Article: CASHING IN ON KIDS JOURNAL SENTINEL WATCHDOG UPDATE Child-care crackdown vowed Milwaukee County district attorney leads task force to detect fraud in Wisconsin Shares program

By RAQUEL RUTLEDGE

State regulators as well as law enforcement officials at all levels of government said Wednesday they will commit significant resources to tackling fraud within the state's troubled taxpayer- financed child-care program.

They plan to announce on Friday the formation of a task force to deal with parents, day care providers and others swindling from the $350 million a year Wisconsin Shares program.

The task force will be led by the Milwaukee County District Attorney's office and include representatives from the Milwaukee Police Department, the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office, the Wisconsin Department of Justice, and the Department of Children and Families.

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