EXCERPT FROM: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
By Staff
The state quality child care rating system, which goes into full effect next year, is long overdue. It will help parents take some of the guesswork out of finding high-quality child care for their kids and give low-scoring providers the proper incentives to improve.

EXCERPT FROM: Herald Times Reporter
By Steve Contorno
Sending a child to day care in Wisconsin can cost thousands more than a year of tuition at one of the state's colleges.

EXCERPT FROM: The Cap Times
By Jessica Vanegeren
For the past 20 years, Verona resident Joan Mrkvicka has watched as the number of low-income families in need of quality child-care services has increased in her community.

EXCERPT FROM: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
By Jason Stein
Madison - Gov. Scott Walker's administration is tying child-care subsidies for the poor to whether the children are actually attending day care.

EXCERPT FROM: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
By Breann Schossow
A Milwaukee man was sentenced Friday to three years in prison and five years of extended supervision after being convicted on two counts of felony theft from the state-subsidized child care program Wisconsin Shares.

EXCERPT FROM: ThirdCoast Digest
By Patti Wenzel
Many people have weighed in on Gov.Scott Walker’s proposed budget, but what about the people who will be most affected by the cuts to health care, education and child care?

EXCERPT FROM: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
By John Diedrich
A Milwaukee man was convicted by a jury Thursday on two counts of felony theft in a rip-off of the state's subsidized child care program, known as Wisconsin Shares.

EXCERPT FROM: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
By Patrick Marley
Madison — The Legislature's Joint Finance Committee unanimously approved spending $1 million to install fingerprint scanners in child care facilities as a means of stemming fraud in the Wisconsin Shares subsidy program.

EXCERPT FROM: WCCO.com
By The Associated Press
MADISON, Wis. (AP) ― Wisconsin state officials say they expect to save about $115 million over the next two years by cracking down on fraudulent child care providers.

EXCERPT FROM: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
By Raquel Rutledge
Child care providers will have more opportunities to improve their programs and at a lower cost as the state Department of Children and Families pumps $1.5 million into training programs across much of Wisconsin.