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Kidkare is a cloud-based childcare management solution designed to help daycare centers and sponsors manage operations related to meal planning, admissions and Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) claim processing. Features...
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- Industry: Individual & Family Services
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Data entry
Pros
the ease of templates: no additional writing necessary
Cons
When I review my entries I have to save again, even though there are no changes
- Industry: Individual & Family Services
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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KidKare Software Review
Customer service in fantastic. I was originally running a state certified daycare and utilizing KidKare with the CACFP food program and then decided to start doing daycare from home and run it as an unregulated daycare. When I closed my daycare in town and quit the CACFP program, my sponsor automatically withdrew me from the program but I was still being charged for it each month even though I was not able to log in and use the program. I contacted customer service and asked if they could get me back into that account or credit the money that had been auto-paid out of my bank account to the new KidKare account that I had created when I started doing daycare at home. They weren't able to reconnect me to the original account, but added credit to the new one that I had created, no questions asked. They've been very helpful with anything else that I have contacted them with as well.
Pros
I like that everything is in one place. I can track pick-up and drop-off times, keep track of my daycare finances, plan meals, etc. all in one place. I don't need a hundred different apps/programs to run my daycare business.
Cons
I really wish that the Check-In/Out times would transfer directly over for each child when you pull up their name to create invoices at the end of the week. It would make creating invoices A LOT quicker! And maybe there is a way to do this and I just haven't figured it out yet!
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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Someone is making money hand over fist with this software and problems are still not being...
Pros
I like that it is a web-based program so it is accessible from any device when it is working correctly.
Cons
Accounting stuff never migrated over from Minute Menu when I was told it would. I don't trust that the program is adding up all my reports correctly so there fore I have to put extra time in entering it all into a program that is trust worthy. I have never been so scared to print reports for taxes as I am this year and I have been in the business for 15 plus years. When you do run reports it is 30 pages long when in Minute Menu it was at least half that. Consistently bumping me out and making me log back in every time I leave it sit idle for a little bit. Can not enter 2017 invoices or expenses after December 31, 2017. It will not let you change the date to a date in the previous year. Print button for reports is not available in all web browser. When you do get a report to print it prints a message on the top of the report about some kind of discrimination-which does not pertain to any report in KK. The program assumes when a child turns 5 years old that they are in school, which indeed they are not. So then we get disallowed meals because we claim them for all meals during the day. If you don't go back into child information and change it you are not being paid correctly from your food program. Never had to double check all of this stuff in Minute Menu. Can't run emergency numbers/pickup reports to have sitting by our phone like you could in Minute Menu. You get a spinning wheel many times when trying to enter things. No choice but to log out and come back in w/ problems
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- Industry: Education Management
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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KidKare.com
Pros
I'm completely computer illiterate!! I have no problem entering all of my information daily. It's super easy to follow and there's always help a phone call away.
Cons
I think the thing I like least is that you can't enter information the next day without assistance. Some days are so difficult to do everything required for life and the time is up to enter your meals. Very stressful.
- Industry: Education Management
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Kid Care takes the stress out of meal planning
I have never had a issue with the KidKare software, it is always available when I need it
Pros
Kidkare software is so very easy to navigate, and it has so many informative places you can go to.
Cons
I do not have any issues with the KidKare software
- Industry: Education Management
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Not a 1 stop shop
Only positive of Kidkare for me is I do not have to mail in my Food program paperwork it can all be done online. Otherwise Kidkare is not useful.
Pros
Aligning with the food program is a positive and convenient part of the software.
Cons
It's doesn't align with any other state standards: Paperwork, assessments, no uploading, loggin of daily activities, no parent/teacher communication, just billing/accounting & food program alignment. It needs to go much further to be comparable to others.
- Industry: Education Management
- Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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KidKare is AMAZING!!!
Pros
KidKare is a wonderful tool for educational management. Would HIGHLY recommend.
Cons
I honestly cannot think of a con at this time.
- Industry: Individual & Family Services
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Happy provider
Pros
Ease of use and you can easily correct mistakes
Cons
The food can be more described can be better so you can easily describe meals your having
- Industry: Hospitality
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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My children
Pros
I love that they put what my children have eaten and how there day was. I love I can pay them directly through kidkare. It is wonderful
Cons
The only thing was that was kinda confusing the first time I got on the site
- Industry: Consumer Services
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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Great way to save paper!
