You may enter information on both Family forms and Family Member forms. Family forms allow you to record information on the whole family, and is linked to the child, whereas Family Member forms allow you to records specific information related to family members. You may use the ATI-provided forms or agency-created Family and/or Family Member forms. By entering data into the appropriate form during the initial data entry and throughout the program year allows you to eliminate double data-entry and may fulfill multiple reporting requirements. When completing a form other form fields can be “automatically populated,” such as in the case of Merlin forms populating fields in the PIR form.
Any Galileo Plus level user may fill out a form.
TIP: This is available only to Galileo Plus (Merlin) users.
The Galileo Plus-provided Family and Family Member forms include:
There are two ways that you may fill out an electronic form. You may
1. fill this form out at the time you first enter in the new child, or
2. enter the new child into the system and at a later date fill out the form.
1. Click:
a. Child/Family>Records>Family.
b. Merlin>Family>Demographics.
c. Merlin>PIR>Family.
2. Use the down arrow on the Center drop-down menu to select the center in which the child whose family information you wish to add is enrolled.
3. Use the down arrow on the Class drop-down menu to select the class in which the child whose family information you wish to add is enrolled.
4. Use the down arrow on the Child drop-down menu to select child whose family information you wish to add is enrolled.
5. If necessary, click the Family Information tab.
6. Use the down arrow on the Form drop-down menu to select the form to be completed.
7. Complete the requested information.
8. Click the Save Changes button.
9. If you wish to completely clear a form of data, click the Clear Form link to the right of the Form drop-down menu.
Last Updated: 09.26.17