What’s New
Recent improvements to the NC Pre-K application experience.
Release history
v0.53.0Jun 12, 2026
Importer reads a per-row income Band and a Placed site (short-code aware): the band drives eligibility/ranking and the Placed shortcode seats the child, so working spreadsheets import with realistic bands and placements
v0.33.1Jun 12, 2026
Process doc: step 6 split into six discrete steps (Hold, Verify, Incomplete email, Approved email, DIAL invite, DIAL appointment)
v0.7.0
In-app tracker + per-page IDs + on-page tracker/suggestions badge
v0.33.0Jun 12, 2026
Process & Help: Import (upload to replace) + reorganized process doc; new verification/DIAL/placement items added to the tracker
v0.12.0Jun 11, 2026
Tracker color blips + sortable columns; badge close button; spam-triage metadata on public suggestions
v0.9.0Jun 11, 2026
Tracker badge on every page (incl. admin); tabbed board; file-version scan + build-file manifest
v0.8.0Jun 11, 2026
Full info-page content from the live program site + public What's New feed
v0.6.0
Scorecard, placement, editable letters, multi-county branding + deploy bundle
v0.57.2Jun 13, 2026
Tracker IA: per-plugin board relabeled "Tracker (Pre-K)" with a pointer to Arch Core -> Family Tracker as the family-wide home (canonical tracker now lives under Arch Core). Editing/closeouts/badge remain here this phase; edits sync to core automatically
v0.56.1Jun 13, 2026
Shared core renamed to Arch Core: encryption delegates to Arch_Core_Encryption when present (frozen crypto contract unchanged, golden vectors still pass); standalone fallback unchanged
v0.55.0Jun 13, 2026
Process & Help reference refreshed to current (v0.54 features): flags, band/Placed import, save & resume, status progress, special review, enrollment export, pipeline graphic
v0.54.0Jun 12, 2026
Applicant flags / color codes: adjustable label+color+style in settings; manual per-applicant tags plus auto-derived (out-of-county, foster, LEP, IEP, chronic illness, no US birth certificate); chips on the applicant and the queue
v0.52.0Jun 12, 2026
Enrollment export carries eligibility basis + military for state reconciliation; clickable dashboard pipeline graphic; applicants can save & resume on their device, add/replace documents after submitting, and see a progress indicator on the status page
v0.51.0Jun 12, 2026
Backlog grooming: added 5 items (NC DCDEE export mapping; dashboard progress graphic; applicant save-and-resume; add/replace documents after submission; post-submission progress indicator)
v0.50.0Jun 12, 2026
Special-considerations review step (decision/factors/reviewer, audited); Dashboard flags missing program contact details (per-deployment)
v0.49.0Jun 12, 2026
Public eligibility page shows Federal Poverty Guidelines (Table 2) grid; settable Placement target date drives the {placement_by} token in the Approved letter
v0.48.0Jun 12, 2026
Mid-year applicant import (CSV or XLSX) with downloadable template, upload-then-review preview, original received dates preserved, side data routed to DIAL/comments/contact log
v0.47.0Jun 12, 2026
Scorecard records who reviewed it and when (shown on the scorecard); fixed a save that could overwrite verification/comments/DIAL/corrections sharing the same record
v0.46.0Jun 12, 2026
State enrollment / reimbursement report on the Reports page: enrolled counts by site and eligibility category, a per-child roster, and a CSV export
v0.45.0Jun 12, 2026
Mid-year vacancy backfill from the waiting list, with a Manual/Automatic mode toggle (manual default; auto fills a freed seat when a placed child is withdrawn; manual apply always available as fallback)
v0.44.0Jun 12, 2026
Placement: first-choice fill with submission-date tie-break + preference-match summary and Choice column; over-income list (placed under cap / waitlisted / ineligible)
v0.43.0Jun 12, 2026
Out-of-county handling: active out-of-county count on the Dashboard and a held-until-approved out-of-county list on the Placement page
v0.42.0Jun 12, 2026
DIAL screening: per-application appointment tracking (date/attended/outcome) and a DIAL tab that sends repeatable, dated invitations to approved LEP applicants in the 131-185% band
v0.41.0Jun 12, 2026
Two new letter types: Incomplete (auto-lists missing required items + public comment) and Approved-awaiting-placement (with placement timeframe)
v0.40.0Jun 12, 2026
