Implement Wisconsin Shares Child Care Subsidy Program (CCAP)

changelog.d/wi-ccap.added.md

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+Wisconsin Shares child care subsidy program, including activity, asset, and income eligibility, countable income, county-level maximum rates by provider type and age group, and hourly family copayments.

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/hhs/ccdf/child_care_subsidy_programs.yaml

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     - sc_child_care_subsidies  # South Carolina Child Care Scholarship Program
     - va_child_care_subsidies  # Virginia Child Care Subsidy Program
     - wa_child_care_subsidies  # Washington Working Connections Child Care
+    - wi_child_care_subsidies  # Wisconsin Shares Child Care Subsidy Program
     - wv_child_care_subsidies  # West Virginia Child Care Assistance Program
     - nd_child_care_subsidies  # North Dakota Child Care Assistance Program
 

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/wi/dcf/shares/age_group.yaml

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+description: Wisconsin assigns children to these age groups when determining maximum subsidy rates under the Wisconsin Shares Child Care Subsidy Program.
+
+# The maximum rate tables use four age groups: "0 through 1", "2 through 3",
+# "4 through 5", and "6+". The integer amounts are the indices of the
+# wi_shares_age_group enum members in that order.
+brackets:
+  - threshold:
+      2025-10-01: 0
+    amount:
+      2025-10-01: 0 # AGE_0_THROUGH_1
+  - threshold:
+      2025-10-01: 2
+    amount:
+      2025-10-01: 1 # AGE_2_THROUGH_3
+  - threshold:
+      2025-10-01: 4
+    amount:
+      2025-10-01: 2 # AGE_4_THROUGH_5
+  - threshold:
+      2025-10-01: 6
+    amount:
+      2025-10-01: 3 # AGE_6_AND_OLDER
+
+metadata:
+  type: single_amount
+  threshold_unit: year
+  amount_unit: /1
+  period: year
+  label: Wisconsin Shares child age group
+  reference:
+    - title: Wisconsin Shares Handbook (July 2026), Section 18.5.1 Subsidy Maximum Rates
+      href: https://dcf.wisconsin.gov/wisconsin-shares/wisconsin-shares-handbook-july-2026#page=156
+    - title: 2025 Wisconsin Shares Child Care Subsidy County and Tribal Maximum Rates - Statewide, effective 10/1/2025
+      href: https://dcf.wisconsin.gov/files/wishares/pdf/max-rates-statewide.pdf#page=26

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/wi/dcf/shares/copay/exit/phase_out_rate.yaml

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+description: Wisconsin increases the assistance group's monthly copayment by this share of monthly income above the initial income limit during the exit period under the Wisconsin Shares Child Care Subsidy Program.
+
+# "The AG Copay is increased by $1 for every $5 that the income exceeds 200%
+# FPL" - the formula floors the product to whole dollars ($1 per full $5).
+# The $1-per-$5 rate applies beginning fiscal year 2024-25 per
+# Wis. Stat. § 49.155(1m)(c)1d.a. (it was $1 per $3 before); coverage here
+# begins with the February 1, 2026 copayment schedule era.
+values:
+  2026-02-01: 0.2
+
+metadata:
+  unit: /1
+  period: year
+  label: Wisconsin Shares exit period additional copayment rate
+  reference:
+    - title: Wisconsin Shares Handbook (July 2026), Section 18.2.1 Exit Period Copayments
+      href: https://dcf.wisconsin.gov/wisconsin-shares/wisconsin-shares-handbook-july-2026#page=150
+    - title: Wisconsin Shares Handbook (July 2026), Section 18.4.2 Exit
+      href: https://dcf.wisconsin.gov/wisconsin-shares/wisconsin-shares-handbook-july-2026#page=154
+    - title: Wis. Stat. § 49.155(1m)(c)1d.a.
+      href: https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/49/III/155/1m/c/1d/a
+    - title: Wisconsin Shares Copayment Schedule, effective February 1, 2026
+      href: https://dcf.wisconsin.gov/files/wishares/pdf/wishares-copay-schedule.pdf

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/wi/dcf/shares/copay/hours/assistance_group_cap.yaml

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+description: Wisconsin caps the total monthly copayment hours of an assistance group at this amount under the Wisconsin Shares Child Care Subsidy Program.
+
+# If an assistance group has five children or more, the maximum copayment
+# hours are 5 x 152 = 760.
+values:
+  2026-02-01: 760
+
+metadata:
+  unit: hour
+  period: month
+  label: Wisconsin Shares assistance group monthly copayment hours cap
+  reference:
+    - title: Wisconsin Shares Handbook (July 2026), Section 18.2 Copayments
+      href: https://dcf.wisconsin.gov/wisconsin-shares/wisconsin-shares-handbook-july-2026#page=150
+    - title: Wisconsin Shares Copayment Schedule, effective February 1, 2026
+      href: https://dcf.wisconsin.gov/files/wishares/pdf/wishares-copay-schedule.pdf

