Wisconsin Child Care Providers Together

What's New at CCPT/AFSCME 373

Child Care Informational Meetings Around the State

Updated On: Aug 11, 2010 (10:57:00)

Attention All Family Child Care Providers:

Do you know how the Emergency Rule regarding WI Shares which DCF put in place this summer will affect you and your program?

Do you have all of the information you need to score high on the new YoungStar Program?

How do you feel about the new proposed Certification and Licensing Rules?

Do you find in your area that there is a significant decrease in regulated child care programs?

Do you believe that the focus of child care has shifted from the children to paperwork?

Have you experience difficulties with receiving timely and accurate subsidy payments?

Do you believe that you would benefit from more technical assistance verses non-compliances?

Then please join us for one of the following meetings for Important Child Care updates as well as the opportunity for providers to ask questions about child care related issues. We hope you will help us develop a strategic plan devoted to getting Your Area Family Child Care Providers organized and help them get the support they deserve.

* You DO NOT need to be a UNION Member to attend.

Please contact us to set up a meeting, if your area is not listed.

When you RSVP
your name will be entered in a drawing for a Prize Basket (Sorry only Union Members are eligible for the prize basket drawing). Call Anneliese at: 715-432-2320

Calling all Providers and Parents to contact their Legislators!!!

Updated On: Aug 10, 2010 (16:36:00)

Emergency Rule! --Weapon of Mass Destruction??

Please read and review the new Emergency Rule (click here) that DCF has put in place as of July 9, 2010 and failed to notify providers of this imperative change.

We as providers need to stand together to fight this horrendous Emergency Rule that DCF has put in place regarding the Wisconsin Shares Program, Overpayment collection, and Suspension of payments to providers, and additional forfeitures DCF may impose ($100 to $10,000 in addition to an overpayment) on providers.

WICCPT does not condone fraud. Nor will we represent fraudulant providers. However, mistakes, lack of training, and misinformation is not fraud. DCF should be held to the same high standards as providers. Premature prosecution of providers is unconstitutional. We believe DCF should complete thorough investigations before prosecution.

Why is DCF implementing such a rule of mass destruction of family child care providers? DCF claims: “the attached rule is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety, or welfare.” If this were truly the case then DCF would not be putting providers and their families out of business. DCF could have chosen to take a proactive approach working with providers and agencies on effective training that would have prevented most of this mess. Instead DCF has scapegoated providers and parents. DCF claims to protect the Tax Payers dollars by eliminating Fraud across the State, but what about the children?

Unfortunately DCF still hasn’t fixed a broken system. DCF has created mass panic and destruction for families most in need. Certain media outlets have chosen to report only a partial story on what is truly happening around the State. You may want to read the articles in the Shepherd Express by Lisa Kaiser to receive more objective information on the persecution of providers by DCF. These articles may be found at http://expressmilwaukee.com or click on the following links: Wisconsin Day Care Centers: Fraud or Honest Mistakes?, Can Day Care Providers Get a Fair Shake?, The Day Care Crackdown: An Overreaction?, and Wisconsin Shares Day Care Providers Sound Off. It is time for Providers and Parents to join together to stop this unjust persecution of the Child Care field and contact your Legislators and tell them to put an immediate stop to DCF’s Emergency Rule and their overwhelming broad sweep of prosecution that DCF has been pursuing.

Here is the link to the Legislative Website to find who your Legislators are:

http://www.legis.wisconsin.gov/w3asp/waml/waml.aspx

Call Now before anymore damage can be done to providers and the children and families we serve.

AFSCME-CCPT AFSCME-CCPT

8033 Excelsior Dr. Suite B 3427 W. St. Paul Ave

Madison, WI 53717 Milwaukee, WI 53208

608-836-4040 Ext. 222 414-344-6868 Ext. 227

608-836-4444 Fax 414-344-1274 Fax

wiccpt@afscme40.org pswinford@afscme48.org

CCPT Call to the Membership for AFL-CIO Convention

Updated On: Aug 06, 2010 (07:59:00)

Monday September 27th, 2010, through Wednesday September 29, 2010, the Wisconsin AFL-CIO will be holding its bi-annual state convention. WICCPT-AFSCME Local 373 is entitled to send at least 1 delegate to this convention. Delegates must commit to full participation and will be expected to be present on the floor for the entire convention. Transportation to and from the convention is the responsibility of the delegates(s ). Hotel and other travel expenses may be paid by the local. Nominations must be sent in writing to the Madison Office c/o WICCPT Office at 8033 Excelsior Drive Suite B, Drive Madison, WI 53717. Nominations must be postmarked no later than August 12th, 2010. Nominations will also be accepted in person at the nominations/membership meeting at the Excelsior Drive office location at 4 pm on Thursday August 12, 2010. Should an election be required, it will be done in conjunction with the Constitutional Amendments and PEOPLE Convention elections in August 2010. Please call Anneliese Sheahan at 715-432-2320 with any questions.