Attendance & meal counts are the heart of the Food Program—this is how you get reimbursed.
With two simple clicks, you can quickly & accurately record meal counts & attendance on KidKare.
You can plan all menus for the day, estimate attendance to see estimated required quantities, and print menu production records from the same page.
Plus KidKare contains a wide range of CACFP-approved food ready to be included in your menus.
Save time and energy by automating claim calculation process and ensuring the accuracy of the generated reports.
With KidKare, your center can spend less time on manual calculations and tedious paperwork.
Take a look for yourself:
When enrolling children, you have choices: manually enter child information into KidKare, send eForms to parents, or import children.
Paper is taken out of the equation.
Meal counts and attendance can be easily recorded on any device at point-of-service in each classroom.
Use the Milk Audit to compare the amount of milk purchased with the amount of milk needed, based on menus and meal counts.
Record infant and non-infant meals separately to meet meal pattern requirements for each.
Set up menu templates for even faster meal planning!
Be confident that your claims are error-free. Goodbye to costly mistakes.
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The KidKare Experience
You'll have access to weekly Office Hours to ask questions, learn best practices, hear about the latest updates, and connect with other members of the KidKare community.
Need a refresher on KidKare? Quickly learn how to use KidKare for paperless, easy CACFP claims in just one hour with our live biweekly trainings.
Navigate KidKare effortlessly with our in-app, step-by-step walkthroughs. From your initial login, we guide you through every feature, empowering you to confidently manage your Food Program.
Send, receive, and store enrollment paperwork online, eliminating the need for paper forms and manual processes.
View the Milk Audit and plan for possible shortages.
Calculates reimbursement rates based on income.
Record point-of-service meal counts on any device.
Browse hundreds of food items to create menus and customize your own.
Over 200 edit checks on food and attendance.
Record kids’ attendance by using the check-in/check-out feature.
Unlimited users with options to set roles and permissions.
Login to a web-based app from anywhere.
Unlimited. KidKare Food Program can be used by an unlimited number of users, making it easy for everyone in your site to access and use the software.
Yes. States cannot endorse or prevent a participating institution from using tools to help comply with program requirements. KidKare Food Program is designed to help institutions comply with the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) requirements, regardless of the state you are in*
For more information contact KidKare or your state directly.
KidKare Food Program is designed to help childcare businesses comply with USDA requirements; KidKare Food Program is regularly updated to ensure that it stays in compliance with CACFP regulations.
KidKare Food Program stores all data in a secure and protected database. Reports are stored and accessible any time you need them. KidKare Food Program also offers features to help you export your data to other programs, such as Microsoft Excel.
Yes. You can export any report at any time in PDF format and can be accessed and printed at any time.
1. Go to the KidKare website by clicking the link below https://app.kidkare.com/#/login/
2. Click on “I need a new Password” in the bottom right as shown in the image below.
3. Enter your email address into the email field and then click on “Send Me”
4. This should send an email to the email address entered from KidKare Enrollment Portal with a link to reset your password. Click on the blue link
5. Enter your new password into the fields below and click “Go”
6. Now you can go back to the login page and login with your email as the username and your new password!
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