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What's New in ChildPlus 4.8
We are very excited to inform you that a new version of ChildPlus is now available! This update includes lots of exciting new enhancements and fixes. Keep reading to learn about everything that we've included in this update.
Already using version 4.8? Click here to read what we've fixed since your last update.
2017 - 2018 PIR Updates
It's PIR time again! Although OHS made no changes to this year's PIR, we did make some changes that improve the way ChildPlus calculates your 2017-2018 PIR.
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Save the Dates!
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Disability Enhancements
Last summer’s enhancements to the Disability module were such a success we decided to keep improving it. Now the reports are even more capable of delivering the information you need.
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Internal Monitoring
Planning to inspect your sites this summer? We've added the updated OHS Health & Safety screener to Internal Monitoring.
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And More!
To make it easier to find what you are looking for, we've grouped the enhancements and bug fixes included in this update by the area of the system where you can find them:
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Although OHS made no changes to this year's PIR, we did add some enhancements and fixes that improve the way ChildPlus calculates your PIR. You can read about each of the PIR-related changes that we've made below.
Click here to download a copy of the 2017-2018 PIR Calculation Guide. |
Question/Report | Description |
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A.25(2) |
If you leave the Hispanic/Latino field blank on the participant's Application, ChildPlus will now automatically count the participant as Non-Hispanic for question A.25(2). |
C.18 |
We modified this calculation so ChildPlus will no longer count Early Head Start participants towards question C.18 since it only applies to Head Start and Migrant PIR's.
We revised question C.18 so that it now includes the phrase: Since Last Year's PIR. |
C.29 |
If you specify an alternate date for ChildPlus to use when calculating Health and Education Requirements that are due once per program, ChildPlus will now use the Other Date specified at the bottom of the Health Information tab in the Health module.
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PIR Report 9700 - PIR | We revised question C.18 so that it now includes the phrase: Since Last Year's PIR. |
PIR Report 9707 - Health Services | We've added subtotals to this report. |
PIR Report 9713 - Children Not Counted for C.20 | ChildPlus will now automatically exclude any participants whose C.20 calculation preference is set to Count from this report. |
We've made the following changes to these Service Area modules:
Area | Description |
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Application |
We resolved an issue where ChildPlus was cutting off the Medicaid Number on the printed application. ChildPlus will now display up to 20 characters for this field.
When you click Send Message to send a LiveMessage from the Application module, ChildPlus will now sort the messages available to choose from by their report number. |
Disability |
ReportsThanks to the improvements we've made to Disability reports 3501, 3502, and 3530, Disability reports are now even more capable of delivering the information you need.
Report 3501 - Management Report - Disabilities We've added two new IEP/IFSP data options to this report. These new data options let you:
We resolved an issue where ChildPlus was excluding the IEP/IFSP area on this report if you didn't include participants with an open IEP/IFSP on the Report Setup screen.
If a concern has a status of Closed, ChildPlus will now include the Closed Reason on this report.
We resolved an issue that was causing an error if you attempted to run this report for Enrolled and Dropped statuses with adult participants in the program.
We've made improvements to the way ChildPlus groups and sorts concerns to help make them easier to read on the report.
Report 3502 - Disability Enrollment Chart We added a new option that lets you specify whether you want the report to count participants who have an IEP, an IFSP, or either an IEP or IFSP (the default setting).
By default, ChildPlus now also selects the Drop/Accept status on the Report Setup screen.
This report will no longer include data from the <None> site and classroom.
We resolved an issue where ChildPlus was only including currently enrolled participants on this report.
We added a tip to the bottom of this report that reminds users that they should run report 3503 if they want to see a list of all of the participants included in the totals displayed on report 3502.
Report 3530 - Disability History We added two new data options to this report. One lets you filter for IEP/IFSP records that occurred during a specific time frame. The other new option lets you filter the IEP/IFSP records included on this report by the participant's primary disability.
We also improved the way ChildPlus displays notes on this report. Notes will now be displayed in the same format that ChildPlus uses in the Disability module.
Concerns TabChildPlus now displays concerns on the Concerns tab in descending order by Completion Date. We also resolved an issue that was preventing you from sorting results in the Activity Date column.
IFSP TabWe resolved an issue where ChildPlus was displaying an IFSP Closed message on the IFSP tab if any record was added to the IEP tab. Moving forward, ChildPlus will only display an IFSP Closed message if you add a record related to an IEP meeting.
DashboardWe've resolved an issue where ChildPlus was counting dropped children in Dashboard Disability indicators. |
Education |
We resolved an issue where ChildPlus was only letting you see providers with a type of Doctor, Dentist or Health Service for the following fields:
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Family Services | We resolved an issue that was preventing user security settings from working properly for Module Designer modules created for the Family Services module. |
Health - Add Multiple Events | For single events with sub-events (for example, a well baby check or physical) added by clicking Add Multiple Events, ChildPlus will now filter the statuses available on the Add Multiple Events screen so that only the statuses that apply to the main parent event display for sub-events. |
Online Application | We resolved an issue that was causing an error if you attempted to add an online application for a program that has no funding source associated with it. |
We made the following changes to the To-Do List in ChildPlus:
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Dashboard |
We updated the description for the Family Goal Completed indicator.
