In August, Kindred Futures hosted Cooperative Development in the Care Economy – a convening focused on the care economy to delve into what it means to build shared ownership models grounded in care and community.

The session featured a panel including  Esteban Kelly U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives Allison Curtis, with The ICA Group, and Teresa Mansell with Childspace Centers, who offered deep dives into the realities and promise of childcare cooperatives – not just theory, her origin story, strategy, and the work she has led for close to 40 years.

Also, during the half-day event, Kindred’s Research Manager Miriam Van Dyke, PhD, MPH, grounded attendees in the data landscape of early childhood in Georgia – showing clearly how consolidation, affordability crises, and workforce instability demand structural solutions.