Exploring Child Care Co-op Options Focus Groups - June 15

Concerned about child care options or the future of your child care business? Join a research focus group to explore new options.

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S I T U A T I O N

Family providers are the bulk of our childcare workforce. Yet they operate as individual small businesses. One or two people shoulder the heavy management, finance, and regulatory load.

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W H A T  I F ?

Could cooperative approaches help? Opportunities include:

·       Shared Services like Paperwork processing or Group purchasing

·       New Revenue like Employer contracts or Public funding streams

·       Mutual Support like Capacity building or Programming

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Meet with us at an upcoming event. Attend a session online.

We would love to hear from family care providers to understand how these cooperative approaches might or might not work for your business.

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We welcome your thoughts about:

·       Organizing a childcare cooperative

·       Converting a retiring operation

·       Adding cooperative elements

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Choose your preferred time for a virtual focus group

·       Wednesday, May 1 at 1:00pm-2:00pm

·       Monday, May 20 at 7:00pm-8:00pm

·       Saturday, June 15 at 9:00am-10:00pm

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Click here to sign up: Google Sign-up Form - will email you zoom link

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Contact for more information

Patty Cantrell

New Growth

pcantrell@newgrowthmo.org

or

Sarah Kennedy

University of Missouri Extension

skennedy@missouri.edu

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