Storytelling: Cashing In On Kids: 22nps_kwgmj06_4childcare

Torneshia Simmons and her sisters found a legal loophole in the Wisconsin Shares system that netted them nearly half a million in taxpayer dollars since 2006. The sisters are all in-home child-care providers and collectively they have 17 children. For years, their official {quote}employement{quote} has been to care for each other's children, and they receive payment from the government. They cheat the system by billing the state for their hours although they never actually watching one another's children.

Torneshia Simmons and her sisters found a legal loophole in the Wisconsin Shares system that netted them nearly half a million in taxpayer dollars since 2006. The sisters are all in-home child-care providers and collectively they have 17 children. For years, their official "employement" has been to care for each other's children, and they receive payment from the government. They cheat the system by billing the state for their hours although they never actually watching one another's children.