Child Care Stabilization Grant

Text messaging terms, conditions and consent

Who can participate?

Licensed and certified Child Care Stabilization Grant participants can participate in text messaging.

If you participate, DHS Child Development Services may send you text messages about upcoming Child Care Stabilization Grant application opportunities. If you do not want to continue receiving text messages, please respond STOP to any message you receive and you will not receive any additional text messages about the Child Care Stabilization Grant applications.  The phone number on file with DHS Licensing must be a cell phone number capable of receiving text messages to in order to receive the messages.

How will you benefit by participating?

We hope texting will improve communications to you about the Child Care Stabilization Grant program. Text messages are often more effective reminders than email due to the volume of email many people receive. However, you will not be penalized or have your relationship with DHS harmed by not signing up for text messages, or for informing DHS you no longer wish to receive Child Care Stabilization Grant program text messages.  DHS will continue to communicate with you through other means (like email), and texting is just an additional way for DHS to keep you informed about the program.

Text messaging from the grant program will only occur when DHS has information or reminders about the Child Care Stabilization Grant program to share with you. We are offering this to provide you with information or resources on topics including but not limited to: grant application reminders and program information.

Explanation of risks and protecting your privacy

Your name, telephone number, and message contents will only be viewed by child care services and texting provider staff. The Child Care Stabilization Grant program will not ask you to provide information through text messages. A complete notice of our privacy practices is available at DHS-3979-ENG Notice of Privacy Practices (PDF)  

Text messages the Child Care Stabilization Grant program sends will not contain private information. You are responsible for protecting your privacy and information on your cell phone. Other people with access to your phone may see the messages between you and the program. DHS will use care in determining what information to send by text message, as messages will be sent using standard text messaging that is not encrypted. Unencrypted messages are at an increased risk of being read by people other than the intended recipients.

Disclaimer of liability

You are responsible for any message or data charges from your service provider associated with text messaging.

The Child Care Stabilization Grant program is not liable for delays in the receipt of text messages or the failure to receive any text messages. This includes, but is not limited to, failures due to user error, malfunction of a cell phone, or malfunction or lack of service through a cell phone service provider.

DHS will not be liable for any loss or damages suffered by you as a result of your use of text messaging with the grant program.

The Child Care Stabilization Grant program reserves the right to discontinue or end your participation in text messaging at any time, and will notify you if you will no longer receive text messages.

Consent to text

You can choose to participate and receive communications with the Child Care Stabilization Grant program by text message.

If you consent to receiving further communications from the Child Care Stabilization Grant program by text, you don’t have to do anything else. 

If you don’t consent and don’t want to continue receiving text messages from the Child Care Stabilization Grant program, reply STOP to the text you just received.  

By not responding STOP you are consenting to continue receiving text messages from the Child Care Stabilization Grant program, 

I am agreeing to the terms and conditions above and consent to the bulleted items below. 

• I am a licensed or certified child care provider in Minnesota.
• I give my permission for the Child Care Stabilization Grant program to communicate with me by text message using the phone number associated with my license or certification.
• I am the owner or authorized user of the cell phone number that received the initial text message from the Child Care Stabilization Grant program.
• I understand if I deactivate or change my cell phone number, it is my responsibility to provide an update to the Department of Human Services. 
• I understand this permission will transfer to my new cell phone number if I change numbers and provide my new phone number to the Department of Human Services.
• I understand I am responsible for any message or data charges from my service provider associated with text messaging.
• I understand text messages will be sent using unencrypted standard text messaging. I understand standard unencrypted messages are at an increased risk of being read by people other than the intended recipient. 
• I understand the Child Care Stabilization Grant program may also need to call me or communicate with me by email or in writing.
• My consent continues until I revoke it. I understand I am under no obligation to authorize the Child Care Stabilization Grant program to send me text messages, and understand I may opt-out of and stop receiving text messages from the Child Care Stabilization Grant program at any time by replying with STOP, CANCEL, END or UNSUBSCRIBE to a text message, or by contacting the Child Care Stabilization Grant program. I understand the Child Care Stabilization Grant program will confirm my opt-out by text and I will not receive additional messages from the Child Care Stabilization Grant program unless I request to be included again.