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/wi/dcf/shares/copay/hours/per_child_cap.yaml

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+description: Wisconsin caps each child's monthly copayment hours at this amount under the Wisconsin Shares Child Care Subsidy Program.
+
+# Each child contributes up to 152 hours to the assistance group's copayment
+# hours, even if the child attends multiple providers (Section 18.2 and
+# Appendix II). Part-time authorizations contribute
+# 131 hours (30 weekly hours x 4.348125, rounded up), below this cap;
+# full-time authorizations contribute 152 hours (the 153rd subsidized hour
+# is not charged a copayment).
+values:
+  2026-02-01: 152
+
+metadata:
+  unit: hour
+  period: month
+  label: Wisconsin Shares per-child monthly copayment hours cap
+  reference:
+    - title: Wisconsin Shares Handbook (July 2026), Section 18.2 Copayments
+      href: https://dcf.wisconsin.gov/wisconsin-shares/wisconsin-shares-handbook-july-2026#page=150
+    - title: Wisconsin Shares Copayment Schedule, effective February 1, 2026
+      href: https://dcf.wisconsin.gov/files/wishares/pdf/wishares-copay-schedule.pdf

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/wi/dcf/shares/copay/per_hour/five_or_more_children.yaml

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+description: Wisconsin charges assistance groups with five or more authorized children this hourly copayment, based on income as a share of the federal poverty guideline, under the Wisconsin Shares Child Care Subsidy Program.
+
+# Copay per hour by the assistance group's income as a share of the federal
+# poverty guideline. The schedule floors income to the lower 5% FPL line ("If
+# the assistance group's income is between two lines, it uses the lower
+# amount"); the 65% to 100% FPL rows are all $0.00 and collapse into the first
+# bracket. The copayment formula rounds the income ratio before this lookup
+# so float32 noise at an exact band edge cannot drop a family into the lower
+# band. The 200% FPL row equals the 195% row, so income at or above
+# 195% FPL keeps the top rate; the exit period adds a separate copayment on
+# top (see exit/phase_out_rate.yaml).
+brackets:
+  - threshold:
+      2026-02-01: 0
+    amount:
+      2026-02-01: 0 # At or below 100% FPL
+  - threshold:
+      2026-02-01: 1.05
+    amount:
+      2026-02-01: 0.38 # 105% FPL band
+  - threshold:
+      2026-02-01: 1.1
+    amount:
+      2026-02-01: 0.4 # 110% FPL band
+  - threshold:
+      2026-02-01: 1.15
+    amount:
+      2026-02-01: 0.42 # 115% FPL band
+  - threshold:
+      2026-02-01: 1.2
+    amount:
+      2026-02-01: 0.45 # 120% FPL band
+  - threshold:
+      2026-02-01: 1.25
+    amount:
+      2026-02-01: 0.48 # 125% FPL band
+  - threshold:
+      2026-02-01: 1.3
+    amount:
+      2026-02-01: 0.53 # 130% FPL band
+  - threshold:
+      2026-02-01: 1.35
+    amount:
+      2026-02-01: 0.55 # 135% FPL band
+  - threshold:
+      2026-02-01: 1.4
+    amount:
+      2026-02-01: 0.57 # 140% FPL band
+  - threshold:
+      2026-02-01: 1.45
+    amount:
+      2026-02-01: 0.6 # 145% FPL band
+  - threshold:
+      2026-02-01: 1.5
+    amount:
+      2026-02-01: 0.63 # 150% FPL band
+  - threshold:
+      2026-02-01: 1.55
+    amount:
+      2026-02-01: 0.67 # 155% FPL band
+  - threshold:
+      2026-02-01: 1.6
+    amount:
+      2026-02-01: 0.7 # 160% FPL band
+  - threshold:
+      2026-02-01: 1.65
+    amount:
+      2026-02-01: 0.74 # 165% FPL band
+  - threshold:
+      2026-02-01: 1.7
+    amount:
+      2026-02-01: 0.77 # 170% FPL band
+  - threshold:
+      2026-02-01: 1.75
+    amount:
+      2026-02-01: 0.8 # 175% FPL band
+  - threshold:
+      2026-02-01: 1.8
+    amount:
+      2026-02-01: 0.82 # 180% FPL band
+  - threshold:
+      2026-02-01: 1.85
+    amount:
+      2026-02-01: 0.84 # 185% FPL band
+  - threshold:
+      2026-02-01: 1.9
+    amount:
+      2026-02-01: 0.86 # 190% FPL band
+  - threshold:
+      2026-02-01: 1.95
+    amount:
+      2026-02-01: 0.89 # 195% FPL band
+
+metadata:
+  type: single_amount
+  threshold_unit: /1
+  amount_unit: currency-USD
+  period: hour
+  label: Wisconsin Shares hourly copayment with five or more authorized children
+  reference:
+    - title: Wisconsin Shares Copayment Schedule, effective February 1, 2026
+      href: https://dcf.wisconsin.gov/files/wishares/pdf/wishares-copay-schedule.pdf
+    - title: Wisconsin Shares Handbook (July 2026), Section 18.2 Copayments
+      href: https://dcf.wisconsin.gov/wisconsin-shares/wisconsin-shares-handbook-july-2026#page=150
+    - title: Wis. Stat. § 49.155(5)(a)
+      href: https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/49/III/155/5

