June 2026

June 11, 2026

Sponsors of Centers

• Sponsors who have disabled receipt entry for their sites may now set a site-level toggle in Manage Center Information to enable receipt entry for individual centers. Note that this toggle does not come into play when receipt entry is enabled for all centers—meaning you cannot disable receipt entry for individual centers. 
• We have updated the description for policy A.12 to more accurate reflect what the policy does.

• Fixed an issue where some sponsors were unable to print the Enrollment portion of the Child IEF/Child Enrollment report. Only the IEF was printing.

• Fixed an issue where, in limited cases, a child's sex was not showing on the Approve eForms page.

Sponsors of Homes

• Fixed an issue that was causing data conflicts during database saves. This issue occurred when a user accessed two separate accounts within separate browser tabs.
• Fixed an issue where a manually-entered claim was showing as an Online Claim on the Track Received Claims page.
• Fixed an issue where the Review List Export File was not printing correctly in the Minute Menu HX application. The report was still printing correctly out of KidKare.
• Fixed an issue where the Provider List Export File was not including all providers when printed from the Minute Menu HX application. The report was still printing correctly out of KidKare.
• Updated the configuration for adding Schools to the Provider Information Tiering tab to account for different approaches to tracking school tiering validation dates.
• Fixed an issue where some reviews were flagged as Remote Reviews on the List Reviews page, even when the question is left blank. It should only be checked if the answer to this question is YES.
• Fixed an issue where geo-location data was missing from the Review Administration website for some completed reviews.

Independent Centers

• Fixed an issue where some independent centers were unable to access the Labor Log, even when the corresponding setting to log labor was set to Yes.

June 9, 2026

Sponsors of Centers & Sponsored Centers

• We have corrected the known issue impacting some multi-license centers when M.21 is set to Y. All centers should now be seeing expanded milk options in Daily Menu, Receipts, and Milk Audit as expected.

June 8, 2026

We have updated KidKare to support the expanded milk options introduced by the UDSA Final Rule: Expanding Fluid Milk Options in Child Nutrition Programs, effective 6/8/26. With this update comes new policies/preferences, updates to menu pages, and more. 

Sponsors of Centers & Sponsored Centers

👉 Get the full details here: Expanded Milk Options for Sponsors of Centers

• We implemented a new policy, M.21, that allows sponsors to choose when to enable expanded milk options in their programs. Multi-state sponsors can set this on a state-by-state basis, as needed.
• Once M.21 is enabled, sponsors and centers will both see the expanded milk options in the following areas:
  • Daily Menu: Added a new grid for designating milk fat-content by age group. For those who require Actual Quantities Served and/or Leftover Quantities, the new milk types will show in the Enter Quantities pop-up.
  • Milk Audit: Added tracking for the new milk types to the Milk Audit.
  • Receipts: Added the new milk types to the expense options. Sponsors, if your centers are using Parachute to scan/record their receipts, the new milk options will be available to them in Parachute once you enable M.21.
  • Claims Processing: Added three new claims errors to handle compliance under the new milk options.
  • Reports: Updated the following reports to include the new milk options:
    • Menu Production Record
    • Weekly Quantities Required
    • Office Error Report

What's Next?

We focused in on the areas that are absolutely critical to menu tracking and claims processing for the first phase of these updates. You will notice some areas that still need updating—and we're on it. Here's a look at what's getting updates in Phase 2:

• Apply Master Menus
• Copy Menus
• Updates to Error 78 & 79 to handle the new milk types
• Reports:
  • Receipt List Export
  • Center Receipts Journal
  • Monthly Receipt Totals
  • Milk Audit Daily Report
  • Milk Audit Monthly Report
  • Expenditure Worksheet

Sponsors of Homes & Sponsored Homes

👉 Get the full details here: Expanded Milk Options for Sponsors of Homes

• We implemented a new preference, Q.013, that allows sponsors to choose when to enable expanded milk options in their programs. Multi-state sponsors can set this on a state-by-state basis, as needed.
• We added options to the Food List that allow a sponsor to assign a fat content tier to milk items. These include all new options. This is not enforced until you set Q.013 to Y.
• Once Q.013 is set to Y, three new claims errors will go into effect to handle compliance under the new milk options.

Independent Centers

👉 Get the full details here: Expanded Milk Options for Independent Centers

• Daily Menu: Added a new grid for designating milk fat-content by age group. For those who require Actual Quantities Served and/or Leftover Quantities, the new milk types will show in the Enter Quantities pop-up.
• Milk Audit: Added tracking for the new milk types to the Milk Audit.
• Receipts: Added the new milk types to the expense options. Sponsors, if your centers are using Parachute to scan/record their receipts, the new milk options will be available to them in Parachute once you enable M.21.
• Claims Processing: Added three new claims errors to handle compliance under the new milk options.
• Reports: Updated the following reports to include the new milk options:
  • Menu Production Record
  • Weekly Quantities Required
  • Office Error Report