Know who's coming before the day starts.
"Is Emma coming today?" shouldn't be a 6:45 AM text thread. Parents report absences in the portal; your morning starts with answers.
From "she's sick" to a complete record
Parent reports the absence
Sick day, vacation, family day: parents pick the dates and reason in their portal instead of texting your personal phone before sunrise.
You see it immediately
The absence appears in your app and on your dashboard's Needs Attention list. Plan the day around who's actually coming.
Attendance updates itself
On Pro, the reported absence fills in the attendance record with the right status (sick, vacation) and skips days you're closed.
The 6:45 AM text, replaced
What the parent does, and what you see, step by step.
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The parent opens their portal and reports the absence
They pick the child (if they have more than one), choose Today, Tomorrow, or a date range, pick a reason (Sick, Appointment, Vacation, or Other), and can add a note.
Report an absence - 2
One tap notifies you
They see "Absence reported. Your provider has been notified." That's their whole job done. No text thread, no phone tag.
Notify Provider - 3
It lands in two places for you
The absence appears as an automatic note in that parent's message thread and on your dashboard's to-do list, so your morning starts with answers, not questions.
Needs Attention - 4
Attendance writes itself PRO
On Pro, the record fills in with the right status for every operating day in the range (Sick stays Sick, Vacation stays Vacation), and closed days are skipped automatically.
What you end up with: a morning that starts with a dashboard that already knows who's away and why, and on Pro, attendance already filled in.
Common questions
How do parents report an absence? +
Does the absence update my attendance records? +
Can parents report multi-day vacations? +
End the 6:45 AM text triage.
Absence reporting is free for every family.