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Marathon County to subcontract childcare certification to Child Caring, Inc.

2090740 · January 9, 2025
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County social services staff proposed subcontracting state-funded childcare certification to Child Caring, Inc. in 2025 to increase certified providers after a prolonged decline; contract requires Department of Children and Families approval and will be monitored by county staff.

Marathon County social services staff told the Health and Human Services Committee that the county plans to subcontract its state-funded childcare certification work to Child Caring, Inc. for 2025.

Social services staff said the county receives reimbursement from the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families to provide childcare certification and that the county historically handled the work in-house with no dedicated specialist. “We are really looking to the experts so that we can increase our certified providers,” the staff member said. The presentation noted a roughly 90% decline in childcare-certified…

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