Calling all those concerned about child care options

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.

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

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.

We welcome your thoughts about:

· Organizing a childcare cooperative

· Converting a retiring operation

· Adding cooperative elements

‍Choose your preferred time for a virtual focus group

· Monday, May 20 at 7:00pm-8:00pm

· Saturday, June 15 at 9:00am-10:00pm

Use this Google Form to Sign-up at https://bit.ly/Childcare-Focus-Group

We will email you zoom link.

‍Contact for more information

Patty Cantrell

New Growth

pcantrell@newgrowthmo.org

or

Sarah Kennedy

University of Missouri Extension

skennedy@missouri.edu