What's New

• Military family types and priorities updated to comply with the Office of the Secretary of Defense February 2020 memo
• Families required to agree to a standard acknowledgement statement and select families agree to other statements based on the family type
• New Priority Guidance page temporarily available that displays guidance on the new priority policy changes
• Update to support the approval of the revised Active Duty Combat-Related Wounded Warrior status
• Update to track new requests for care that have been created due to a family being supplanted from care
• Updates to existing reports to comply with new priority framework
• Addition of two new reports for installation level users and above
• Update to collect decline offer reason for facility-based programs
• Updates to the display and functionality of the View Waitlist

• Household Profiles set to "in process" if working status is needed, and reconfirm cycle implemented
• Additional School Year Care care offering "Alternative School Day Care" added

• The reconfirm process has been turned on and families that are 45 days from the Date Care Needed (DCN) or 60 days after DCN have been placed into a reconfirm cycle.
• The system will collect information on where children are currently receiving care for applicable care types.
• When reconfirming care, a family or program user on behalf of a family will be prompted to select or update where the child is receiving care for applicable care types.
• The Where Children with Unmet Need are Receiving Care Report has been taken offline to conduct some additional analysis on the data.

• Families can update their summer camp requests to include weeks previously declined or expired that can still be offered
• When the start or end date is changed for a summer camp care option, all families who placed a request prior to the date change will receive a system generated message
• Once an offer is made for any request associated to the summer camp care option, the schedule cannot be changed

• Families will now indicate where their child is currently receiving care
• A new report, Where Children with Unmet Need Are Receiving Care, is now available
• An offer will remain visible on the family's My Child Care page and the Manage Care tab when it is accepted until a program user completes the offer
• Text was added to the Care Option Setup to further explain the care option Effective Date

• Families will now indicate in their household whether the sponsor and/or spouse is working full-time or part-time
• Users with appropriate permissions can now generate the Children with Immediate Need and Children with Unmet Needs for region and branch

• Adjustments to the custom age range so only children up to the end month, and not through, are returned when describing space during the offer process
• Updates to text contained on the Search for Care screens to clarify what it means when a family indicates they will provide transportation
• Updates to the Summer Camp offer notification to include only the weeks included in the current offer, not weeks previously offered to the child

• New functionality for Children on the Cusp of the next age group or age range
• Various updates to the Make Offer Workflow
• 2 new reports: Children with Immediate Needs at Multiple Installations and Children with Unmet Needs at Multiple Installations
• Updates to text contained on the Search for Care screens
• Updates to text contained in reconfirm notifications
• IE, Edge, Google Chrome, Safari, and Firefox users will no longer receive a certification warning when accessing MilitaryChildCare.com

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