Madison, Wi (WSAU) By cracking down on fraudulent child care providers, the state of Wisconsin says it will save about 45 million dollars this year. The expected savings would come from the Wisconsin Shares program. A spokesperson for the Department of Children & Family Services says most of the money comes from its efforts to recover fraudulent payment and continue to crack down on fraud. The state is setting aside 10 million dollars to start a child care center rating system. Wisconsin Shares was started in 1997 to help parents get off welfare and get a job--by subsidizing their child care costs. The program has grwon to the point it costs 350 million dollars each year.
