It started with a simple phone call in 2021. A new Nebraska resident contacted the Nebraska Cooperative Development Center (NCDC), with a question about home care cooperative job opportunities in Nebraska.
At the time, NCDC was not aware of any home care cooperatives in the state. As an organization dedicated to empowering people with resources to start cooperatives in their communities, NCDC started making calls.
The first call was to Deborah Craig with the Northwest Cooperative Development Center (NWCDC). NWCDC was the development center that assisted with the formation of the home care cooperative the woman for which had been a worker-owner. This conversation led to the development of the Nebraska Home Care Worker Cooperative Project.
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