Child care subsidies for custodial parents who are child care employees and making an appropriation. (FE)

What it would have done

Summary by the Legislative Reference Bureau, the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

This bill extends Wisconsin Shares child care subsidy eligibility to custodial parents who are employees of a child care provider.

Under current law, the Wisconsin Shares program provides child care subsidies as part of Wisconsin Works (W-2), which provides work experience and benefits for low-income custodial parents and is administered by the Department of Children and Families. Under this bill, if a custodial parent meets all other requirements established in law and is an employee of a child care provider, the custodial parent may be eligible for the child care subsidy even if the custodial parent does not meet the income restrictions. The bill creates a sum sufficient GPR appropriation for the purpose of paying child care subsidies to custodial parents who are employees of a child care provider and who do not meet all of the income restrictions.

Who's behind it

9 senators are its authors⁠. All 9 are Democrats.

38 more lawmakers signed on in support⁠.