Originally Posted by childcaremom:
When I closed, I wrote a brief letter for each family (very similar to yours) and handed it to them at pick up. I had a brief discussion with each family in person as I handed it to them and explained a bit about why I was closing.
It was REALLY hard to do because I loved most of my families, however I am glad I did. It got MUCH easier as I moved down the list.
Families will be surprised but they will get over it. All of mine were shocked but not one complained. They all understood.
You can do this 
People would actually complain about a family home closing? That seems crummy. I hope not in this situation. My ASD kiddo has been having problems at school and with school ending and having her home all day it will be REALLYhard to give the other kids (all the daycare kids) what they need with her being home all day. Plus, she will have some OT starting and other appointments I just cannot make work. I hope I don't need to go into that kind of detail with families to make them understand.