Not having a ton of paper claims to keep and store has been extremely helpful. I log in everyday to enter my meals and it's a lot faster as I can type faster then I can write!
Pros
I like that it's so easy to use and go back to check your work. I'd been doing paper claims for 18 yrs and finally went to KidKare last year and wondered why I waited so long
Cons
I haven't come across anything yet that has frustrated me about this software.
- Industry: Education Management
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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Quick and easy
My experience has been pretty good considering that I used a similar software in Chicago when I was doing childcare. The only issue I have is not the software but the reimbursement, providers should received their reimbursements direct deposit and that would make it over all the best. In Chicago we received reimbursements direct deposit so there were no worries.
Pros
I love the idea of printing parent sign in/sign out sheets, the software is quick and easy when putting in meals. I love the feature if you want to plan meals ahead of time that it's possible and the software automatically puts the menu in when that day comes, I also like the feature that you can use for tax preparation. It is so easy to use especially a childcare provider with a busy schedule throughout the day. It is the best software out here. I love it.
Cons
I have no complaints. The only thing about the program that I am not excited about would be that we don't receive direct deposit.
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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I have been using KidKare as MMK then KK. It helps up keep track of everything pretty well.
Pros
Web based! Love that I can access it from my phone or tablet. I like that my teachers can login and complete attendance.
Cons
I hate the look of the invoices. The web address at the bottom confuses my clients, they try to login to it. I also don't like the look of the new invoices, they are small and crammed up into the top 2/3 of the page. I miss having a report to print for birthdays, emergency contacts, etc. I would also like to see a printable weekly attendance schedule. We fill in the hours the child is in care in their general info, the software should be able to print out a daily or weekly roster with those hours filled in. It helps to plan coverage since we are a ratio driven program.
- Industry: Arts & Crafts
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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Your own personal accountant
Recording your meals and attendance couldn't be any easier. You can use your smart phone or computer to record your menus and attendance. Once I found out about the scheduled menus where you can save your frequently used meals, it became even easier. I like that at the end of each month, I can enter all my receipts, hours, and mileage. You can even do it weekly and save yourself HOURS, DAYS, WEEKS of preparing for taxes at the end of the year! I wish I would have signed up earlier and I could have saved myself all that time preparing. This makes it so much less scary when doing your own record keeping.
Pros
I like the ability to record all aspects of my business. Recording your meals served, kids attendance, and business expenses all in one software. It's very easy to keep organized, which for a lot of us is difficult since we don't have a lot of time to spend on ourselves when caring for the children.
Cons
I don't like that the software doesn't send notifications or reminders. Being a daycare provider, we are busy and having the ability to have the software send a reminder that you haven't logged in recently would be so helpful.
- Industry: Primary/Secondary Education
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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BRING BACK MINUTE MENU
Terrible
Pros
Not much. I really can’t say too much good since they launched this program.
Cons
Two times right away the banking was messed up and I never got money deposited into our account on time even though they had it for over a week, it was taken from the parents acco7 to but not deposited into mine when it was supposed to. They have updated a few things lately but still not as friendly as minute menu. I wish they would have waited to launch until they got providers input bc there were a lot of nice things about MM that they could have and should have incorporated into KK. If there was a different program, I definitely would have cancelled KK. I have been a provider for 30 years and have always used the product, but this one is by far the worst one ever.
- Industry: Individual & Family Services
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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kidKare for home daycare
keeps reports on time. Easy access to kids records Easy select and click on foods, just love the drop down food list provided.
Pros
reminders that it has makes it so fail proof. if I have a question the help section has always helped me find an answer quickly. best feature a tap of the button and your monthly report is at your sponsors no more papers, postage worries and wondering if it made it there in time for payment.
Cons
still looking for that one. really only thing i could suggest is a notification if a child's enrollment is about to expire so we would be sure to get renewals in on time,
- Industry: Education Management
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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In great need of programmers
There are advantages to keeping records on your computer but having the company lose everything has made me rethink paper records.
Pros
I appreciate that I can check children in and out on my computer saving paper.
Cons
I hate that the kids are not automatically "in attendance" when I put in the meal for the day. This leads to errors in record keeping.
I also moved from a CACFP account to a paid account and lost all my records and tax documents. I've now gone back to paper records.
