Add an emergency contact or approved pickup

• Director
• Admin
• Needs: My School
• Phone
• Desktop
• Draft

If you don't see this

• It needs the My School permission. A director grants it under Manage School → Staff → Permissions.

An emergency contact is automatically an approved pickup. An approved pickup alone is not an emergency contact.

Before you start

• Finish Open a child's profile first.

Steps

1. Open the child's profile.
2. Tap Emergency to add an emergency contact, or Approved Pickups to add a pickup.

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   The Emergency card with its contacts

3. Tap +. From Emergency, choose Emergency Contact. From Approved Pickups, choose Approved Pickup.
4. Enter an Email Address or Phone Number and tap Next.
5. Enter First Name, Last Name, and Relationship.
6. For an emergency contact, also enter a phone number and home address (tap Add Home Address). Both are required.
7. Tap Save.

Tips

• The number of emergency contacts each child needs is set in Manage School → Operations → Required Emergency Contact Count.
• Contacts that parents add show as pending until you approve them. See Approve family changes to contacts and pickups.