What’s brewing in April?

Your team is already doing the work—now it’s about making sure it’s captured.

Whether it’s family events, home visits, or parent conferences, small actions add up to powerful documentation when they’re consistently recorded.

With GoEngage, many of these activities now have a reminder to create service notes—helping you:

• Ensure consistency across staff

• Strengthen compliance and monitoring readiness

👉 Even better, recent updates make this process clearer and easier for staff to follow, reducing confusion and improving accuracy.

Takeaway: If it happened, document it—and let your system do more of the work for you.

Help Guide: What’s New - April 2026

Note: Only GoEngage users can access the Help guides.

Faster PIR Performance

Agency PIR now loads 60–70% faster, making it easier to review, validate, and prepare for submission without delays.

Built-in Error Detection

Red indicators now highlight missing counts in PIR sections like A.13.b, helping you catch issues before submission.

Improved Family Events & Socialization Experiences

Managing family engagement activities just got easier.

With a cleaner, more intuitive layout, staff can:

• Set up events more quickly

• Track attendance with less confusion

• Move through workflows more efficiently

👉 This update helps your team stay focused on engaging families—not navigating the system.

“I’m Here” App (New Name, Clear Purpose)

The Parent App is now the “I’m Here” App, making it easier for families to understand how to check children in and out—while keeping Parent Portal focused on communication and engagement.

Help Guide: What’s New - April 2026

Note: Only GoEngage users can access the Help guides.

World Health Day

A reminder to prioritize wellness—for children, families, and your team.

HSPPS Connection:

Supports §1302.42 (Child health status and care) and §1302.46 (Family support services for health, nutrition, and mental health).

How GoEngage Helps:

Track health screenings, document follow-ups, and maintain accurate health records—all in one place—so your team stays organized and compliant.

Help Guides:

• Health, Dental, Nutrition – How It Works

• Enter a health test or screening

• Create and manage Individual Health Plans (IHPs)

• (Admin) Build a custom health history form

• Disabilities and Mental Health – How It Works

Week of the Young Child (WOYC)

Celebrate learning through play, creativity, and connection:

• 🎵 Music Monday

• 🍎 Tasty Tuesday

• 🤝 Work Together Wednesday

• 🎨 Artful Thursday

• 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Friday

HSPPS Connection:

Aligns with §1302.31 (Teaching and the learning environment) and §1302.50 (Family engagement).

How GoEngage Helps:

Plan and track family events, capture attendance, and automatically document engagement activities—making it easy to demonstrate strong family participation and learning experiences.

Help Guides:

• Create a family event

• Invite people to your family event

• Track attendance for family events

• Create a letter, email, or text template

• (Admin) Set up multilingual emails and texts

• Create parent-child activities

• Add activities to the Parent Child Activity Library

• Send parent-child activities to parents and track their time

Child Abuse Prevention Month

Focus on safety, awareness, and strong protective systems.

HSPPS Connection:

Supports §1302.47 (Safety practices) and §1302.90 (Personnel policies—background checks, training, and supervision).

How GoEngage Helps:

Document staff training, track compliance, and monitor key safety activities—helping ensure your program maintains a culture of active supervision and child safety.

Help Guides:

• Complete a wellness check while tracking attendance

• (Admin) Setup guide for Incident Reporting

• Create an incident report

• Update the status of an incident report

• (Admin) Set up new hire requirements (background checks, fingerprinting, etc)

• Enter background checks for a staff member

• Track Head Start staff qualifications

• Record a completed training for staff

Earth Day

Encourage environmental responsibility and hands-on learning experiences.

HSPPS Connection:

Connects to §1302.31 (Learning environments) and §1302.53 (Community partnerships).

How GoEngage Helps:

Document classroom activities, family engagement events, and community partnerships—creating a clear record of how your program supports learning beyond the classroom.

Help Guides:

• Create parent-child activities

• Add activities to the Parent Child Activity Library

• Send parent-child activities to parents and track their time

• Track attendance for socializations

• Monitor socializations throughout the year

National Volunteer Month

Recognize the impact of community members and family volunteers.

HSPPS Connection:

Supports §1302.50 (Family engagement) and §1303.4 (Federal financial assistance, non-federal match).

How GoEngage Helps:

Track volunteer hours, capture in-kind contributions, and generate reports to support compliance and monitoring—without extra spreadsheets.

Help Guides:

• (Admin) 🛠️ Setup guide for In-Kind

• In-Kind – How It Works

• Create an entry station for volunteers

• Log volunteer hours

• Verify volunteer timesheets

• "Non-Federal Share" Dashboard

National Superhero Day

Celebrate your everyday heroes—your staff, families, and children.

HSPPS Connection:

Aligns with §1302.92 (Training and professional development) and §1302.50 (Family engagement).

How GoEngage Helps:

Highlight staff development, document engagement efforts, and share meaningful moments with families through tools like Parent Portal and Daily Journals.

Already using GoEngage?

Need training on any of these features? Our Training Team can help your staff confidently adopt new features and workflows.

➡️ Request Training Information

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➡️ Request a personalized demo to see these tools

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Upcoming Workshops & Support

PIR Workshop (Virtual)

April 21–22

Get prepared, reduce stress, and walk into PIR season with confidence.

We’ll help you:

• Understand key requirements

• Identify common errors

• Use GoEngage tools to streamline reporting

👉 Reserve your spot today

CAP Workshops & Ongoing Support

Our CAP-focused workshops are designed to help your team:

• Simplify intake and reporting

• Improve data accuracy

• Strengthen compliance

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Plus, our training and consulting services are available to support your agency every step of the way—from onboarding to optimization.

👉 Let’s build a plan that works for your team

Training & Consulting

Need quick feature guidance? → Training

Need help building processes & workflows? → Consulting

From onboarding to federal review readiness — we meet you where you are.

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We’re growing—and looking for passionate people who care about making a difference.

If you love solving problems, supporting users, and being part of a mission-driven team, we’d love to hear from you.

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