Initiatives

ICA has developed worker ownership networks in the home care and child care sectors and built two state-based ownership opportunities programs that focus on preserving firms whose owners are looking to exit the business. We have honed our technical assistance tools and procedures, built partnerships with critical community and industry groups, and identified owners and leaders of successfully converted firms who serve as champions and advocates for worker ownership.

The Trust for Workers

The Trust for Workers promotes good working conditions, economic security for workers, and worker voice and agency in the home care industry. The Trust ensures mission-alignment of large-scale home care programs through program impact monitoring and measurement, consulting on best practices, and advocacy for better standards in the home care industry.

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Family Child Care Coalition

The Family Child Care Coalition (Fc3) is a group of family child care providers seeking to unify, empower, and advocate for the family child care provider community in the greater Philadelphia area.

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CoRise Cooperative

CoRise is a cooperative of home-based child care providers in Illinois. Developed in partnership with the Service Employees International Union, this social enterprise launched in Fall of 2018 following extensive market research and provider engagement.

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The Fund for Jobs Worth Owning

By designing solutions for employee-owned businesses and financing transitions to employee ownership, the Fund supports the growth and development of employee-owned businesses. These innovative solutions create and sustain jobs worth owning.

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Employee Ownership NYC

Employee Ownership NYC includes the Owner to Owners Business Transition Hotline, a support line for small business owners staffed by the ICA Group and other NYC-based partners: the Democracy at Work Institute, the Working World, and the Business Outreach Center (BOC) Network.

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The Worker Cooperative Business Development Initiative (WCBDI)

In 2015, the ICA Group began work with the City of New York’s Department of Small Business Services with the goal of fighting income inequality across the five boroughs. ICA is a part of the Worker Cooperative Business Development Initiative (WCBDI), a network of ten organizations charged with supporting the creation and development of worker cooperatives in NYC.

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Alternative Staffing Alliance

The ICA Group launched the Alternative Staffing Alliance in 2007 to create a national network that would foster peer learning, provide tools and resources to strengthen practitioners’ effectiveness, and expand the sector by supporting others interested in launching Alternative Staffing Organizations. Today the Alliance is a dynamic community of nearly 50 organizations across the U.S.

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Keep The Doors Open

Designed for business owners facing an unprecedented risk of closure during the COVID-19 pandemic, Keep the Doors Open helps business owners determine whether sharing or transferring ownership to their employees could save the business.

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