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  1. The Tier 1 Area Eligibility Waiver for Homes: What You Need to Know

    Note: This waiver, along with the Keep Kids Fed Act, will expire June 30, 2023. In April 2021, the USDA released a suite of waivers for CACFP. This suite included a waiver that allows all participating family daycare homes to be reimbursed at T...
  2. Customize the KidKare Welcome Letter

    You can customize the welcome letter sent to your providers when you first enroll them in your sponsorship. By default, this letter contains: A brief, introductory message. A link to allow the provider to log in and reset their password. Get sta...
  3. Add Providers in KidKare

    You can add providers to your sponsorship via KidKare—without having to log in to Minute Menu HX. This allows you to quickly add providers from any Internet-connected device, such as your phone or tablet. Note that you must access HX later to ...
  4. Emergency Operating Costs for CACFP: What to Know

    The USDA recently released guidance to states for how to handle distribution of COVID-19 relief funds for child nutrition programs. You can read the full text of the memo here . Reimbursement will be calculated for March, April, May, and June 202...
  5. [VIDEO] Best Practices for Tax Time with Tom Copeland and KidKare

    Click here to view the Best Practices for Tax Time with Tom Copeland and KidKare webinar. In this recorded webinar, Tom Copeland shares his knowledge on tax time best practices and answer attendee questions. Share this webinar with your providers...
  6. Determine Attendance Requirements When Entering Meals

    You can require providers record attendance when recording meals. This can help ensure that your providers are recording daily attendance. This setting is controlled by preference M.002 , which provides three options: Require Attendance Only Req...
  7. Print the Foods Served Report

    The Foods Served report prints a list of all foods served by a provider in a given month. You can also print this report in a weekly format, if needed. However, this article provides instructions for printing the standard report. Click the Reports...
  8. Print the Claimed Attendance Summary Report

    The Claimed Attendance Summary report shows counts for the number of children the provider attempted to claim but were not necessarily reimbursed. This is effectively pre-processed claim data. Use the Meal Totals report for post-processed claim coun...
  9. Print the Claimed Attendance Detail Report

    The Claimed Attendance Detail report lists meals for which each child on a specific claim were claimed. It is organized by child. Click the Reports menu, select Claim Data , and click Claimed Attendance Detail . The Select Provider dialog box op...
  10. Print Reports to PDF

    We recommend you print reports to PDF whenever possible—especially if you are emailing them to your providers. Note that you must have a PDF creator installed before you can print to PDF. If you do not, you can download and install CutePDF Wri...