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.