Tools for Providers
As child care professionals, you have the opportunity to make a lifetime of difference in the lives of children and their families. We appreciate your work and dedication to our youngest learners.
Childcaring is here to help you become successful in your child care business. Childcaring offers many services to child care providers including:
- Child Care Referrals: Your business will be added to our database to share with parents looking for child care.
- Technical Assistance: We are here for you! Childcaring staff are only a phone call, email, or visit away. Contact our team with questions you have pertaining to early childhood.
- Professional Growth & Networking: Attend one of our training events, sign up for our listserv’s and quarterly newsletter, or participate in support groups. We are here to help continue your education and development as early childhood professionals.
Childcaring uses a computer based referral service to aid families in their search for child care. Updating your information helps us make sure that parents receive the most up-to-date information on child care programs, including vacancies, within our service delivery area.
Our online database allows you to make updates as they happen. Once you click 'submit' on the last page, your update is complete. Book mark the link to make updates as needed!
Contact Childcaring to receive your programs unique link!
Training and Professional Development
By attending training and professional development opportunities, you are demonstrating your continued commitment to the importance of learning and child development. Childcaring is here to support you. Below you can view our training calendar and training policies. Childcaring uses ECExplorer when providing online trainings.
If you have specific topics you would like to learn more about, or are a group child care program and want to schedule a training for your staff, contact us!
The Wisconsin Registry is a career level system which awards a certificate verifying that an individual has met all of WI DCF's entry level training and is qualified for the position held.
The REWARD Wisconsin Stipend Program provides vital supplemental financial support to early childhood educators who continue to work in an under-compensated and under-resourced field.
T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® Wisconsin offers scholarships to early childhood educators to make credit-based education more affordable, improve teacher compensation, and increase early childhood educator retention.