Take a Meal Count by Headcount on the Mobile Version [Feature]
This feature allows users to take a meal count by headcount and satisfies the recordkeeping requirement for meal count records. A meal count by headcount means that you are providing an overall participant count for the meal instead of marking the specific participants. In other words, a meal count by headcount tells us how many participants ate a meal, but cannot tell us who ate the meal.
- Tap or click on Meal Count & Attendance OR Headcount Attendance & Meal Count from the main MFP+ menu
- Select the date (defaults to the current date)
- Select the roster
- Select the meal
- By default all the meal types are displayed.
- If you are locked into meal service times, then the only buttons available to tap or click are those that are currently open.
- You cannot enter a headcount for a meal that hasn't started yet.
Sponsors have the option to "Display all options" for Headcount or just display a truncated version of the headcount screen. Please reference the section that applies to your configuration.
For Users with All Options Displayed
These will be the categories available to you:
- Meals Received/Prepared
- Meals Available from Previous Days
- First Meals
- Second Meals Served to Children
- Meals Served to Program Adults
- Meals Served to Non-Program Adults
- Non-reimbursable meals
- Number of additional children requesting a meal
Entering Counts
- All users can use the up/down arrows to adjust the count.
- You may also be able to type the count directly in the text box, depending on the permissions given to you by your sponsor.
- If you enter a number in "Non-reimbursable meals" you may be required to provide a reason that the meals cannot be reimbursed, depending on the settings chosen for you by your sponsor.
For Users with a Simplified Screen
These will be the categories available to you:
- Head Count
Entering Counts
- All users can use the up/down arrows to adjust the count.
- You may also be able to type the count directly in the text box, depending on the permissions given to you by your sponsor.
Saving
- There is no save button in My Food Program+
- The outline around any field with new data will turn yellow while it waits to send the data
- The outline around any field with new data will turn green when the data has been successfully stored
