What is a
childcare co-op?
A co-op, short for cooperative, does not have a single rigorous definition. Per the USDA Rural Business-Cooperative Service “In general, a cooperative is a business owned and democratically controlled by the people who use its services and whose benefits are derived and distributed equitably on the basis of use”, which describes our goals well enough. A childcare co-op, then, would be a childcare service owned and democratically controlled by parents, guardians, and childcare providers.
Read more about childcare co-ops here.
Read more about worker cooperatives in general here.
We need your input.
Please fill out the form here to give us some info that will help inform the creation of the co-op.
Join the conversation
Meet your fellow parents, guardians, and caregivers in our Facebook group here.
Help organize and plan by joining our Slack channel here.
If you’re new to slack as a platform but would like to participate check our their registration guide.