One Platform. Every Need.
KidKare and Parachute now work together as one connected ecosystem—from food program management to finances and parent communication—all with a single login.
Say goodbye to juggling multiple systems and hello to streamlined operations.
How KidKare + Parachute Simplifies Your Days:
Smart Attendance Management
Focus solely on taking meal counts while the system maintains perfect attendance records. Our childcare attendance tracking system connects directly with meal counts and billing.
Meal Management
Capture and share daily updates about meals, naps, and milestones. This will enhance parent satisfaction.
Parent Engagement That Drives Compliance
Dramatically reduce disallowed meals due to automatic linking with enrollment records.
Financial Management That Makes Sense
Perfect alignment between you and your sponsor records. No more wondering if your numbers match up—they always will.
Business Tools That Grow Your Revenue
Better cash flow, and more time for what matters—the children in your care.
The Only Childcare Management Software Designed for the Food Program
One connected flow for complete food program and childcare software management
New Features
You’ve been asking for tools that simplify your day without adding more systems. We listened.
CACFP Expenses: Financial Transparency
CACFP expenses logged in Parachute, our childcare management software are automatically added to KidKare, creating a transparent financial trail that simplifies monitoring and auditing for state agencies.
The new expense tracking feature deliver:
Visibility of expenses to sponsors and state agencies
Special tracking for milk expenses, reflected in participant milk audits
Simplified monitoring of program financial compliance
Parent Communication: Engaged Families, Better Programs
Better parent engagement leads to improved program participation and compliance. Through our mobile Parachute parent app, providers can now:
Share real-time updates with families
Send photos and videos of activities
Communicate via live chat messages
Send important program announcements
Digital Receipt Capture
We’re excited to announce that digital receipt capture is coming soon to the KidKare platform. This feature will allow providers to:
Snap photos of receipts using their mobile devices
Automatically categorize expenses
Attach digital receipts to expense entries
What This Means For Childcare Businesses Participating in the Food Program
Better than my previous accounting software. Setting up invoices is a breeze and the way parents can easily pay them on their end.
Chantell B. Minnesota
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FAQ
You absolutely can! If you have an active KidKare Accounting subscription, you can access Parachute with the same credentials.
Parachute is designed by the KidKare team to enhance the user experience and interface for greater success in managing your childcare business. Parachute integrates all the feedback, needs, and requests gathered from KidKare users to provide a seamless experience. It offers improved features for invoicing, managing income and expenses, calendar functions, a customizable dashboard, and various other enhancements to streamline childcare management tasks.
If you have KidKare Accounting subscription, you will be able to use both products.
Parachute has a monthly subscription of $12.50, and annual subscription of $99 with $51 of annual savings for family childcare providers.
For childcare centers, Parachute has a monthly subscription of $24.99 and an annual subscription of $199 with $100 of annual savings.
Absolutely! Parachute is designed to empower your business and allows you to stay on top of your childcare business finances and performance. It allows you to send invoices easily, accept payments from parents and provides you all of the necessary tools, and tax reports for your business.
You can expense your subscription to Parachute as a business expense for tax purposes. Parachute is a valuable tool that helps you manage your childcare business finances effectively, making it an essential operating expense. Simply include the subscription fee as part of your business expenses when filing your taxes. If you have any questions or need further assistance with expensing your subscription, consult with your tax advisor or accountant for personalized guidance.