Miss Cherrie's Fruitful Learning Center

4901 N 26th St, Milwaukee, WI 53209 · Milwaukee County

10cited violations

1marked serious

4inspection visits

0enforcement actions

Program

Type: Family child care
Licensed capacity: 8
Ages: 6 weeks – 12 years
Hours: 06:30 AM-05:00 PM (Jan-Dec)
Licensee: Cherrie Bratchett
Contact: Bratchett, Cherrie N
Phone: 414-309-3045
YoungStar: 2 Stars
Regulated since: 11/25/2024
DCF IDs: Facility 2007212 · Provider 0000588370/002
Official record: DCF Child Care Finder

Violations by category

Safety & premises 2
Food & allergies 2
Records & paperwork 5
Other 1

Year by year

Year	Violations	Serious	Main categories
2026	9	1	Safety & premises (2), Food & allergies (2), Records & paperwork (4), Other (1)
2025	1	0	Records & paperwork (1)

Inspection visits

Jul 23, 2026 Licensing visit · 424 rules checked, 9 not met 1 serious
- Records & paperwork
  The full names of the child's parents was observed incomplete for Child #2 and Child #3.
  
  DCF 250.04(6)(a)1.b. — Child Record - Enrollment Information - Parent's Names
- Safety & premises
  Additional emergency contact was not observed on file for Child #2 and Child #3.
  
  DCF 250.04(6)(a)1.e. — Child Record - Enrollment Information - Other Emergency Contact
- Records & paperwork
  The name, address, and telephone number of the child's physician or medical facility caring for the child was not observed on file for Child #2 and Child #3.
  
  DCF 250.04(6)(a)1.f — Child Record - Enrollment Information - Medical Contact
- Records & paperwork
  Field trip permission was observed incomplete for all children's file reviewed.
  
  DCF 250.04(6)(a)2. — Child Record - Field Trip Permission
- Records & paperwork Serious
  The attendance record did not include the children's date of birth.
  
  DCF 250.04(6)(b) — Current, Accurate Daily Attendance Record
- Food & allergies
  The freezer was not maintained at 0°F or below. The freezer was observed at approximately 10°F.
  
  DCF 250.06(9)(d) — Food Storage, Temperatures
- Other
  The television was not being used to supplement the daily plan, as the children were observed playing a violent video game.
  
  DCF 250.07(1)(c) — Television & Video Viewing
- Safety & premises
  Blankets were observed hanging on the side of the playpen of sleeping infant.
  
  DCF 250.09(1)(c)4. — Infant & Toddler - Soft Materials In Cribs
- Food & allergies
  A container of infant formula was observed without a complete label. The container's label contained the child's name, but not a date.
  
  DCF 250.09(3)(b) — Infant & Toddler - Food & Formula Brought From Home
DCF visit report · Correction plan (PDF)
May 14, 2025 Licensing visit · 489 rules checked, 0 not met

No violations cited on this visit.

DCF visit report · Correction plan (PDF)
May 5, 2025 Licensing visit · 1 rules checked, 1 not met
- Records & paperwork
  
  DCF 250.11(5)(b) — Continuation License - Application Materials Submission Date
DCF visit report
Feb 3, 2025 Licensing visit · 126 rules checked, 0 not met

No violations cited on this visit.

DCF visit report · Correction plan (PDF)

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DCF publishes about 3 years of monitoring. Older history, complaint files and self-reported incidents require a public records request. Wisconsin's public records law (Wis. Stat. §§ 19.31–19.39) gives anyone the right to ask. You don't have to say why. Electronic copies are generally free.

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Send to: DCF Records Custodian · DCFRecordsRequest@wisconsin.gov · fax (608) 422-7161 · 201 W. Washington Avenue, Madison, WI 53703
Copy: DCF Southeastern Regional Licensing Office · DCFPlicBRLSERO@wisconsin.gov · 262-446-7800

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Letter text

Dear Records Custodian,

Under Wisconsin's public records law, Wis. Stat. §§ 19.31–19.39, I request copies of the following records for the child care program Miss Cherrie'S Fruitful Learning Center, 4901 N 26th St, Milwaukee, WI 53209-5506 (DCF facility number 2007212; provider number 0000588370, location 002; applicant/licensee number 2100339928), for January 1, 2019 to the present:

1. Every licensing or certification monitoring, renewal and follow-up visit report, including noncompliance statements, compliance statements and rule-monitoring summaries.
2. Every complaint investigation: intake summaries, investigation reports, and the finding for each allegation.
3. Every warning letter, order, forfeiture or other enforcement action, with related correspondence.
4. Every plan of correction the program submitted, and the department's response.
5. Every incident the program reported to the department (for example under DCF 251.04(3) or 250.04(3)): injuries requiring medical care, prohibited actions, suspected abuse or neglect, communicable disease, and children whose whereabouts were unknown.

I understand that child and reporter identities, and material made confidential by Wis. Stat. § 48.981, may be redacted; please release the remainder and cite the basis for anything withheld. Please provide the records electronically (PDF by email). If the estimated cost exceeds $5.00, please send me an estimate before proceeding. Please confirm receipt of this request.

Thank you,

[Your name]
[Email] · [Phone]

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Source: Wisconsin Department of Children and Families, via the Child Care Finder and the licensed and certified directories. History last read Oct 1, 2026. Violation text is DCF's own wording. The categories are ours, added to help you scan.