We’ve been heads-down shipping improvements to help you enroll families faster and keep your center organized. Here’s a roundup of what’s new in Kinderly this month.
A New Global Dashboard
The first thing you’ll notice when you log in is a redesigned overview. The new Global Dashboard pulls everything that needs your attention into one place — so you can see how your center is doing without clicking through a dozen screens.
At a glance, you get:
- Compliance checks — see which families are missing required forms or signatures, and follow up before it becomes a problem.
- Usage metrics — track enrollment activity and how your forms, packets, and shares are being used.
- An at-a-glance overview — the numbers that matter most, surfaced the moment you sign in.
It’s the fastest way to answer the question every director asks first thing in the morning: what needs me today?
15 New Reports in Manage
Reporting in Kinderly Manage just got a serious upgrade. There’s a new Reports section with 15 ready-to-run reports organized by category, so the answers you need are a click away:
- Attendance — child and staff attendance, employee time cards, schedule adherence, late pickups, chronic absence, peak occupancy, and more.
- Health & compliance — immunization compliance, child allergy lists, staff certifications, and missing or expiring requirements.
- CACFP — meal totals, point-of-service records, and food program overviews built for your USDA reporting.
- Finance — outstanding billing balances, expense summaries, budget vs. actual, revenue by classroom, and payment method breakdowns.
Need something specific? The new report builder lets you pick an entity, choose your columns, add filters, and save the report to run again any time — or pin it to your dashboard so it’s always one tap away.
Choose Who Covers Payment Fees
Every center handles processing fees differently, so we made it your call. In Manage Billing you can now decide who absorbs the platform fee on each family payment:
- You cover it — the fee comes out of your payout, and families pay exactly the amount you bill, with no surcharge.
- Pass it to parents — the fee is added on top as a clear line item, so it never comes out of your revenue.
Set it once and it applies automatically to every payment going forward.
Center-Wide Messages
Need to reach families fast? You can now send a center-wide message in just a few clicks. Choose your recipients, write your announcement, and deliver it in-app, by email, or by text message. Sending by text? We’ll automatically fall back to email for any family without a mobile number, so your message always lands.
It’s the easiest way to share a closure, a reminder, or a quick update with your whole center at once.
Refreshed Plans & Billing
We’ve revamped our subscription plans and billing structure to make it clearer what you get at every tier. Whether you’re a small in-home program or a multi-room center, it should now be much easier to see which plan fits your center — and to grow into the next one when you’re ready.
If you have questions about which plan is right for you, take a look at our pricing page or reach out and we’ll help you sort it out.
More to Come
These updates are part of a steady stream of improvements we’re rolling out to make running your center less work. As always, we’d love to hear what’s working and what you’d like to see next.
Questions or feedback? Write us at hello@mykinderly.com.