Affordable childcare options in Madison - any advice?

My hours will change when I find a job and childcare is my biggest worry. I worked as a school bus driver before this. I looked into subsidies but the forms are long.

Thanks for writing this out. I went through something close to it 7 months ago, and it settled down once I kept a simple log of every call and form.

Libraries and community centres run free activities that gave me a couple of hours.