Join the group for breakfast in meeting room A/B.

Pick up your registration packet in the Petersen Foyer.

Sign up for a 15-minutes complementary massage brought to you by the Fund for Jobs Worth Owning.

Kirstie Boyette, Associate Director, Cooperative Development Foundation 

Patrick Brown, Partner, Ventures with Purpose

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Morning kick-off with a welcome from the Cooperative Development Foundation, logistics, and an energizing activity.

Dave Hammer, Executive Director, The ICA Group

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We'll ground ourselves in the story of home care co-ops through the data. Travel through the lessons of our history and arrive to the present. Together we can create the field. We are more powerful together.

Moderator: Assata Richards, Director, Sankofa Research Institute

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Panelists:

Brittany Wagner, HR Manager, Cooperative Care

Kathie Rivas, Executive Director, Heartsong Homecare Cooperative

Susan Rosette, Executive Director, Cardinal Comfort Care Cooperative

Diane Prickett, Executive Director, Minnesota Lifestyle Solutions

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In this panel we will hear from cooperative leaders from across the country about unique care services offered by their cooperatives. From the end of life care to errands support, to caregiver outsourcing, cooperatives new and old will gain new inspiration for diversifying their businesses.

Drinks and snacks available in the foyer.

Lisa Schneider, Executive Director, Respite Care Association of Wisconsin

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Building on the previous session, "Unique Care Services for Your Cooperative," this session will explore respite care: what it is, the varying types of support that caregivers and families look for, and how home care cooperatives can prepare to be supportive respite care providers. Additionally, the session will explore national and state level resources that support respite care providers and recipients.

Heather Suri, BSN RN CMC, Board Member and Former President, Aging Life Care Association and CEO & Care Manager, Pathways in Aging

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Demand for care management is at an all-time high and growing. But what exactly is care management? What services do care managers provide and to whom? How do you become an Aging Life Care Manager™ and how can care management be integrated into your cooperative? Heather Suri BSN RN CMC, CEO of Pathways in Aging, Board Member and former President of the Aging Life Care Association, Mid-Atlantic Chapter, will share her personal and professional knowledge and experience to help you envision and grow a care management practice in your cooperative.

Join us in the atrium for our annual group photo.

Themed networking tables will be available. 

Patrick Brown, Partner, Ventures with Purpose

Emily Dieppa, Vice President of Workforce Innovations, PHI

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Fay Strongin, Program Director, Home Care, The ICA Group

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​PHI’s 5 Pillars of Job Quality provide helpful guidance on caregiver job quality. How can home care co-ops lead the way on job quality, using the co-op model tools that they already have ready in hand.

Drinks and snacks available in the foyer.

Facilitator: Electra Skrzydlewski, Director of Shared Ownership, Metropolitan Consortium of Community Developers

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How can we make the cooperative difference in home care real to our new staff and members? What are other co-ops doing to provide benefits to their caregivers, on limited budgets? How can we get more or new members to run for the board? How can we engage our member-caregivers beyond the basic requirements? 

In this two part facilitated brainstorming session we will collectively work to answer these common questions. Cooperators will share how they approach member benefits and member engagement at their cooperatives and brainstorm new creative opportunities to enhance benefits and engagement–which are intertwined. We will consider tangible benefits like insurances, emergency loan programs, and bonuses, but also less tangible and equally important benefits like communication, transparency and recognition.

Facilitator: Kristin Forde, Cooperative Development Specialist, University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives

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How can we make the cooperative difference in home care real to our new staff and members? What are other co-ops doing to provide benefits to their caregivers, on limited budgets? How can we get more or new members to run for the board? How can we engage our member-caregivers beyond the basic requirements? 

In this two part facilitated brainstorming session we will collectively work to answer these common questions. Cooperators will share how they approach member benefits and member engagement at their cooperatives and brainstorm new creative opportunities to enhance benefits and engagement–which are intertwined. We will consider tangible benefits like insurances, emergency loan programs, and bonuses, but also less tangible and equally important benefits like communication, transparency and recognition.

Presented by: Ventures with Purpose, Project Managers, and Project Partners

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The California Home Care Initiative (CA HCA) is a collaborative project being spearheaded by the Pilipino Workers Center of Southern California (PWCSC) in partnership with the California Domestic Workers Coalition (CDWC), the Democracy at Work Institute (DAWI), the ICA Group, and the National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA). The project aims to create a replicable and scalable model for thriving LLC home care cooperatives that can provide high-quality ownership and work opportunities to caregivers in California, including immigrants of all statuses. Attendees of this session will learn about the Prototype Design and hear emerging plans for implementation. Project leaders invite participants to ask questions and share critical feedback to advance the project.

Drinks and snacks available in the foyer.

Katrina Kazda, Vice President of Home Care Innovations, The ICA Group

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​In this session, attendees will get an update on the development of Elevate Cooperative, the new secondary cooperative for the home care cooperative sector, hear about benefits and supports cooperatives can access today and about forthcoming membership benefits and plans!

Aquilina Soriano Versoza, Executive Director, Pilipino Workers Center

Home care cooperatives have the power to change the narrative on aging and aging supports. In this session you’ll hear inspirational concepts, and then break-out into small groups to envision the future of care in the home care cooperative sector.

Kirstie Boyette, Associate Director, Cooperative Development Foundation

Grab dinner in meeting room A/B before leaving for the evening activity.

The group will take a bus to Washington, DC for a guided tour. The tour includes stops at the U.S. Capitol, White House, World War II Memorial, and the Lincoln Memorial. We will also drive by the Washington Monument, Jefferson Memorial, FDR Memorial, and the MLK Memorial.