DCF 201.044(2)(c)(c) The local agency calculates and establishes the amount of the overpayment made to the provider as a result of the provider’s actions under par. (b). DCF 201.044(2)(d)(d) The local agency’s actions in pars. (a) to (c) result in the department, in conjunction with the local agency, withholding payments to be made to the child care provider under s. 49.155 (7m) (a) 2., Stats. DCF 201.044(2)(e)(e) The withholding of payments under par. (d) is upheld in the final review under s. DCF 201.07 or the provider does not request a review or appeal. DCF 201.044(2)(f)(f) If directed by the department, the local agency requests the district attorney to consider criminal prosecution of the child care provider. DCF 201.044(3)(a)(a) The department shall determine the amount of an incentive payment earned by a local agency under sub. (2) by multiplying all of the following amounts: DCF 201.044(3)(a)1.1. The statewide average monthly subsidy payment per child in the preceding fiscal year. DCF 201.044(3)(a)2.2. The average monthly number of children for whom payment was authorized to the provider under s. DCF 201.04 (2g) in the 12 months before the local agency or the department withheld payments under sub. (2) (d). If payment was not authorized to the provider for all of the preceding 12 months, the average monthly number of children for the number of months that payment was authorized. DCF 201.044 NoteNote: Section DCF 201.04 (2g) was repealed by CR 18-088. Corrections will be made in future rulemaking. DCF 201.044(3)(b)(b) An incentive payment earned by a local agency for identifying fraud in the child care subsidy program under sub. (2) by a single child care provider may not exceed $25,000. DCF 201.044(3)(c)(c) A local agency may earn more than one incentive payment per year if the local agency identifies fraud in the child care subsidy program under sub. (2) by more than one child care provider in that year. DCF 201.044(4)(4) Use of incentive funds. A local agency that has earned an incentive payment may request that the department distribute the funds for any of the following purposes: DCF 201.044(4)(a)(a) The local agency’s child care fraud contract with the department for the following year. DCF 201.044(4)(b)(b) The local agency’s current child care fraud contract with the department if the request is made in the first half of the contract term. DCF 201.044 NoteNote: Contracts with counties are based on a calendar year and contracts with tribes are based on a federal fiscal year.
DCF 201.044(4)(c)(c) Any purpose that is consistent with the state plan under 42 USC 602 for the use of federal funds under the Temporary Assistance to Need Families program under 42 USC 601 et seq for the time period when the funding is distributed if the state plan has been approved by the federal administration for children and families. DCF 201.044 NoteNote: The currently-approved state plan is available on the department’s website, http://dcf.wisconsin.gov, by clicking on About Us/Department Programs/Temporary Assistance to Needy Families. DCF 201.044(4)(d)(d) If pars. (a) to (c) do not apply, any purpose for which funds under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program may be used under 42 USC 601 et seq if the federal administration for children and families approves an amendment to the state plan under 42 USC 602 that allows that purpose. DCF 201.044 HistoryHistory: CR 14-030: cr. Register August 2015 No. 716, eff. 9-1-15; renum. from DCF 201.41 under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 1., Stats., Register August 2015 No. 716; EmR1709: emerg. renum. DCF 201.035 to DCF 201.044 eff. 5-4-17; CR 17-033: renum. DCF 201.035 to DCF 201.044 Register January 2018 No. 745, eff. 2-1-18. DCF 201.06(1)(a)(a) County. The department shall set maximum rates for child care services in each county within the state. A tribal area shall be included in the county in which it is geographically located. DCF 201.06(1)(b)(b) Age groups. Within each county, the department shall set maximum rates for the following age groups: DCF 201.06(1)(c)(c) Types of providers. Within each county and within each age group, the department shall set maximum rates for child care services by each of the following types of providers: