February 2027
February 5, 2025
KidKare for Providers/Centers
Fixed - Child's date of birth was reverting to the old value after saving changes in the infant tab.
Fixed - Children's schedule and hours were not saving during enrollment.
KidKare for Sponsors
Fixed - Some check numbers were being duplicated on the Check Register Report.
Fixed - Some Sponsors were unable to save changes to Parent Accepts Site Formula and Parent Accepts Site Food (when ready) options
January 2025
January 14, 2025
KidKare for Home Sponsors
The following items have been added to KidKare
Reports
Claim Error Analysis Detail by Monitor | Menu Planning: Provider My Menus | Menu Planning: Scheduled Menu Report | Provider File Changes Report | Provider Messages Export | Providers Changing Tiers | Providers Removed | Claim and Review Comparison Report | Sponsor Review Worksheet | Check Register | Check Register Batch Summary | Check Transaction File | Non-Claim Payment Adjustments | Training List Export
January 23, 2025
KidKare for All Users
FIXED: Monitor assignment no longer changes when modifying or validating review records.
KidKare for Center Sponsors
ADDED: Report - Estimated Meal Count Summary report has been added to the Attendance Reports.
December 2024
December 2, 2024
KidKare for Home Sponsors
The following items have been added to KidKare
Children
Child History
Claims
Track Received Claims
Provider Management
Provider History
Administration
Ability to delete a user/monitor
Reports
Claimed Attendance Summary | NC 5 Day Attendance | Claimed Foods & Attendance | Food & Vitamin Analysis | Food & Vitamin Analysis by Meal | Foods Served by Week | Frequently Served Foods Letter | Frequently Served Foods Report | In/Out Child Attendance by Child | Meal Totals Report | Provider Daily Meal Count Report | Manual Claim Cover Sheet | Claim Change Report | Provider Info Summary
December 16, 2024
KidKare for Home Sponsors
The following items have been added to KidKare
Administration
Bulk Provider School Area Update
Reports
Claim Error Report | Food & Vitamin Analysis Summary | Claimed Foods & Attendance with Tier | Fruit/Vegetable Analysis | Daily Meal Worksheet | Full Month Attendance Worksheet | Manual Claim Processing Worksheet | Weekly Attendance Worksheet | Caseload One Month Summary | Claim Error Analysis Summary | Claim Mailing Label | Claims by Source Report | New Claiming Providers Report | State Claim Summary Report | State Daily Claim Totals Report | Track Received Claim Info | Unsubmitted Online Provider Claims | Master Menus List | Provider Cycle Menu Report | Tier 1 Qualifying Providers Report | Providers Due Reviews Report | Providers Not Reviewed Report | CA Change Request | Claim Error Report - Long Version
December 18, 2024
KidKare for Centers
Added: Payment Method field has been added to receipt entry options
December 25, 2024
KidKare for Centers
Fixed: Some children duplicated when sorting by status
Fixed: Total Meals Available for SFSP centers calculating
Added: Unknown Option for Ethnicity when enrolling new children
Added: Ability to track meals incoming and outgoing/transferred to another site
December 30, 2024
KidKare for Home Sponsors
The following items have been added to KidKare
Claims
Claim Details & Track Received Claims "Providers Not Claiming" and "Claims Not Received" buttons
Administration
Bulk Provider Update and Bulk Child Update
Reports
Print On Hold Claims | Meal Entry Times Report | Training Mailing Labels | Providers Not Trained | Provider Training Hours Summary | Claim Information Form (CIF) | Caseload Summary | Claims List Export | Claims Not Received | Enrollment/Days/Meals Edit Check | Providers Not Claiming | Provider Calendar Report | Provider License Expiration Report | Provider Mailing Labels | Provider Messages Mailing Labels | Serious Deficiency Export File | Serious Deficiency Detail | Serious Deficiency List | Home Visit Status Report | Monitored Meal Pattern Break Report | Review History Report | Review List Export File | Review Mailing Labels | Check ACH File | Provider Tax Report
November 2024
November 20, 2024
KidKare for Centers
FIXED: Users can now edit the child middle name
FIXED: At-Risk claim errors now show error 100 in the Office Error Report
ADDED: Search Function added to List Children for Center Sponsors
November 18, 2024
KidKare for Home Sponsors
The reports have been added in KidKare for Home Sponsors:
Children:
Child Enrollment Report | Child List Export | Tier 1 Qualifying Children Report
Claim Data:
5 Day Attendance Report | Claimed Attendance Detail by Child | Foods Served Report | In/Out Child Attendance Report | Provider Menu Comments Report
Claim Forms:
Blank Claim Information Form (CIF)
November 11, 2024
KidKare for Home Sponsors
The following features have been added in KidKare for Home Sponsors:
Submit Claims to State | Generate Pre-note ACH File | Issue Payments | Add/Edit Manual Review
November 6, 2024
KidKare PI updates for all Users
UPDATED: Changing verbiage on Locally Produced report to show "Servings" in the column instead of "Number of Children Served"
UPDATED: Track received Claims for Center Sponsors now tracking total Days of Attendance and Days of Menus.
