Verify a Wisconsin Childcare Provider / Center license

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How Wisconsin Childcare Provider / Center license verification works

A Childcare Provider / Center in Wisconsin is licensed by the WI Childcare / Teacher Licensing. PrimaryCheck looks the license up live at the board's public verification system (board lookup) by license number, or by name when no number is supplied. The record the board publishes is captured as evidence, hashed, and rendered into a proof PDF.

Fields returned for this board: name contact provider_number facility_number location_number license_type regulated_since capacity star_level county city hours months locations.

Board note: childcare_provider via WI-DCF-CCDIR: DCF Licensed (files/ccdir/lic/excel/LCC Directory.xlsx, 4,215 rows) and Certified (files/ccdir/cert/excel/CCC Directory.xlsx, 637 rows) Child Care Directories — 'all active regulated providers as of today', embedded Last Refreshed Date (11/3/26), daily; freshness gate 7 days. Columns: Provider Number, Location Number, Application Type (LICENSED GROUP/FAMILY/CAMP, PUBLIC SCHOOL, OUT OF STATE PROGRAM, CERTIFIED FAMILY), County, Facility Name, Facility Number, address, Contact Name, LICENSED/CERTIFIED Date, Capacity, ages, Hours, Months, Star Level. Presence = active; no expiry; no enforcement columns. LICENSED/CERTIFIED FAMILY = person (contact); group centres = organisation with the location contact → ambiguous_match unless the claimant is that contact. The Child Care Finder search (reCAPTCHA) and the dhsgis.wi.gov layer (no date) are not used. Teachers are DPI ELO (not covered).

What a Childcare Provider / Center license check returns

Field check	Passes when
`license_number`	Equal to the board's number, ignoring prefix and leading zeros
`name`	Last name or declared alias matches; first name exact or nickname
`license_type`	The record is a Childcare Provider / Center license, strictly (no near-miss types)
`status`	The board shows an active status; probation is active with a flag
`expires`	Expiration is on or after today, where the board publishes it
`disciplinary_actions`	Recorded and flagged with any order documents; never silently dropped

Verdicts: verified, discrepancy, not_found, unable_to_verify (with a reason), pending. See how verdicts are decided.

Verify a Wisconsin Childcare Provider / Center license by API

POST https://api.primarycheck.com/v1/verifications
{
  "person": { "firstName": "…", "lastName": "…" },
  "claims": [
    { "type": "license", "state": "WI", "profession": "childcare_provider", "number": "…" }
  ],
  "purpose": "employment",
  "consent": { "consentId": "cons_…" }
}

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