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/wi/dcf/shares/copay/per_hour/four_children.yaml

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+description: Wisconsin charges assistance groups with four authorized children this hourly copayment, based on income as a share of the federal poverty guideline, under the Wisconsin Shares Child Care Subsidy Program.
+
+# Copay per hour by the assistance group's income as a share of the federal
+# poverty guideline. The schedule floors income to the lower 5% FPL line ("If
+# the assistance group's income is between two lines, it uses the lower
+# amount"); the 65% to 100% FPL rows are all $0.00 and collapse into the first
+# bracket. The copayment formula rounds the income ratio before this lookup
+# so float32 noise at an exact band edge cannot drop a family into the lower
+# band. The 200% FPL row equals the 195% row, so income at or above
+# 195% FPL keeps the top rate; the exit period adds a separate copayment on
+# top (see exit/phase_out_rate.yaml).
+brackets:
+  - threshold:
+      2026-02-01: 0
+    amount:
+      2026-02-01: 0 # At or below 100% FPL
+  - threshold:
+      2026-02-01: 1.05
+    amount:
+      2026-02-01: 0.41 # 105% FPL band
+  - threshold:
+      2026-02-01: 1.1
+    amount:
+      2026-02-01: 0.43 # 110% FPL band
+  - threshold:
+      2026-02-01: 1.15
+    amount:
+      2026-02-01: 0.46 # 115% FPL band
+  - threshold:
+      2026-02-01: 1.2
+    amount:
+      2026-02-01: 0.49 # 120% FPL band
+  - threshold:
+      2026-02-01: 1.25
+    amount:
+      2026-02-01: 0.53 # 125% FPL band
+  - threshold:
+      2026-02-01: 1.3
+    amount:
+      2026-02-01: 0.58 # 130% FPL band
+  - threshold:
+      2026-02-01: 1.35
+    amount:
+      2026-02-01: 0.61 # 135% FPL band
+  - threshold:
+      2026-02-01: 1.4
+    amount:
+      2026-02-01: 0.63 # 140% FPL band
+  - threshold:
+      2026-02-01: 1.45
+    amount:
+      2026-02-01: 0.66 # 145% FPL band
+  - threshold:
+      2026-02-01: 1.5
+    amount:
+      2026-02-01: 0.69 # 150% FPL band
+  - threshold:
+      2026-02-01: 1.55
+    amount:
+      2026-02-01: 0.73 # 155% FPL band
+  - threshold:
+      2026-02-01: 1.6
+    amount:
+      2026-02-01: 0.76 # 160% FPL band
+  - threshold:
+      2026-02-01: 1.65
+    amount:
+      2026-02-01: 0.8 # 165% FPL band
+  - threshold:
+      2026-02-01: 1.7
+    amount:
+      2026-02-01: 0.84 # 170% FPL band
+  - threshold:
+      2026-02-01: 1.75
+    amount:
+      2026-02-01: 0.88 # 175% FPL band
+  - threshold:
+      2026-02-01: 1.8
+    amount:
+      2026-02-01: 0.91 # 180% FPL band
+  - threshold:
+      2026-02-01: 1.85
+    amount:
+      2026-02-01: 0.93 # 185% FPL band
+  - threshold:
+      2026-02-01: 1.9
+    amount:
+      2026-02-01: 0.96 # 190% FPL band
+  - threshold:
+      2026-02-01: 1.95
+    amount:
+      2026-02-01: 0.99 # 195% FPL band
+
+metadata:
+  type: single_amount
+  threshold_unit: /1
+  amount_unit: currency-USD
+  period: hour
+  label: Wisconsin Shares hourly copayment with four authorized children
+  reference:
+    - title: Wisconsin Shares Copayment Schedule, effective February 1, 2026
+      href: https://dcf.wisconsin.gov/files/wishares/pdf/wishares-copay-schedule.pdf
+    - title: Wisconsin Shares Handbook (July 2026), Section 18.2 Copayments
+      href: https://dcf.wisconsin.gov/wisconsin-shares/wisconsin-shares-handbook-july-2026#page=150
+    - title: Wis. Stat. § 49.155(5)(a)
+      href: https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/49/III/155/5