UPDATED: IEF and EF for Virginia for FY2025
FIXED: Actual Quantity measurement showing different on Menu Production record than on Daily Menu Screen
FIXED: Actual Quantities Required should be updated automatically after user updates Daily Attendance
FIXED: Children in deleted/inactive centers are no longer showing in List Children
FIXED - Ounce equivalents required does not include staff meals (when policy set to include staff meals)
FIXED - Sponsor Signature not printing on eForms has been fixed
ADDED - NEW POLICY - adding a policy so that when sponsors say to include staff meals in the Menu Production Record, there is an additional policy asking if they want to include milk as well. This allows staff meals to be counted but if they aren't drinking the milk allows sponsors the ability to remove milk from staff meals so it doesn't reflect in the milk audit or actual quantities required. Policy L03d
ADDED - NEW Sponsor Level PERMISSION for sponsor staff to be able to view or not view the State Claim List
ADDED - Sponsor Menu Templates can now be viewed and used by centers under that sponsor. Centers will See MyMenus and Master. Master Menus are those the Sponsor has created. My Menus are those the center has created on their own
ADDED - Food Quantity measurements updated for "puffed" cereals - Food quantity is called "Cereal, Ready to Eat: Puffed - c"
KidKare for Independent Centers
ADDED - Independent Center ADMINS now have the ability to restrict meal service times though Administration > Site Details > Other Info
October 2024
October 9, 2024
KidKare for Parachute & KidKare Users
UPDATED: When creating a child in Parachute and copying that child to the food program, the child number now creates automatically from Parachute to avoid any claim errors for children not having a child number.
October 7, 2024
KidKare for Home Sponsors
The following items have been added to KidKare
CLAIMS:
Advance Claim Month | Enter Claim Errors for Manual Claims | Process Claims | Reset Claim Processing Flag
MENUS/ATTENDANCE:
Record Full Months Attendance by Child
REVIEWS:
Reviews have been moved under the Tools menu.
October 3, 2024
KidKare for all Users
UPDATED: Update the Massachusetts IEF form in eforms.
KidKare for Sponsors
ADDED: For ARAS/SFSP sites we have added the ability in Bulk Entry to pick a single site and enter multiple meal counts for that site.
Parachute
UPDATED: Invoice field label changes from 'Cash to Pay' to 'Amount to Pay'
FIXED: When adding a new expense on a mobile device the calendar now displays all days of the week.
FIXED :Some providers getting an error when trying to run the Payment Details, Paid Meal Totals, and Claimed Foods and Attendance reports.
FIXED: Users unable to save hours of operation in Time/Space.
