Providers participating in Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) can now seamlessly send attendance and meal count data directly from brightwheel to your My Food Program (MFP) account.
With this integration between platforms, you’ll save time, skip manual uploads, and reduce mistakes with manual data entry.
This integration is currently being tested with a small group of programs. If you'd like to participate early, please reach out to your brightwheel account representative.
Getting started
Step 1: Connect brightwheel to MFP account
Log in to brightwheel on the web
Click My School > Settings in the sidebar menu
Scroll to the 'My Food Program integration' section
Enter your My Food Program API Key and Site ID, then click Save
Step 2: Locate MFP student IDs
To prepare your list of MFP student IDs, you can easily download a list within brightwheel. MFP student IDs may also be referred to as Participant IDs.
In brightwheel on the web, click Reporting > Reports in the sidebar menu
Click the Meals & CACFP tab
Select My Food Program (Data Sync)
Hit Download MFP Student IDs
Step 3: Enter MFP student IDs on profiles
With your list of IDs ready, go to each student profile in brightwheel and enter their assigned MFP ID.
In brighthweel on the web, click open a student profile
Paste their ID in the 'My Food Program Student ID field'
Hit Saved when finished, then repeat these steps for each student
🎉 Set up complete! You can now log attendance and meals as usual, then submit records.
Send data to My Food Program (MFP)
Tips & notes
Before sending data to MFP, we recommend confirming your attendance and meal counts in brightwheel are correct and make any necessary changes to the raw data. You can edit, add, or delete meals in each student’s activity feed, then fix any attendance records from the Check-in Report.
All claims must still be filed through your food sponsor directly in MFP. These steps only send the attendance and meal data to MFP.
How to send data
Once everything looks good, it's time to send the data:
Log in to brightwheel on the web
Click Reporting > Reports in the sidebar menu
From the Meals & CACFP tab, click My Food Program (Data Sync)
Select the desired date and hit Send to MFP
If no errors appear, you’ll now see those records in your My Food Program account.
FAQs
How do I make corrections to meals or attendance after I submitted data to MFP?
How do I make corrections to meals or attendance after I submitted data to MFP?
Once data is submitted to My Food Program, any edits made in brightwheel will not automatically update My Food Program. Updates must be made directly in your My Food Program account.
Why is my data not sending?
Why is my data not sending?
Check your connection from My School > Settings, and double check every MFP student ID is entered in brightwheel before attempting to send data again. If the issue persists, please reach out to your brightwheel account representative.