Wisconsin — statewide
Wisconsin Department of Children and Families, Bureau of Early Care Regulation
In short
Wisconsin Department of Children and Families, Bureau of Early Care Regulation issues 1 permit we publish for Wisconsin — statewide, last verified 2026-09-03. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.
What this agency issues
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Child Care Centre License | Wisconsin Department of Children and Families, Bureau of Early Care Regulation | $60.50 every two years for a family centre of four to eight children; $30.25 plus $16.94 per child for a group centre of nine or more | 2 years, preceded by a six-month probationary license | 2026-09-03 |
Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.
About each permit
Child Care Centre License
The split is at eight children. Four to eight is a family child care centre paying a flat $60.50 for two years; nine or more is a group centre paying $30.25 plus $16.94 per licensed place, so a fifty-child centre pays $877.25. A six-month probationary license comes first, priced at a quarter of the two-year fee, and a group applicant pays a non-refundable $45.68 up front, which is the two-year fee for nine children divided by four. Increasing capacity later costs $16.94 a child without re-charging the base, and reducing it refunds nothing. Veterans may have the initial license fee waived. Certification, a lower tier than licensing, is run by county agencies — the department publishes a figure only for Milwaukee County, at $90.75, and directs everyone else to their local agency.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Wisconsin — statewide
- Phone
- (608) 421-7550
Contact details are taken from the agency’s own site or its published fee schedule. Where we have not verified a phone number we leave it blank rather than guess.
Sources
Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.
- Wisconsin Department of Children and Families — child care licensing feesWisconsin Department of Children and Families · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-03
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