Archived Release Notes

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.