State Suspends Payments To 36 Child Care Providers
Most Providers Were In Milwaukee County
Updated: 8:17 am CST November 18, 2009
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READ: Visit Channel 3000's Politics SectionREAD: Channel 3000's "Reality Check" SeriesINTERACTIVE: Write Your Rep.VISIT: Follow Money In PoliticsMADISON, Wis. -- State officials suspended payments to 36 child care providers in October based on suspicions of fraud.The state Department of Children and Families reported the latest figures to the Legislature's budget committee in a letter this week.Of the 36 that were suspended under the troubled Wisconsin Shares program, 30 were in Milwaukee County. Two of the 36 that were suspended have since been reinstated.The program is designed to pay child care costs for poor people so they can work. There are more than 60,000 children in the program statewide.The Legislature earlier this month passed a bill designed to crack down on fraud and abuse within the system.
Previous Stories:
- November 13, 2009: Experts: Child Care Shortage In Dane County
- November 13, 2009: Doyle Signs Bill To Prevent Child Care Fraud
- November 5, 2009: Lawmakers Pass Several Bills On Last Day Of Session
- November 3, 2009: Bill To Reform State Child Care Advances
- September 29, 2009: Official Says Fraud Threatens To Crumble Child Care Program
- September 21, 2009: State Suspends Payments To 34 Child Care Providers
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