in accordance with the procedures specified in this section and in
ss. 48.67 to
48.74. In the discharge of this duty the department may inspect the records and visit the premises of all child welfare agencies, group homes, shelter care facilities, and child care centers and visit the premises of all foster homes in which children are placed.
48.66(1)(b)
(b) Except as provided in
s. 48.715 (6), the department of corrections may license a child welfare agency to operate a secured residential care center for children and youth, as defined in
s. 938.02 (15g), for holding in secure custody juveniles who have been convicted under
s. 938.183 or adjudicated delinquent under
s. 938.183 or
938.34 (4d),
(4h), or
(4m) and referred to the child welfare agency by the court or the department of corrections and to provide supervision, care and maintenance for those juveniles.
48.66(1)(c)
(c) A license issued under
par. (a) or
(b), other than a license to operate a foster home or secured residential care center for children and youth, is valid until revoked or suspended. A license issued under this subsection to operate a foster home or secured residential care center for children and youth may be for any term not to exceed 2 years from the date of issuance. No license issued under
par. (a) or
(b) is transferable.
48.66(2)
(2) The department shall prescribe application forms to be used by all applicants for licenses from it. The application forms prescribed by the department shall require that the social security numbers of all applicants for a license to operate a child welfare agency, group home, shelter care facility, or child care center who are individuals, other than an individual who does not have a social security number and who submits a statement made or subscribed under oath or affirmation as required under
sub. (2m) (a) 2., be provided and that the federal employer identification numbers of all applicants for a license to operate a child welfare agency, group home, shelter care facility, or child care center who are not individuals be provided.
48.66(2m)(a)1.1. Except as provided in
subd. 2., the department shall require each applicant for a license under
sub. (1) (a) to operate a child welfare agency, group home, shelter care facility, or child care center who is an individual to provide that department with the applicant's social security number, and shall require each applicant for a license under
sub. (1) (a) to operate a child welfare agency, group home, shelter care facility, or child care center who is not an individual to provide that department with the applicant's federal employer identification number, when initially applying for or applying to continue the license.
48.66(2m)(a)2.
2. If an applicant who is an individual does not have a social security number, the applicant shall submit a statement made or subscribed under oath or affirmation to the department that the applicant does not have a social security number. The form of the statement shall be prescribed by the department. A license issued in reliance upon a false statement submitted under this subdivision is invalid.
48.66(2m)(am)1.1. Except as provided in
subd. 2., the department of corrections shall require each applicant for a license under
sub. (1) (b) to operate a secured residential care center for children and youth who is an individual to provide that department with the applicant's social security number when initially applying for or applying to renew the license.
