F A C T Off Track: An Assessment of Wisconsin’s Early Care and Learning System for Young Children S H E E T The landscape of childcare in Wisconsin faces a problem: Evidence suggests that an overemphasis on quality regulation likely has driven some providers out of the market, resulting in fewer low-income children served by Wisconsin Shares, the state’s subsidized childcare program, and less over. [...] Providers must apply for a license in the early care and education and pass an inspection every two years to be rated.of young children at all. [...] funding for Head Start, childcare subsidies and home visiting The shift from family childcare slots to slots in larger childcare centers programs for Wisconsin affects average cost because family childcare is generally more affordable. [...] The start of the decline coincides with the 2012 preferences were implementation of YoungStar ratings. [...] M RECOMMENDATIONS A DIS Instead of more regulation and higher costs, the answer is to reduce Annual cost per child based on government regulations and place more authority into the hands of parents Child Care and Development Fund and childcare providers.
- Pages
- 2
- Published in
- United States of America
