Wausau Child Care (WCC)

Wausau Child Care receives the majority of its revenue through parent tuition for Child Care services provided. We serve approximately 120 regular paying tuition children ages 6 weeks to five years in our three preschool Child Care locations. We also provide before and after school Care for approximately 130 regular paying tuition children in the two programs am & pm Care in 5 elementary schools, plus the full day 2021 school-age summer program within the Wausau school district. These totals do not include the number of children receiving financial assistance for the fiscal year ending 6/30/22.

Wausau Child Care participates in other miscellaneous programs. The dpi cacfp (Child and adult Care food program) provides assistance with grocery costs in all 3 of our preschool and 2 summer school-age programs throughout the year, enabling us to serve 3 quality meals/day. The organization collaborates with the two area school districts to provide 4k programs in each of our two preschool centers during the school year. We served approx. 240 children in 2021-2022.

Wausau Child Care receives and accepts parents who qualify for the Wisconsin shares Child Care assistance program. This program is for low income families who want to send their children to high quality, licensed Child Care but would not otherwise be able to afford it. An estimated 10 children were served in this fiscal year ending 6/30/22. We also received our naeyc accreditation which entitles us to a 25% increase in Child Care subsidies through the state for one (west center) of our preschool locations.

The sliding fee program provided tuition assistance to 10 children within Wausau Child Care that do not qualify for the Wisconsin shares but would not otherwise be able to afford quality Care or for those going through a personal tragedy, death or illness. Effective january 1, 2014 united way funds are now allocated through the marathon county childcaring organization. Childcaring receives the annual funding and disperses it among youngstar rated (3-5 star) family and childcare providers within marathon county. Youngstar is a rated program utilized through the state of Wisconsin w2 childcare program. Families must apply every 6 months and the applications are accepted as the first ones arriving u.s. mail. Families may qualify for only 6 months if their application isn't received in time for the next 6 month review.