July 2026

We have updated the federal CACFP reimbursement rates for the 2026-2027 program year. You can view the rates posted to the Federal Register here.

Printing the Sponsor Review Worksheet from the Observer Mode page now shows full up-to-date history from the most recently completed and validated review.

[MMHX Application] Fixed an issue where the Provider Information Tiering tab in Minute Menu HX showed a blank school row or stopped responding for providers who were enrolled in KidKare as Tier 1 by School using the "Manually Add School" option without a school name. Those manually entered schools now display correctly in both KidKare and Minute Menu HX.
Fixed an issue where an income eligibility form (IEF) marked "Manually Completed" could not be resent or renewed for a child, and blocked you from sending a new one. You can now resend the IEF invitation for those children.
Fixed an issue where saving a new helper profile automatically filled in the "Last Date Employed" field with today's date, making the newly added helper appear terminated right away. The field now stays blank unless you enter a date yourself.
Fixed an issue where the Office Error Report did not display the MEAL DISALLOWANCE TOTALS line for error 404. The totals now appear, so you no longer have to add up the disallowed meals by hand.

The South Carolina child enrollment and income eligibility forms now print the current state-issued edition (DSS Form 16160, effective 7/8/2026). This edition removes the Homeless/Migrant/Runaway column, updates the income-frequency wording, and corrects the USDA mailing address.
For Texas center sponsors, the electronic Income Eligibility Form (MBIEF eForm) now keeps the enrolled-children and household-member listing step when a family selects SNAP, TANF, or FDPIR. It also asks for the 8- or 9-digit EDG# instead of a generic "Case number," and no longer auto-checks the "I do not have a Social Security number" box.

Fixed an issue where saving center information could fail silently — the page would simply spin with no message — when an email address used a domain that could not be verified. KidKare now displays a clear "invalid email" message when that happens, and trusted domains can be allowed so their emails save normally.
Fixed an issue on the Manage Child Information screen where switching to a different child returned you to the Oversight tab. The tab you were working in — Contacts, CACFP, Forms, and others — now stays selected as you move through records.
Error Code 73 no longer appears as a Disallowed item on the Office Error report if the corresponding policy, L.04 In/Out Times Edit Check, is set to Ignore if Violated or Warn if Violated, so it is clear that this is an informational flag and that your claim totals and meal counts were never reduced.
Fixed an issue where eforms that failed to generate stayed on screen as "still processing" indefinitely. The eForms Reporting page now automatically retries to process failed forms.

Fixed an issue where confirming a merge on the Delete Children screen showed a generic "Error deleting" message and left the duplicate record in the list. You can now delete a child record and merge its data into another child.
Fixed an issue where eforms that failed to generate stayed on screen as "still processing" indefinitely. The eForms Reporting page now automatically retries to process failed forms.

We have updated the following state forms for FY 2026-2027:

We have updated the link out to the IEF Poverty Rates stored at fna.usda.gov, here.

We have updated North Carolina licensing to capacities to match the updated Mandatory Standards for License ( § 110-91 ), effective June 30, 2026. As such, the following capacity adjustments have been made:
- Home residence facilities can care for up to 15 children.
- Small family homes may care for up to 10 children.