Provider Unavailability and Program Closure Policy

Provider Unavailability & Closures

Last Updated: August 31, 2026

Jasmine’s Kingdom Daycare is committed to dependable care, clear communication, and the safety of every child. Occasionally, an illness, emergency, unsafe condition, or another event may make it necessary to delay opening, close early, or close for a full day. This policy explains what families can expect when care is unavailable.


What “Provider Unavailability” Means

Provider unavailability means Jenny cannot safely or legally provide care because of illness, injury, a family emergency, a required appointment or training, or another unavoidable circumstance.


What “Program Closure” Means

A program closure means Jasmine’s Kingdom Daycare cannot operate for part or all of a scheduled care day. Reasons may include provider unavailability, severe weather, a power or utility failure, unsafe building conditions, evacuation, a public-health direction, a licensing or regulatory direction, or another emergency affecting safe operation.


Planned Closures

Planned holidays, vacations, training days, or other scheduled closures will be communicated as far in advance as reasonably possible. The current closure calendar and any applicable payment terms will be provided to enrolled families and reflected in the Parent Handbook or signed enrollment agreement.


Unexpected Provider Unavailability

If Jenny becomes unexpectedly unavailable, families will be notified as soon as reasonably possible. Unless a qualified substitute is approved, permitted, and available under the program’s official requirements, the daycare will close. Children will not be transferred to an unapproved caregiver.


Weather and Emergency Closures

Jasmine’s Kingdom Daycare may delay opening, close early, or close for the day when travel or operating conditions are unsafe. Decisions may consider severe-weather warnings, road conditions, school or local emergency information, loss of heat, water, electricity, or another condition that affects safe care.

Because conditions may differ by location, a daycare decision may not always match a particular school district’s closing decision.


How Families Will Be Notified

Families will normally be notified by text message and/or phone. When possible, the notice will include:

  • Whether the daycare is closed, opening late, or closing early
  • The effective time of the change
  • Pickup expectations, when applicable
  • The next expected update, if additional information is not yet available

Families are responsible for keeping parent, guardian, and emergency-contact information current.


Early Closure and Pickup

If the daycare must close after children have arrived, a parent, guardian, or authorized emergency contact must arrange prompt pickup. Children will remain supervised until released to an authorized adult in accordance with the daycare’s pickup procedures.


Backup Childcare

Families are responsible for arranging backup childcare for any closure, delayed opening, early closing, or period when care is unavailable. Jasmine’s Kingdom Daycare cannot guarantee substitute or alternate care.


Payment and Closure-Related Adjustments

Payments for children receiving child care assistance are administered under the rules of the applicable government program and administering agency. Depending on the family’s authorization, a family may also be responsible for a required parent share or another amount not covered by the program.

A scheduled closure, emergency closure, provider-unavailability closure, or child absence does not automatically result in a credit or refund. Any payment, credit, refund, repayment, or other adjustment will be handled according to the applicable program rules and agency determination. Any amount paid directly by a family will be handled under the signed enrollment and payment agreement, subject to applicable law.

When government-program requirements apply, they control over this website summary. Families with questions about subsidy authorizations, parent shares, or agency-issued payment adjustments should contact their caseworker or the agency administering their child care assistance.


Reopening

Care will resume when Jenny can safely provide care and the home daycare environment is safe and permitted to operate. Families will be notified when a reopening time is confirmed. Please do not bring a child to the daycare until reopening has been confirmed.


Working Together with Families

Families can help us respond safely and efficiently by:

  • Keeping all contact and emergency-contact information current
  • Maintaining a backup childcare plan
  • Monitoring messages when severe weather or another emergency is expected
  • Arranging prompt pickup when an early closure is announced
  • Asking questions about closure dates and payment terms before signing the enrollment agreement

Clear communication and advance planning help protect every child and reduce uncertainty when an unexpected closure occurs.


Related Information


Questions?

If you have questions about the Provider Unavailability and Program Closure Policy, please contact us. We are happy to explain our notification procedures, planned closures, backup-care expectations, and the payment terms that apply to enrolled families.


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Jasmine’s Kingdom Daycare
Greece, New York
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