September 2024
September 9, 2024
KidKare for Home Sponsors
The following items have been added to KidKare
CHILDREN:
Delete Child | Manage Child Information
CLAIMS:
Analyze Claim Capacity | Enter Claim Manually | Restore Deleted Claims
MENUS/ATTENDANCE:
Child Calendar
August 2024
August 14, 2024
UPDATED: IEF forms updated to the 2024-2025 version for the following states:
Georgia | Wisconsin | Nevada | Ohio
ADDED: Milk audit will only allow write offs that are equal to or less than the current ending balance
ADDED: You can not enter receipt credits into KidKare expenses
August 26, 2024
KidKare for Home Sponsors
The following items have been added to KidKare
REPORTS:
Provider/Child Residence Comparison | Claim Attendance Detail | Provider Racial Count Summary | Check Payment Details
CLAIMS:
On Hold Claims | Unmark Claims as submitted
ADMINISTRATION:
Check Format
MENUS/ATTENDANCE:
Provider Calendar | School District Days Out | Record Child In/Out Times
August 28, 2024
UPDATED: Oklahoma IEF form updated to 2024-2025 version
UPDATED: Washington DC IEF form updated to 2024-2025 version
UPDATED: Infant formula options when enrolling a new infant now show a drop down with formulas offered.
UPDATED: KidKare Knowledge Bases and "Get Help" articles have been updated.
ADDED: Center Monthly Menu Plan in Center Sponsor accounts now gives the option to select Infant or Non infant menu plan
July 2024
July 10, 2024
KidKare for Centers and Center Sponsors
UPDATED: Roster Template to import children now includes Unknown as a race option.
KidKare for Center Sponsors
FIXED: Master Menu prompting Save when there is no new data to save.
FIXED: Issue saving center information changes has been fixed.
FIXED: Whole Grain toggle is now copying over from templates into the Master Menu.
Parachute Users
FIXED: Children Present Hours now calculating properly in attendance records.
July 24, 2024
All KidKare Users
ADDED: $0 receipts are now accepted when entering expenses. Use this functionality to track donations.
UPDATED: LA IEF form now includes all children in the same household on the same form
UPDATED: North Carolina IEF forms updated to the 2024-2025 form
UPDATED: ID Income Eligibility Guidelines updated for 2024-2025
July 29, 2024
The following functionality has been added to KidKare for Home Sponsors:
Child Mailing Labels added to Reports
Remove from System Reasons under Tools
Provider Helpers under Tools
Sponsor Information under Administration
Users/Monitors under Administration
List Payment History in Payments
Adjust Provider Payments in Payments
Receive Money from Providers in Payments
Manual Check Adjustment Account Codes in Payments
Enroll Provider (Add Helper) added to Providers
May 2024
May 8, 2024
ADDED: Ability for providers and centers to add a Developmentally Ready For Solid Foods date for infants in the child details as well as new child enrollments.
ADDED: Ability for sponsors of providers and centers to add a Developmentally Ready For Solid Foods date for infants in the child details as well as new child enrollments.
ADDED: New policy (M.19) for center sponsors to warn or disallow on the claim if an infant is marked as developmentally ready for solid foods, but does not get served the correct number of components for a given meal. New error (101) will show if this policy is set to disallow.
May 15, 2024
KidKare for Centers
FIXED: Illinois state claim upload for centers fixed for centers with multiple programs.
FIXED: Second signature for Follow-up Officials Signature on IEF Forms completed via eForms now shows on completed form when required.
UPDATED: Child Participates button in the child details has been renamed to Child participates in food program
ADDED: For Center Sponsors, Policy T5 has been added. This policy allows the sponsor to ignore, warn, or disallow if a center has no receipts entered for the claim month.
ADDED: For Center Sponsors, a site setting has been added for Require centers to enter receipts in order to submit claim so sponsors can require receipt entry at the site level.
ADDED: A 4th custom field option was added for all open enrolled sites using the meal counter screen.
ADDED: New detailed meal delivery form added for open enrolled AtRisk sites.
ADDED: SFSP and AtRisk meal delivery report status has been added. Reports now show as complete or pending.
KidKare for Homes
FIXED: Providers signature is now populating on eForms when sponsor pulls the reports.
Parachute
FIXED: Default rate is now populating when creating invoices with siblings/multiple-children
FIXED: Time & Space Percentage Total calculation has been updated.
