May 28, 2025
Sponsors of Homes
UPDATED: Sponsors can now delete parent/guardians in KidKare while managing providers.
FIXED: In some cases, signatures were not printing on real checks when running Issue Payments, even though the signature printed as expected on test checks.
Sponsors of Centers
UPDATED: We've updated the message that displays when a sponsor is adding a new Center user who already has an account under their email address to read: This email address is already associated with a different user. Please use a different email address.
UPDATED: When enrolling children, users can now add multiple parent/guardians as the same type. Previously, this was restricted only to one of each type.
FIXED: In some cases, when a sponsor applied Master Menus to centers, Master Menus applied previously were being deleted.
Centers
FIXED: The Claimed Meal Count Summary report was missing data for some sponsored centers.
FIXED: The toggle for listing household member names from last year on an IEF (eForms) was duplicating the child's name and was not populating any other household information provided in prior years.
Homes
UPDATED: We have updated eForms to allow providers to set future dates for enrollment. This was already possible when adding a child manually.
May 15, 2025
Sponsors of Homes
UPDATED: The Provider Claim Reports are now available in KidKare.
FIXED: In some cases, Training records in Minute Menu HX were stuck in Pending status.
FIXED: Some foods were missing from the Claimed Foods & Attendance report—even though they appeared in the Food Served report. This report now includes all served foods.
Sponsors of Centers
FIXED: When sponsors printed the Monthly Claimed Meal Count by Age Group report using the Separated Licenses option, the report was still printing with both licenses combined. Licenses are now separated on this report when Separated Licenses is enabled.
FIXED: The Total Meals on the Meal Counts & Attendance with FRP Report were not adding up correctly. This now shows the correct totals.
FIXED: Sponsors and centers in Oklahoma and Louisiana were not able to access the Reports screen, because they were redirected back to Home.
Centers
UPDATED: The Center Weekly Menu report is now available for ARAS centers in KidKare.
FIXED: We corrected a typo on the Claim Totals table on the Claim Details page. The Reduce % column now reads Reduced %.
Homes
FIXED: Some providers were unable to access Accounting features despite having an active subscription.
May 8, 2025
Sponsors of Centers & Centers (All)
UPDATED: We have added a new report for sponsors of centers and full-enrollment centers called Child Allergy and Special Diet Report. This report includes all enrolled children, their allergy and diet status, effective and expiration dates, and more. The Child Allergy and Special Diet Report can be found in the Children category on the Reports page. You can export this report as a PDF or as an Excel file.
UPDATED: We have updated the Texas Meal Benefit Income Eligibility Form to the current version (eForms only).
Sponsors of Homes
UPDATED: We have added the ability for sponsors to prevent attendance and meal entry for days marked as Daycare Closed on the provider calendar.
Independent Homes
UPDATED: We have added a setting to the Settings page that allows independent providers to prevent attendance and meal entry for days marked as Daycare Closed on the provider calendar.