We updated the way ChildPlus calculates the Homeless Families Acquiring Housing indicator. ChildPlus now calculates this indicator by dividing the number of homeless who acquired housing by the number of homeless participants. |
To-Do List |
Participant names for Enrollment related To-Do List items are now using the <First Name> <Last Name> format to be consistent with other service areas.
ChildPlus will now display the Responsible Staff for any Attendance items included in the To-Do List. |
We made the following changes to Entry Express in ChildPlus:
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Entry Express - Health | We resolved an issue that was causing an error if you attempted to add an event via Entry Express - Health for a participant with no user security access to the Education module. |
Entry Express for Personnel Module Designer Modules |
We've added a new Include Inactive Personnel box to the screen that ChildPlus displays when you specify which staff members you want to add to a Personnel-based Module Designer module via Entry Express.
ChildPlus will now also automatically update the number of personnel selected in real time.
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We've made the following changes to these Management modules:
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Fees |
We resolved an issue where ChildPlus was duplicating Fees transactions for participants who transferred during the batch billing period.
ChildPlus will no longer copy over notes related to Fees when you added a new participation record from the Enrollment module. |
Internal Monitoring | We've added the new Health & Safety screener to Internal Monitoring. To learn more about this screener, released by OHS in November 2017, click here. Are you still using the old screener? No problem, it's still available in the system as well. We've added the release date to each screener so you can easily differentiate between the two.
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Personnel | We resolved an issue where ChildPlus was displaying inactive staff members in Module Designer modules created for the Personnel module. |
We've made the following changes to the Dashboard in ChildPlus:
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Dashboard |
We resolved an issue that was preventing anyone signed in to the Admin account from seeing shared Dashboards.
We've resolved an issue where ChildPlus was counting dropped children in Dashboard Disability indicators.
We resolved an issue that was causing an error for users who included the Education - Development Assessment indicator in the Dashboard but had no assessments associated with it. |
We've made the following changes to Reports in ChildPlus:
We've made the following Setup changes in ChildPlus:
Area | Description |
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Setup > Module Setup > Transportation Routes | We resolved an issue where, when you added a new bus rider from the Transportation Routes screen and entered their ZIP Code, ChildPlus was populating the State field with City information. |
Setup > Module Setup > Add-ons | We resolved an issue where ChildPlus was displaying inactive controls on event forms attached to an event type. |
Fixes Since July 27th (4.8.15.0)
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2006 - Management Report - Waitlist | We resolved an issue that was causing an error if you attempted to run this report in Summary mode. |
9731 - Family - Family Services | We resolved an issue that was causing an error if you attempted to filter records in the grid on this report. |
9913 - PIR Addendum Worksheet - Health | We resolved an issue where ChildPlus was counting participants with the same name as only one participant in the totals for this report. |
Fixes Since July 6th (4.8.10.0)
Area | Description of Change(s) |
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PIR Question B.8 | ChildPlus now counts Teachers and Assistant Teachers together instead of separately for question B.8. |
Select Which Participants to Include screens | We resolved an issue where, in certain situations, ChildPlus was automatically checking boxes on Select Which Participants to Include filter screens (for example, the screen that displays when you click Change List on the Participants List). |
Report 9700 -PIR | We updated the text for questions B.8.d.1 & B.8.d.2 so that the wording on the report matches the exact wording on the PIR. |
9711 - Children Not Counted for C.8 |
We added the report number to the top of this report. We also added agency and site subtotals to the bottom of this report. |
9712 - Children Not Counted for C.17 |
We added agency and site subtotals to these reports.
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9713 - Children Not Counted for C.20 | |
9714 - Children Not Counted for C.28 | |
2610 - Fee Statements | We added a heading and example text to the Notes field on the Report Setup screen of this report. |
2630 - Tax Statements | We added a heading and example text to the Notes field on the Report Setup screen of this report. |
Fixes Since June 23rd (4.8.8.0)
Area | Description of Change(s) |
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6501 - Data Export | We resolved an issue that was causing an error when you attempted to run this report in ChildPlus. |
3530 - Disability History |
We added a new data option that lets you choose whether you want to include IEPs, IFSPs or both on this report.
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Fixes Since June 8th (4.8.6.0)
Area | Description of Change(s) |
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9723 - Child Development Staff - CDA, Advanced Degree 9724 - Child Development Staff - No Degree 9740 - Pregnant Women, Services |
We resolved an issue where ChildPlus was displaying excess pages if you ran one of these reports in Detail mode. |
3411 - Birth to 24 Months | We resolved an issue that was causing an error in ChildPlus when you ran this report. |
To-Do List | We resolved an issue where ChildPlus was not emailing To-Do Lists that included events from the Admin calendar. |
Questions?
If you have any questions about this summer's ChildPlus update, please contact ChildPlus Technical Support at support@childplus.com or 800-888-6674.
This document last updated: 8/5/2018