SUMMARY

The Department shares responsibility for regulating more than 11,000 child care facilities with county and tribal agencies, and it administers Wisconsin Shares, which subsidizes care in about 60 percent of regulated facilities. We found eight instances of felons or individuals who had abused or neglected children either working or reported living in child care facilities. Regulatory staff visit facilities to assess their compliance with child safety rules, but higher-risk facilities have not been targeted for increased regulatory attention.