Karen's Family Childcare

W5006 Hillside Dr, Merrill, WI 54452 · Lincoln County

1cited violations

0marked serious

3inspection visits

0enforcement actions

Program

Type: Family child care
Licensed capacity: 8
Ages: 2 weeks – 12 years, 11 months
Hours: 06:00 AM-04:30 PM (Jan-Dec)
Licensee: Karen Grund
Contact: Grund, Karen
Phone: 715-218-3698
YoungStar: 3 Stars
Regulated since: 11/27/2013
DCF IDs: Facility 1002453 · Provider 0000556760/001
Official record: DCF Child Care Finder

Violations by category

Staff background & training 1

Year by year

Year	Violations	Serious	Main categories
2024	1	0	Staff background & training (1)

Inspection visits

Dec 4, 2025 Licensing visit · 464 rules checked, 0 not met

No violations cited on this visit.

DCF visit report · Correction plan (PDF)
Oct 8, 2024 Licensing visit · 234 rules checked, 0 not met

No violations cited on this visit.

DCF visit report · Correction plan (PDF)
Mar 18, 2024 Licensing visit · 279 rules checked, 1 not met

The DCF Finder's main page now lists this visit as "No Violations found". Its own visit report below still cites these rules. DCF's list drops violations after about two years.
- Staff background & training
  Per Review Of Staff Records, Provider A Did Not Have Documentation Of Current Training In Child Abuse And Neglect Reporting.
  
  DCF 250.05(3)(fm) — Biennial Training - Child Abuse & Neglect
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 Northern Regional Licensing Office · DCFPlicBRLNRO@wisconsin.gov · 715-361-7700

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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 Karen'S Family Childcare, W5006 Hillside Dr, Merrill, WI 54452-8781 (DCF facility number 1002453; provider number 0000556760, location 001; applicant/licensee number 2100001124), 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]

If something is happening now, file a child care complaint with DCF. For suspected abuse, contact your county child protective services or law enforcement.

Source: Wisconsin Department of Children and Families, via the Child Care Finder and the licensed and certified directories. History last read Sep 30, 2026. Violation text is DCF's own wording. The categories are ours, added to help you scan.