Manage Children

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...

The List Child window displays children alphabetically by name and, if your agency uses them, by child number. Click the Providers menu and select List Children . The List Children window opens. Click the Filter Providers By drop-down menu a...

Once you enroll children, you can update them at any time in the Child Information window.  Click the Providers menu and select Child Information . The Child Information window opens. Click the Provider drop-down menu and select the pro...

If you currently use or plan to use scannable forms, you must assign a child number to each enrolled child. You can assign children a number from 1 to 28. These numbers correspond to the bubbles available for use on scannable forms. For more informa...

You can use the Bulk Update Child function to update child information for multiple children at the same time. This function allows you to update enrollment dates, enrollment expiration dates, tiering dates, and school-type information. Click the ...

When a child remains in Pending status, providers cannot withdraw that child. This means that Pending children remain in the list of children providers can choose to serve, even if they are no longer in care, until you activate them. If you never re...

When you withdraw a child, the child remains in your Minute Menu HX database for auditing purposes. You can also re-activate withdrawn children at a later date, if needed. Deleting children, however, completely removes the record from your database....

When a provider records a meal for an infant, sets the Add Solid Foods slider in KidKare to Yes , and records solid foods for the infant, that child's record is marked as developmentally ready as of the current date. This date is written back t...

If your providers use scannable forms for claims processing, use the Child Calendar to track children who are sick, school out days, children not present days, and children present on holidays. If your providers use KidKare, they can input this info...

You can set up School District Out Day to ease the process of dealing with school closures. When you create a School District Out Day, every child that is associated with that school district will automatically be noted as out of school on that day....

Keep the following in mind if you plan to use Minute Menu HX's scannable enrollment forms for your annual child enrollment process: Providers must assign children to the same numbers as they did during initial enrollment. They should not cha...

If you plan to complete yearly re-enrollments manually, you should first print the Enrollment Renewal Worksheet. This report lists each of the provider's currently active children, with a place for the parent to sign and date if the child is sti...