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Time: 12:00-1:15 PM ET

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Solving the Childcare Crisis with Cooperatives

The childcare landscape is a complex, ever-changing environment. How do we balance the need for quality care with the high cost of providing that care? How do we keep our most experienced, knowledgeable caregivers for the long term?

Cooperatives - businesses owned and operated by their members - can be a vital solution to this issue.

Join the Indiana Cooperative Development Center for two webinars on how to use cooperatives to address our childcare issues.

The Who, What, When, Where, Why of Childcare Co-ops - July 20

Speaker: Kim Coontz, Executive Director, California Center for Cooperative Development

 Kim will share her expertise about: 1) the co-op business model; 2) the types of childcare co-ops; 3) the organizing process.

Story Telling - Lessons Learned and Best Practices - July 21

Hear from community leaders who have started childcare co-ops and those who are in the process. Learn why they chose the co-op model, what went right and what they would do differently.