FIXED: Calculation for Total Unpaid on the contact page has been updated.
May 20, 2024
KidKare for Home Sponsors
ADDED: The following HX reports have been added to KidKare
Child Racial Count Summary Report | Provider Training Period Report | Providers Added Report | Children Not Seen at Review Report | Provider Claiming Special Days Report
May 29, 2024
All KidKare Users
UPDATED: The verbiage for "Local Ingredients" has changed to "Locally Produced" on the daily menu screen as well as the report list. Anywhere "Local Ingredients" was used, will now show as "Locally Produced".
UPDATED: The Local Ingredients Report, now knows as the Locally Produced Report, now has a column for Purchase Location.
FIXED: Error when trying to pull the Local Ingredients Report has been fixed.
KidKare for Sponsors
FIXED: The suggest button for a food number when adding a new food item has been fixed.
April 2024
April 3, 2024
All KidKare Users
FIXED: Race and Ethnicity are now required fields when sponsors edit children from Observer Mode (when policy is set this way)
FIXED: Georgia IEF Forms printing children in Part II vs Part 1
UPDATED: Enrollment/IEF Form button under child image pulls corrected and updated enrollment forms
April 18, 2024
All KidKare Users
UPDATED: Leafy Greens now have their own Food Quantity type to ensure proper calculations for raw leafy greens.
ADDED: Milk allergies not have an expiration date. Once allergy expires, participants milk served will be calculated as whole or 1%/skim depending on age.
ADDED: New option for meal delivery/pickup tracking and reporting including temperatures and digital signatures for open enrolled sites.
March 2024
March 6, 2024
All KidKare Users
FIXED - Child number duplicating when using eForms has been fixed.
FIXED - Sponsored Centers cannot remove or edit formulas entered by the Sponsor.
FIXED - Formulas offered by home provider now show up on infant form as a drop down to select from vs a type in field.
FIXED - Claim Roster pulling blank issue has been fixed.
FIXED - When entering center bank details in KidKare, routing numbers starting with "0" are now accepted.
UPDATED - Meals served during the second shift show up on Meals & Attendance reports with a "2" instead of an "x"
UPDATED - Diet Statement on File has been disabled for Sponsored Centers. This is a field only the sponsor can edit now.
ADDED - Infant details now continue to show on the child details page up to 3 months after the infant turns 1.
ADDED - Manage Formula Type has been added to KidKare for Home Sponsors.
ADDED - New button in User Roles & Permissions allows any adjustments made to a role to be applied to all users who are currently assigned to that role.
ADDED - An option for "Unknown" has been added to the Race options for all users.
March 20, 2024
KidKare for Homes
UPDATED -Non-Discrimination statement has been added the the bottom of the Scheduled Menus report
All KidKare Users
FIXED - Infant Menus that are planned in advance now show meal components when on the Individual Infant Feeding screen.
FIXED -Marking an infant form as on file no longer activates the participant.
UPDATED - Milk audit now splits the month when a child ages out of a specific milk type.
UPDATED - Milk audit now splits the month when a child milk allergy takes effect mid-month.
ADDED -"Unknown" is now an option for all users when selecting a participant race as long as policy D. 21 is set to No.
March 24, 2024
KidKare for Centers and Center Sponsors
UPDATED - Parent Provided milk has been added to the Menu Production Record, Actual Quantities Required, and Actual Quantities Served on the Daily Menu.
February 2024
February 21, 2024
All KidKare Users
FIXED - Menu Production Record Actual Qty Prepared numbers carrying over correctly again.
FIXED - Select Parent drop down now shows in alphabetical order.
FIXED - Unable to sync a provider after email change.
FIXED - California claims process errors.
FIXED - Parents are now listed in alphabetical order in the Select Parent drop-down under the Contacts tab.
UPDATED - Sponsor users now have Online Review Permissions listed in the user permissions.
UPDATED - Error 78 is not displayed on Menu Calendar Warning.
ADDED - IEF Calculator from CX is being added to KidKare.
ADDED - Added Inspection Expirations for Independent centers.