Verified-complete state (date+user, audited) and placement gate: incomplete applications held off placement until complete, manual pin overrides
v0.39.0Jun 12, 2026
Hold-for-verification & Approved statuses; per-document verification checklist (audited) that fills the Missing-docs column
v0.38.0Jun 12, 2026
Lists: poverty-band totals (per band, per site, grand total) + Placed grouped by site; sortable columns
v0.37.0Jun 12, 2026
Letters screen tabbed (Send / Lists / Letter types); new Lists tab shows Waiting/Approved/Placed with poverty band, site-request short codes, and comment tags (no income)
v0.36.0Jun 12, 2026
Comments: managed short codes + per-application public/private notes (private highlighted, never emailed); encrypted with the application record
v0.35.0Jun 12, 2026
Editable required-documents list with auto-suggested short codes (Required flag); feeds the Missing-docs column & verification checklist
v0.34.0Jun 12, 2026
Editable 2-4 char site short codes (auto-suggested from the name); shown on the Sites directory and available to lists
v0.32.1Jun 12, 2026
Process & Help: one-click Export downloads the document as HTML for review/sharing
v0.32.0Jun 12, 2026
Income privacy: placement roster & CSV show poverty band, not dollars; gap items from the process doc added to the tracker
v0.31.0Jun 12, 2026
Process & Help: editable living-spec page seeded with the program process/reference; Webmaster lock makes it read-only for others
v0.30.0Jun 12, 2026
Staff & Contacts page built; county contacts moved there with full add/edit/remove; Sites/Contacts split into tabs; edited site row highlighted
v0.29.1Jun 12, 2026
Fix: logo upload button now opens the media library (handler bound before media scripts loaded)
v0.29.0Jun 11, 2026
Public eligibility page shows age & residency plus income tables together; friendly branded 404 (toggle)
v0.28.0Jun 11, 2026
Admin-editable public FAQs and key dates (merge fields, add/remove rows); public site list shows names only
v0.27.0Jun 11, 2026
Branding: upload a logo from the media library; live color pickers with hex sync
v0.26.0Jun 11, 2026
Locked original submission; audited staff corrections (from→to history, revertable) drive eligibility/placement/lists/letters
v0.25.0Jun 11, 2026
Test mode (blocks all outgoing email) + one-click realistic sample applications you can generate and remove
v0.24.0Jun 11, 2026
Lists & Headcounts: placed/waiting/in-process/closed lists grouped by in-county vs out-of-county; CSV export
v0.23.0Jun 11, 2026
Per-family contact log (calls, emails, DIAL invitations, notes); emailed letters auto-log
v0.22.0Jun 11, 2026
Custom letter types (add/edit/remove); select families + choose a letter + email or print in one batch
v0.21.0Jun 11, 2026
Form validation: phone auto-format + 10-digit check; hide dependent questions until "Yes"; date-of-birth 100-year range guard
v0.20.0Jun 11, 2026
Fix language-switch iframe nesting; admin-editable relationship/grade/language dropdowns shared by both forms
v0.19.0Jun 11, 2026
Import official 2025-26 site directory + county program contacts; sites table with edit/remove/add/merge buttons; site location field
v0.18.0Jun 11, 2026
Staff can move a child or group to another site; moves are pinned, audited (who/when/from→to) and survive re-runs
v0.17.0Jun 11, 2026
Sites directory: add/remove sites + address/contact/notes; placement roster shows site details + capacity color
v0.16.0Jun 12, 2026
Full poverty-category table (Tables 1 & 2 split, all % columns); placement ranks by poverty %
v0.15.0Jun 11, 2026
Tracker: 1-click archive (no popup, keeps sort), archived view + unarchive, inline edit, on-demand IP locate
v0.14.0Jun 11, 2026
Public income-eligibility table; useful holding-page fallback; data purge by year or date
v0.13.0Jun 11, 2026
Client-data backup/restore; admin dark mode; SSO auto-redirect + login log
v0.11.0Jun 11, 2026
APP_FILE_VER markers on every file; build-file manifest covers the whole plugin; scanner reads HTML
v0.68.0Jun 16, 2026
REPORT-001: aggregate reporting provider. Registers on arch_core_report_providers and returns counts only — by_status, applications_total, deleted, sites, seats_total/seats_filled. No PII; feeds the Central pull through Arch Core.
v0.10.0Jun 11, 2026
PDF/text importer for the official income tables; office-manager access to Income Thresholds