Storytelling: Cashing In On Kids: 26nps_kwgmj10_4childcare

Some child care providers will only hire employees who qualify for the Wisconsin Shares program and who have children they must enroll at the day care. This way the center has a built-in billing base, whether the employees actually come to work or not. At 4 1/2, this boy could have been enrolled in an accredited full-day kindergarten. However, the boy's mother was an employee of the center that he attends.

Some child care providers will only hire employees who qualify for the Wisconsin Shares program and who have children they must enroll at the day care. This way the center has a built-in billing base, whether the employees actually come to work or not. At 4 1/2, this boy could have been enrolled in an accredited full-day kindergarten. However, the boy's mother was an employee of the center that he attends.