There are no phone contact numbers for help.
Email only for problems so solving an issue takes days.
- Industry: Education Management
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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KidKare Pros and Cons
All my business expenses are kept at my fingertips and it makes getting ready for tax time a breeeze.
Pros
Ease of use for keeping up with menus and meals. I have several menus saved and it is very quick and easy to call them up and make my weekly plans. I also love the fact that I can use the app on my phone and can do it from there as well.
Cons
The invoicing section was very nonfunctional the last time I tried to use it. Kept sending out duplicate invoices or none at all. that was awhile ago, I just have not gotten the courage to try it again.
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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Terrible in every single way.
Pros
It's almost better than nothing. But not quite. Due to an unfortunate government contract, I am required to use this system. I was previously using pen and paper to report childcare attendance and meals. This is astoundingly worse than that.
Cons
Terrible user interface. Updates are slow and sloppy, leaving numerous errors for the user to fix. Server gets bogged down. Too much personal information is required for children and their families. Menus and functions are confusing and poorly designed. There is nothing good or useful about this system at all in any way and the creator should feel bad about himself. He did a bad thing and he should feel bad.
- Industry: Education Management
- Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Simplify CACFP participation
The organization the program provides is unparalleled. Introducing the program to new participants is quite easy. Every individual who was hesitant about converting to KidKare are always so pleased they did and wished they had switched earlier.
The Help desk is fantastic if issues do arrise
Pros
The ease of use. The program prompts if you forget a step. Collects all pertinate information for CACFP participation.
Cons
Over the past year there were a few days of technical issue all seems to be working properly again and we are happily moving along
- Industry: Education Management
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Very friendly front Staff of KidKare and sponsor.
I notice several benefits, for instance the business account subscription. One day I plant to look into that benefit to use in my program.
Pros
The software is beneficial for providers to easily document menus and attendance. The copy paste feature makes it helpful to complete schedule menus.
Cons
What I like least about the software sometimes it is to time consuming. Brainstorm some different ways to make time shorter when it comes editing, adding meals, and clicking each child attendance.
- Industry: Primary/Secondary Education
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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Saves time
Excellent! Saves, time, money, and paperwork.
Pros
I save a lot of time being able to use my phone, laptop, or tablet to enter meals and other day care information on KidKare. It is user friendly. At the end of the month and it is time to turn in menus KidKare makes it so easy to do. Saves time and paperwork. I definitely recommend KidKare to other providers at our meetings. I would recommend providers to at least try it and see for themselves.
Cons
Sometimes the internet is out and you can not use, but that rarely happens. All you have to do is write down and then enter it later.
- Industry: Education Management
- Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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Love having an option for me to record my childcare suppers on the web
By and large: I love my experience the extent that my youngster care business goes. I have not utilized the bookkeeping programming yet I am thinking about pursuing that. As I expressed, the client support side is the main destruction up until this point. I haven't needed to utilize the client support for some time so I expectation it has improved.
Pros
I love the simplicity and accessibility on various gadgets to record my dinners and participation.
Cons
Customer administration is exceptionally moderate when you do require help...it takes days and once in a while weeks to find no solution most occasions. Extremely baffling no doubt.
- Industry: Education Management
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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easy to keep track
My overall experience is that how well it keep track and I can go back at anytime and check on something. I started using this program when it was first introduced to my food program and I love recording on paper sucks,
Pros
How easy it to select the proper foods and i like that unless I put the required foods in for a certain meal the system will let me know and I won't be able to continue until I do.
Cons
At this time I can't think of one thing that I least like.
- Industry: Arts & Crafts
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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KidKare Is Worth It
My overall experience is good, I have been using kidkare for @ years now and it makes logging food and printing reports so much easier. It is easier to renew children or add new children.
Pros
I like the fact that I can log my whole day from my phone. It is nice if you forget to log during the day, you have the ability to log at any time.
Cons
every once in a while it takes a long time to long on or boots you off for no apparent reason.
- Industry: Education Management
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Home Daycare review
I have been using kidKare for over 10 yrs and have no problems. All the employees have been very supportive. I have never had any payment issues although I think we should have a pay increase but this is not KidKare’s control.
Pros
I use this software right on my phone and it’s very easy to use. I sign in every morning makes it easy not to forget.
Cons
There really isn’t anything that needs improving I find it really easy.
